Indian Pharmacopoeia 8th Edition 2018

Product Description

The eighth edition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP 2018) is published by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) on behalf of the Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. The Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) is published in fulfilment of the requirements of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules thereunder. It prescribes the standards for drugs produced and/or marketed in India and thus contributes in the control and assurance of the quality of the medicines. The standards of this pharmacopoeia are authoritative and legally enforceable. It intends to help in the licensing of manufacturing units, inspection and distribution of medicines. This package includes a 4-volume print edition plus a DVD.

New Monographs: 220
Revisions: 366
Omissions: 07
170 New Chemical Monographs:

• 49 API
• 64 Formulations
• 53 Fixed Dose Formulations
• 02 Excipients
• 02 Antibiotics
• 15 New Herbs and Herbal Products Monographs
• 03 New Radiopharmaceutical Monographs
• 14 New Veterinary Non-Biological Monographs
• 18 New Biological Monographs:
• 02 Vaccines & Immunosera for Human Use
• 06 Biotechnology Derived Therapeutic Products
• 10 Blood and Blood Related Products

Standards for New Drugs, Drugs under National Health Programme & Drugs in National List of Essential Medicines have been included

For ease of access and to make Pharmacopoeia more user friendly index has been incorporated in Volume 1 along with that already existing in Volume IV of IP.