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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.


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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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

The fine print spells out "Minimum Daily Requirements" in esoteric quantities such as milligrams, U.S.P. or international units, and the average uncertain layman usually decides that if a little is good, more is surely better.

From Time Magazine Archive

And any big chemical corporation will sell you U.S.P. grade Milk of Magnesia at about six dollars a ton.

From Subversive by Schoenherr, John