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Key Annual Titles, Medical Law

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
• 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 your 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.