International Pharmacopoeia

In 2005 the name of the drug was changed from methicillin to meticillin in accordance with the International Pharmacopoeia guidelines.

The aim of The International Pharmacopoeia (Ph.

The information published in The International Pharmacopoeia is collated via a consultative procedure and is based on international experience, the monographs being established in an independent manner.

The atlases "Single Surgical Procedures" from Wolfe Medical Publications, International Pharmacopoeia (4th edition), collection of books from Springer publishing house (2008) are represented in the library.

Attempts have been made by international pharmaceutical and medical conferences to settle a basis on which an international pharmacopoeia could be prepared, but due to national jealousies and the attempt to include too many preparations nothing has yet been achieved.

The specific active or excipient must be must be included as an ingredient in a current licensed medicinal product or the material must be included in a national or international pharmacopoeia, the specification being equivalent to that monograph.

According to the definitions provided in external references such as international pharmacopoeia, Food Chemical Codex and FAO-WHO tannic acid monograph only tannins sourced from the above mentioned plants can be considered as tannic acid.