pharmacopoeia

Also known as pharmacopeia, pharmacopoea, pharmacopœia

thumb|The 1699 Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections

Contents

Etymology
Early history
China
City pharmacopoeias
London, Edinburgh, Dublin
National pharmacopoeiae
Emergence in Britain and Ireland
United States
Supranational and international harmonization
Internationalization attempts
International pharmaceutical congresses (1864–1902)
Brussels Agreements (1902–1951)
WHO International Pharmacopoeia (1951–present)
The European Pharmacopoeia (1964–present)
Soviet Union
Medical preparations, uses, and dosages
List of national and supranational pharmacopoeias
See also
References
Bibliography
External links

thumb|The 1699 Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia

A pharmacopoeia, pharmacopeia, or pharmacopoea (or the typographically obsolete rendering, pharmacopœia), meaning "drug-making", in its modern technical sense, is a reference work containing directions for the identification of compound medicines. These are published or sanctioned by a government or a medical or pharmaceutical society, giving the work legal authority within a specified jurisdiction. In a broader sense it is a collection of pharmaceutical drug specifications. Descriptions of the individual preparations are called monographs.

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