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• U.S.P.
  U.S.P.

  abbreviation

  United States Pharmacopeia.
• USP
  USP

  abbreviation

  unique selling proposition or unique selling point: a characteristic of a product that can be used in advertising to differentiate it from its competitors

U.S.P.

American  

Or U.S. Pharm.

abbreviation

1. United States Pharmacopeia.

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USP British  

abbreviation

1. unique selling proposition or unique selling point: a characteristic of a product that can be used in advertising to differentiate it from its competitors

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Example Sentences

Pharmacopeia, or U.S.P., issues standards for pharmacists, including for testing for endotoxins, and that “every pharmacist follows the U.S.P.”

From New York Times • May 2, 2022

But perhaps most important, there is his classic hucksterism, and his synoptic U.S.P. — unique selling proposition.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

The only ingredient listed on the package I use is: Magnesium Sulfate U.S.P.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2018

Squibb explains: U.S.P. standards call for 98 tests, consuming 125 hours, at eleven steps in the manufacture, while Squibb's quality control requires 374 tests, taking 406 hours, at 35 stages.

From Time Magazine Archive

Turlington's Balsam remains as an unofficial synonym of U.S.P.

From Old English Patent Medicines in America by Griffenhagen, George B.