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British Pharmacopoeia 2010
The BP 2010 is now available, effective from 1st January 2010. It is available in hardcopy, CD-ROM, eBook or online versions. The publication package can be purchased from The Stationary Office TSO
New for the BP 2010
■40 New formulated preparation monographs
■Additional standards for widely used unlicensed formulations
■European Pharmacopoeia 6th Edition material up to and including Supplement 6.5
■Three free in-year updates for the BP 2010 online to harmonise with the European Pharmacopoeia
■Availability of Single Monographs. For further details contact TSO


Updates to the British Pharmacopoeia Website
Draft new monographs for:
■ Etidronate Tablets
■Iopamidol Injection
■Iopamidol Oral Solution
■Oxybutynin Oral Solution
■Perindopril Tablets
■Sertraline TabletsDraft revised monographs for:

■Enalapril Tablets
■Oxybutynin Tablets
New images to complement the BP 2010:

■Guidance herbal TLC chromatograms
■Guidance LC chromatogramsRevised list of initiated monographs.

Technical and editorial details of revisions made to monographs in the BP 2010.

FAQ's updated.
British Pharmacopoeia Commission Annual Report 2008
The activities of the BPC are reported annually as part of the Medicines Act 1968 Advisory Bodies Annual Reports.


Notice
The Ph. Eur. Monograph for Quinine Sulphate published in the BP 2009 is not correct.

* The current monograph has been posted in the on-line version of the BP 2009.

* The hard copy text will be corrected by means of the BP 2010.

Users of the BP may wish to note that Part I of the General Notices in the BP 2009 states that Ph Eur monographs are reproduced in the BP for the convenience of users and in cases of doubt or dispute reference should be made to the Council of Europe text.