Description
The Eighth edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP-2018) is published by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in fulfillment of the requirements of the Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 1940 and the Rules there under.
IP-2018 has been brought out in 4 Volumes incorporating 220 new monographs (Chemical Monographs (170), Herbal Monographs (15), Blood and Blood related products (10), Vaccines and Immunosera for Human use monographs (02), Radiopharmaceutical monographs (03), Biotechnology Derived Therapeutic Products (06), Veterinary monographs (14), 366 revised monographs and 7 omissions.
Standards for new drugs and drugs used under National Health Programmes are also included. 53 New Fixed Dose Combination (FDC s) combination monographs have been included, out of which 25 FDC monographs are not available in any Pharmacopoeia.
Indian Pharmacopoeia 2018 Salient Features:
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 Program & 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
IP 2018 has been incorporated with a security feature to prevent violation of copyright
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