British pharmacopoeia

Abstract

The British Pharmacopoeia (BP)" 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. it includes Medicinal Substances, Formulated Preparations, Blood related Preparations, Immunological Products, Radiopharmaceutical Preparations, Surgical Materials, Homeopathic Preparations.