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Published in final edited form as: ACS Nano. 2022 Dec 27;17(1):4–11. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.2c09249

Table 1.

Some organizational effort for standardization of nanotechnology-based products including medical and pharmaceutical products.

Standard/Guidelines	Definition	Organization
Guidelines related to the use of nanotechnology in devices and/or drugs	Guidelines on nanotechnology products	Nanotechnology Guidance Documents \| FDA
Protocols provided by the Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL)	Protocols and guidelines for measuring nanomaterial properties and biological behavior	Protocols - Nanotechnology Characterization Lab - NCI (cancer.gov)
ISO TC 229	Nanotechnology research standards developed or being developed for nanomaterial characterization	ISO - ISO/TC 229 - Nanotechnologies
ASTM E 56	Standards in ASTM related to nanotechnology	Committee E56 on Nanotechnology (astm.org)
Additional standards	Various goals including promotion of commercialization of nanotechnology R&D	Standards for Nanotechnology \| National Nanotechnology Initiative