British Pharmacopoeia

Draft guidance on replication competent virus assays

The quality of a medicine is critical to ensuring its safety and efficacy, and therefore the medicine’s suitability for patients. The use of analytical techniques is a vital component in the assurance…

Uploaded: 17 June, 2026

Consultations

The British Pharmacopoeia recognises the value that stakeholders can contribute to the development of standards, which ultimately results in higher quality medicines for patients. This page links to d…

Uploaded: 17 June, 2026

Key Insights: Monograph initiation

Published 16 June 2026 In this month’s Key Insights, we explore how the British Pharmacopoeia Commission (BPC) decides when to develop a new monograph or revise an existing one. This work helps ensure…

Uploaded: 16 June, 2026

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In this section: Publications All publications The BP 2026 The BP - Multi-user Licence British Approved Names (BAN) Reference Standards About Reference Standards Browse the BPCRS Catalogue…

Uploaded: 10 June, 2026

Ph. Eur. Issue 13.1 is now available

Published 29 May 2026 The European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Issue 13.1 is now available as part of the British Pharmacopoeia (BP) 2026 online edition. You can access this in-year update by using your…

Uploaded: 3 June, 2026

Call for expressions of interest: Attend a BP Commission meeting as an observer

Published 29 May 2026 The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) is pleased to invite expressions of interest from individuals who would like to attend a BP Commission meeting as an observer. This is a unique opp…

Uploaded: 3 June, 2026

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The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) 2026 download for offline use has been updated to include supplement 13.1 of the Ph. Eur. If you have already installed a BP 2026 download you will need to follow these…

Uploaded: 28 May, 2026

Key Insights: Focus on chromatography

In this month’s Key Insights, we will focus on chromatography in the British Pharmacopoeia (BP) and some of the system suitability test (SST) requirements, which can be found in the chapter on “Chroma…

Uploaded: 14 May, 2026

Ph. Eur. issue 12.3 is now available in BP Online

Published 21 April 2026 The European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) issue 12.3 is now available as part of the British Pharmacopoeia (BP) 2026 online edition. You can access this in-year update by using you…

Uploaded: 21 April, 2026