USP Prescription/Non-Prescription Stakeholder Forum

Monday, July 9, 2018

USP-NF 2020

Caroline Martin
Senior Director, Publications
USP-NF Update: Changes to Title and Format
Current State
One main edition with two supplements, print and online:
USP 42-NF 37: November 1, 2018 (official May 1, 2019)
USP 42-NF 37, First Supplement: February 1, 2019
(official August 1, 2019)
USP 42-NF 37, Second Supplement: June 1, 2019
(official December 1, 2019)
USP-NF archive USB drive
Revisions are tagged with publication name:
USP42 or NF 37
Future State
Three updates per year, online only:
USP-NF February 2020 (official August 1, 2020)
USP-NF June 2020 (official December 1, 2020)
USP-NF November 2020 (official May 1, 2021)
USP-NF paper edition, non-official: contains all
content, including the year’s updates; no revision
markup (print and/or USB drive).
Revisions are tagged with their official date:
USP 1-May-2020 or NF 1-May-2020
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USP-NF Update (cont.)
• Three official publications per year:
online only, no print or flash drive
o No change to publishing dates or official dates
o One source for official text
o Starting with USP-NF February 2020
(previously known as First Supplement to
USP 43-NF38)

• New Official Publication Title

o Official publications will be titled with
publication date; the term “Supplement” will be
eliminated
 “USP-NF February 2020”
o General Notices will communicate that the
revision/edition increases with each
publication, three times/year (not just
once/year as it does now)

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USP-NF Update (cont.)

• “Paper Edition, Non-Official”

o Snapshot in time from the previous year’s three official publications
o Will not contain revision markup
o If there is no interest in a print publication, may provide as a print-format PDF on
flash drive only

• Revision markup will include the revision mechanism and

the official date
o “(USP 1-May-2020)”, “(NF 1-May-2020)”, “(ERR 1-May-2020)”, “(RB 1-May-2020)”,
“(IRA 1-May-2020)”, etc.

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USP-NF Update (cont.)
When and How will Changes be Implemented?
 Last print supplement: published February 2019 (second supplement to USP 42)

 Last print book (in current form): November 2019 (USP 43)

 USP 2020 (Online only)

– USP–NF February 2020 │Official August 1, 2020
– USP–NF June 2020 │Official December 1, 2020
– USP–NF November 2020 │Official May 1, 2021
– USP–NF 2020 Paper Edition, Non-Official
• (Published Feb. 1, 2021)

 Accelerated Revisions will tentatively be published on www.uspnf.com through Feb 2020

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