英国药典2009年版概览___

英国药典（British Pharmacopoeia，BP）2009是BP 2008的替代版，共收载约3200个品种，包括药用物质、制剂和在药品实践中使用的物品。BP2009由5卷组成,其法定生效时间为2009年1月1日。对这次没有收载于本版BP，而在BP早期各版已收载的药品特定标准，根据1968年的医学法案第65（4）款仍然有效。本文对英国药典2009年版的基本情况、编排结构进行了简要介绍，并着重介绍了英国药典2009年版和2008年版的不同。

The British Pharmacopoeia 2009 supersedes the British Pharmacopoeia 2008. It contains approximately 3200 monographs for substances, preparations and articles used in the practice of medicine. The new edition comprises five olumes.The effective date for this edition is 1 January 2009. Where a monograph which appeared previously in an earlier edition of the British Pharmacopoeia has not been included in this edition, it remains effective in accordance with Section 65(4) of the Medicines Act 1968.This article introduced the basic information and arrangement in order of BP 2009 and emphasized the differences between BP 2009 and BP 2008.