64 Book Review
BOOK REVIEW
BRITISH
PHARMACOPOEIA
2009
Author: British
Pharmacopoeia Commission
Publisher: TSO (The
Stationery Office UK)
www.pharmacopoeia.co.uk
The British Pharmacopoeia
(BP) 2009 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 comprises a
five-volume boxed 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. 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, which contains the whole of the current
British Pharmacopoeia.
Key Features:
• Effective as of 1 January 2009
contains a significant number of new UK
monographs
• All European Pharmacopoeia 6th Edition
material up to and including Supplement 6.2
integrated into the text of BP 2009
• New and revised monographs for
Complementary, Herbal and Homoeopathic
medicines with their own section in Volume III
• Networking with full technical support
from TSO, the publisher of the BP
• On-line version delivers the complete
text of the British Pharmacopoeia and
European Pharmacopoeia standards to a PC
• New features for
www.pharmacopoeia.co.uk including an
alphabetical index, user-friendly search
interface design, and a facility to create a
‘My BP’ section.
British Pharmacopoeia 2009 eBook
The complete British Pharmacopoeia 2009 is now
available exclusively to BP 2009 purchasers in an
innovative new format. The eBook is greatly
suited to this large reference text making the
information contained within it available to all of
those who wish to access it on the move and
away from their desks. More information...
Extent 5 Volumes ISBN 9780113227990
Size A4 Price £795.00 (£814.88 i
nc. VAT)
Binding Hardback Published 29 Aug 2008
(Boxed Set)