About BP 2009

The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) 2009, published August 2008, is the authoritative collection of standards for UK medicinal substances and the official source of UK pharmaceutical quality standards.

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.

Key features:

  • 44 new monographs for formulated preparations including veterinary medicines
  • New and revised monographs for herbal and complementary medicines
  • Standards for widely used unlicensed medicines
  • European Pharmacopoeia material up to and including Supplement 6.2
  • A complete, multi-format resource including print, CD-ROM and online
  • New developments on www.pharmacopoeia.co.uk delivering the complete text of the British Pharmacopoeia and European Pharmacopoeia standards to your PC
  • Value-for-money networking with full technical support from TSO, the publisher of the BP.

The BP is an essential reference for anyone involved in pharmaceutical research and development, manufacture and testing, and plays a vital role in ensuring that medicinal substances on the UK market meet standards of safety, quality and efficacy.

The BP is supplied in a variety of formats designed to be flexible to suit the specific needs and requirements of your organisation. The hard copy edition package comprises a boxed five volume set containing the BP in four volumes and the BP (Veterinary) volume, plus single user access to the BP online via www.pharmacopoeia.co.uk, the dedicated BP website. Concurrent-user licences are available, allowing access for a specified number of users or across an entire organisation.

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

Contents of BP 2009

To view the contents of BP 2009, please download the indexes in PDF format.

Maximise your access

A concurrent-user licence will give you access to the BP across your organisation and is available in the following formats:

  • BP Online
  • Networkable CD-ROM
  • Intranet service available on CD-ROM.

Accessing the networked pharmacopoeia through workstations represents a substantial saving on purchasing multiple copies of the BP 2009 package.

Please note: If you plan to make the BP 2009 available on more than one workstation, you are legally obliged to purchase a concurrent-user licence. For further information on obtaining a concurrent-user licence, see How to access BP 2009 Online.

eBook

The British Pharmacopoeia 2009 is also available in an eBook format adding to the range of options now open to those who need to access the BP 2009. The eBook format makes the full text of the publication available for those who need to reference the BP whilst on the move or in environments where the use of hard copy or a PC would be inappropriate or impractical.

Key features:

  • Portable - Dataset downloadable to most hand held devices
  • Comprehensive - Full text of the BP and BP (Vet) 2009 available
  • Complete - All charts and diagrams displayed
  • User friendly - Linking of data as for the online version
  • Formats - Available for download from the web in Mobipocket format
  • Added value - Purchase of the eBook also provides access to BP via a desktop as eb20 files, in a PDF style display.

The BP 2009 eBook is priced at £398.00 (excl. VAT) and is available exclusively to purchasers of the British Pharmacopoeia in print format. Order your eBook by registering your interest or calling our Customer Services Team on +44 (0)870 600 5522.

Alternatively, you can purchase your eBook through the TSO Online Bookshop by selecting the 'eBook' link when you are logged into BP Online.

About Mobipocket Reader

In order to view the BP 2009 eBook you will first need to download Mobipocket Reader - a small piece of free software that offers versatility that isn't found in any other ebook Reader software. It was designed to be used on almost any PDA across many different operating systems and has now been extended so that it can also be used on Windows PCs. You can download this before you start by visiting the Mobipocket website or you can do this as part of the eBook download process when you have purchased your eBook.

System Requirements:

  • Mobipocket Reader for PC
  • Operating System: Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP
  • Hard Disk: 3.1MB
  • Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 with Service Pack 1 or higher
  • Mobipocket Reader for PDA
  • Operating System: Palm OS 3.x, 4.x, 5.x / Pocket PC 2000, 2002, 2003 / WM 2003 / Win CE 2.x, 3.x, CE.Net / Psion Epoc32 / Casio BE-300 / Franklin eBookMan
  • Hard Disk: 650 - 800KB
  • Additional Software: Synchronisation Software such as Palm Desktop / PsiWin / eBookman Desktop Manager / ActiveSync / PC Connect.

For the BP 2009 eBook, a display of at least 50mm × 60mm is recommended, and 60MB of free hard disk space is required. Please note, the eBook cannot be printed. The BP 2009 eBook is divided into 5 files and totals 60Mb in file size.

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About eb20

When you purchase your eBook you will also be able to access British Pharmacopoeia 2009 on eb20, a web-based version of the publication. This means that, in addition to downloading the eBook to your computer or hand-held device, you can also read the book online from any computer that is connected to the internet. eb20 requires no software installation and enables you to just start reading a publication seconds after buying it. You will need to make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser before you start using eb20.