Indian Pharmacopoeia 2018

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