Description
The Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) is an official document that defines the specifications, criteria and standard test methods necessary to properly assure the quality of medicines in Japan.
2022; 2876 pages; A4 Format (210 x 297 mm); Hardback; Published by Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Science Society of Japan
The JP XVIII comprises the following items in order: The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ministerial Notification; Contents; Preface; General Notices; General Rules for Crude Drugs; General Rules for Preparations; General Tests, Processes and Apparatus; Official Monographs, including Monographs for Crude Drugs; Infrared Reference Spectra; Ultraviolet-visible Reference Spectra; General Information; Appendix ; Cumulative Index (English, Latin and Japanese titles); and Addenda.
General Tests, Processes and Apparatus which were newly added is 2.05 Size-Exclusion Chromatography
General Tests, Processes and Apparatus which were revised are
Preamble; 2.46 Residual Solvents; 2.48 Water Determination; 2.51 Conductivity Measurement; 2.52 Thermal Analysis; 2.66 Elemental Impurities; 4.06 Sterility Test; 5.01 Crude Drugs Test; 9.01 Reference standards; 9.41 Reagents, Test Solutions; and 9.62 Measuring Instruments, Appliances.
Official Monographs provides 2033 articles, including 33 articles newly added, 8 articles deleted and 168 articles revised.

