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Breaking-News: FDA Launches One-Day Inspectional Assessments to Strengthen and Expand Oversight
By Alissa Gould, Boiron USA On May 6, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it launched a one-day inspectional assessment pilot program. Essentially, instead of FDA relying…
Read MoreTribute to Sandra M. Chase, M.D., DABHM
By William Shevin, M.D., DABHM Dr. Chase joined the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States (HPCUS) in 1981 and retired on April 22, 2026 after serving for the last 40…
Read MoreSustaining the Standards That Support Our Industry
By Mark Land, M.S., RAC-US, AAHP President Many of the systems and standards that support homeopathy in the United States happens behind the scenes. Maintaining the HPUS requires ongoing work in areas like standards development, technical…
Read MoreGet Ready: FDA Revised the National Drug Code and Drug Label Barcode
In March 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized its rule to standardize the format of the National Drug Code (NDC). Under this rule, FDA will move from…
Read MoreBuilding Resiliency and Improving the HPUS
By Todd A. Hoover, M.D., DABHM, Incoming President of HPCUS Board of Directors I am very pleased to be taking over the helm at the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia Convention of the…
Read MoreHPCUS: A Look Back at the Foundation for the Future
By William Shevin, M.D., DABHM, Outgoing President of HPCUS Board of Directors I was elected President of the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia Convention of the United States (HPCUS) in April 2020, just…
Read MoreWhy AAHP Voting Members are Required to Subscribe to the HPUS
By Eric L. Foxman, Pharm. (Ret.) For more than two decades, AAHP made a sizeable donation to the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia Convention of the United States (HPCUS) to support its preparing…
Read MoreThe Hahnemann Monument: Its History and Its Architecture
The following is taken from a presentation made in April 2010 at the Samuel Hahnemann Monument in Washington D.C. by Sandra M Chase, MD, DHt, then president of the American…
Read MoreChristian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann: A Very Brief Biography
By Jay Yasgur, R.Ph. (ret.), M.Sc. Hahnemann (1755–1843) was born in Meissen, Germany, a locale famous for the production of fine porcelain — his father was a skilled porcelain painter.…
Read MoreNew FDA Draft Guidance on Responding to 483 Observations; What Drug Manufacturers Need to Know Now
By Eric L. Foxman, Pharm. (Ret.) In March 2026, FDA released a significant draft guidance which presents consolidated and formalized expectations for drug manufacturers responses to FDA Form 483 Inspection…
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