The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) is the official collection of standards for UK medicinal products and pharmaceutical substances. Produced by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission Secretariat of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the BP makes a valuable contribution to public health by setting publicly available standards for the quality of medicines.
Since 1864, the BP has been providing authoritative standards for pharmaceutical substances and it continues to play an important role in the standard-setting process worldwide. Now used in almost 100 countries, the BP remains an essential reference for all individuals and organizations working within pharmaceutical research and development, manufacture and testing across the globe.