The British Pharmacopoeia

Pharmacopoeia publications

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A pharmacopoeia is a book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for use. The TSO online bookshop offers a wide range of pharmacopoeias from across the globe ensuring that you can lay your hands on the most pertinent and up-to-date medical information.

Along with The British Pharmacopoeia, the TSO online bookshop features the United States Pharmacopeia, the European Pharmacopoeia and the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. These pharmacopoeias provide the official standards for the description and quality of drug substances and products. The pharmacopoeia set out the acceptable standards for strength, quality, purity, packaging, labeling and storage for drugs and excipients.

Pharmacopoeias are regularly updated. To ensure that you meet the legally enforceable deadlines for compliance with the latest edition of the relevant pharmacopoeia, the TSO online bookshop offers all new editions of each pharmacopoeia several months before the deadline for the implementation of the new pharmacopoeia.

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The pharmacopoeias available from the TSO online bookshop include:

The British Pharmacopoeia 2008

The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) 2008 is the authoritative, current collection of standards for UK medicinal substances and the official source of all UK pharmaceutical quality standards. It is an essential reference for anyone involved in pharmaceutical research, development, manufacture and testing, and plays a vital role in ensuring that all medicinal substances on the UK market meet standards of safety, quality and efficacy.

The BP comprises monographs, which set out the mandatory standards for active substances, excipients and formulated preparations, together with supporting General Notices, Appendices (test methods, reagents, etc) and Reference Spectra. Detailed information and guidance on various aspects of current pharmacopoeial policy and practice are provided in the Supplementary Chapters of the BP.

The BP is supplied in a variety of formats designed for ease of use and a wide range of applications. The hard copy edition package comprises a boxed five volume set containing BP in four volumes and the BP (Veterinary) volume, plus single user access to the BP on-line via pharmacopoeia.co.uk, the dedicated BP website. The online format is easy to network, allowing access for a specified number of users or across an entire organisation site.

Following registration using the ID code supplied with the hard copy, customers will be granted a single user licence to access BP on-line and will have the option to receive the CD-ROM that contains the whole of the current British Pharmacopoeia.

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The European Pharmacopoeia 5th Edition

The 5th edition of the European Pharmacopoeia came into force on the 1st January 2005 and consists of a two-volume main edition. It has been updated on a regular basis with two Pharmacopoeia supplements in 2005 and three more in 2006. By 2007 there will be a total collection of eight non-cumulative Pharmacopoeia supplements.

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The Japanese Pharmacopoeia

This is the English version of the 14th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. It provides the official Japanese standard for the description and quality of drug substances and products.

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United States Pharmacopeia

The US Pharmacopeia standards cover prescription and over-the-counter medicines and their active and inactive ingredients, dietary supplements, medical devices, and other healthcare products. The new edition includes more than 70 new monographs, a number of significant revisions, and several new and revised analytical procedures and tests.

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Further Pharmacopoeia Resources

Other Pharmacopoeias that can be found at the TSO online bookshop, include The International Pharmacopoeia, Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China and the German Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia.

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