Updated annually, the British Pharmacopoeia (BP) is the only comprehensive collection of authoritative official standards for UK pharmaceutical substances and medicinal products. It includes approximately 4,000 monographs which are legally enforced by the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. Where a BP monograph exists, medicinal products or active pharmaceutical ingredients sold or supplied in the UK must comply with the relevant monograph.All monographs and requirements of the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) are reproduced in the BP, making the BP a convenient and fully comprehensive set of standards that can be used across Europe and beyond.

The British Pharmacopoeia has provided official standards for the quality of substances, medicinal products and articles used in medicine since its first publication in 1864. It is used in over 100 countries and remains an essential global reference in pharmaceutical research and development and quality control. This book explores how these standards have been achieved through a comprehensive review of the history and development of the pharmacopoeias in the UK, from the early London, Edinburgh and Dublin national pharmacopoeias to the creation of the British Pharmacopoeia and its evolution over 150 years. Trade in medicinal substances and products has always been global, and the British Pharmacopoeia is placed in its global context as an instrument of the British Empire as it first sought to cover the needs of countries such as India and latterly as part of its role in international harmonisation of standards in Europe and elsewhere. The changing contents of the pharmacopoeias over this period reflect the changes in medical practice and the development of dosage forms from products dispensed by pharmacists to commercially manufactured products, from tinctures to the latest monoclonal antibody products. The book will be of equal value to historians of medicine and pharmacy as to practitioners of medicine, pharmacy and pharmaceutical analytical chemistry.

Updated annually, the BP is the official, authoritative collection of standards for UK medicinal substances for human and veterinary use. The BP 2015 includes almost 3,500 monographs. All monographs and requirements of the European Pharmacopoeia are also reproduced in the BP, making it an essential reference for students, lecturers and researchers. The online product provides subscribers with access to the British pharmacopoeia 2019, British pharmacopoeia (veterinary) 2019 and the current edition and supplements of Britsh approved names. Concurrent access to the 2014 onwards is also available

Updated annually, the British Pharmacopoeia is the only comprehensive collection of authoritative official standards for UK pharmaceutical substances and medicinal products. It includes almost 4,000 monographs which are legally enforced by the Human Medicines Regulations 2012.