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Day 1 - US Pharmacopeial Convention

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EMERGING ISSUES<br />

•INCREASING LEVEL OF CONCERN FOR<br />

SENSITIVE SUB-POPULATIONS AT LOW DOSE<br />

METAL EXPOSURE LEVELS<br />

•IMPORTATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL /<br />

HERBAL MEDICAL PRODUCTS WITH FEED<br />

STOCKS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES<br />

•NEW PRODUCT LINES WITH UNKNOWN<br />

PROPERTIES AND POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS<br />

(EG (EG. HERBAL - BASED NANOMATERIALS)<br />

•NEED FOR RAPID COST- EFFECTIVE<br />

SCREENING SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF DETECTING<br />

CONTAMINATING METALLICS IN HEALTH –<br />

CARE PRODUCTS<br />

SUMMARY AND CONCL<strong>US</strong>IONS<br />

*MOA TOXICOLOGY DATA / RISK ASSESSMENTS HAVE<br />

INCREASED AWARENESS OF POTENTIAL METAL/METALLOID<br />

TOXICITIES AT LOW DOSE LEVELS<br />

*INCREASED CONCERN FOR EXPOSURES OF SENSITIVE SUB-<br />

POPULATIONS TO METALLICS AND METALLIC MIXTURES IN<br />

NEW FORMS (EG. NANOMATERIALS)<br />

*GLOBALIZATION HAS RESULTED IN NEW SOURCES AND<br />

SOMETIMES UNTESTED SOURCES OF FEED STOCKS FOR<br />

HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS<br />

*MODERN/HIGHTHROUGH PUT SCIENTIFIC<br />

* MODERN / HIGH THROUGH –PUT SCIENTIFIC<br />

APPROACHES FOR SCREENING HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS<br />

FOR METALLIC CONTAMINANTS ARE INCREASINGLY<br />

AVAILABLE<br />

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