British Pharmacopoeia 2026

Helping you to access quality and compliance, quickly, easily and with confidence.

New, legally enforced standards available from 1 August 2025. The BP 2026 edition supersedes the BP 2025 and becomes legally effective on 1 January 2026 with all European Pharmacopoeia texts included.

Updated annually, the British Pharmacopoeia (BP) is the only comprehensive collection of authoritative official standards for UK pharmaceutical substances and medicinal products.

It includes approximately 4,000 monographs, which are legally enforced by the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. Medicinal products or active pharmaceutical ingredients sold or supplied in the UK must comply with the relevant monograph.

All monographs and requirements of the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) are reproduced in the BP, making the BP a convenient and fully comprehensive set of standards that can be used across Europe and internationally.

New for the BP 2026

The BP 2026 supersedes the BP 2025 and becomes legally effective on 1 January 2026. This edition incorporates new monographs from both the BP and Ph. Eur. along with a significant number of revised monographs.

Single-user online licence = £950

Visit the BP website to purchase and view single-user licence package options.

A single-user licence grants access to one designated user and offers a flexible solution - ideal for individuals or smaller organisations. A licence provides access from 1 August 2025 to 31 March 2027 (a total of 20 months).

Optional add-ons include:

• BP Archive (from BP 2014 onwards): £200 per licence
• British Approved Names (BAN): £150 per licence

Multi-user online licence = POA

Flexible annual multi-user access options are available to suit every need - from licences that allow unlimited users within one country to share access (within licence restrictions), to global licences and academic licences for wider availability. For more information on these licences, call or email our dedicated team.

• For multi-user licences, call or email our dedicated team:

• +44(0) 1603 985982
• pharmahealth@tso.co.uk

Download licence = £1,000

FA download licence grants access for individuals who require reliable offline access. It includes integrated search tools, hyperlinks, and intuitive navigation, and can be installed on up to two devices per user. Three downloadable updates are released each year, in line with Ph. Eur.

Online customers can select from additional add-on options such as:

• BP Archive - to get access to all BP editions from 2014 to date
• British Approved Names (BAN) 2023 - giving access to this reference source of medicinal substance names