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The hard copy edition package contains a boxed five volume set with a separate Veterinary volume, a CD-ROM and access to a comprehensible, regularly updated website. Both the CD-ROM and online formats have networkable capacity. In more detail this set comprises: i) four volumes detailing all current UK pharmacopoeial standards for medicines for human use; ii) a companion volume providing standards for substances, preparations and immunological products used in veterinary medicine; and iii) a fully searchable CD-ROM which contains the contents of these volumes in electronic form together with a user manual, as well as the British Approved Names 2002 and supplements; iv) British pharmacopoeia chemical reference substances catalogue 2006-2007. The Pharmacopoeia is published on the recommendation of the Medicines Commission in accordance with the Medicines Act 1968. This edition is effective from 1 January 2007 and it incorporates the requirements of the 5th edition of the European Pharmacopoeia 2004 and its supplements. The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) 2007 is the authoritative, current collection of standards for UK medicinal substances and the official source of all UK quality standards. It is an essential reference for anyone involved in pharmaceutical Research & Development, manufacturing 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 key features of this new edition are: extensive revisions including 30 new BP texts; new supplementary chapters containing general guidance on unlicensed medicines and method validation; the first BP monograph for traditional Chinese medicines; all European Pharmacopoeia 5th edition material up to and including Supplement 5.5 integrated into the text of BP 2007; value-for-money networking with full technical support from the publishers; CD-ROM and website deliver the complete text of the British Pharmacopoeia, British Approved Names and E