The British Pharmacopoeia 2008, published August 2007, contains many new and revised monographs. It is essential information for anyone concerned with the quality of medicines, including pharmaceutical and chemical industries, quality control personnel, analysts, government regulators and academics.
The BP contains monographs, which set out the mandatory standards for active substances, excipients and formulated preparations, together with 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 online via pharmacopoeia.co.uk, the dedicated BP website. Multi-user licences are available, allowing access for a specified number of users or across an entire organisation site.
Following registration using the product ID supplied with the hard copy, customers will be granted a single user licence to access BP online and will have the option to receive the CD-ROM that contains the whole of the current British Pharmacopoeia.
If you want to know what is in the BP 2008, please download the indexes in PDF format.
A multi-user licence will give you access to the BP across your organisation and is available in the following formats:
Accessing the networked pharmacopoeia through workstations represents a substantial saving on purchasing multiple copies of the BP 2008 package.
If you plan to make the BP 2008 available on more than one workstation, you are legally obliged to purchase a multi-user licence. For further information on obtaining a multi-user licence, see How to Get Access.