European Pharmacopoeia

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The European Pharmacopoeia^[1] (Pharmacopoeia Europaea, Ph. Eur.) is a major regional pharmacopoeia which provides common quality standards throughout the pharmaceutical industry in Europe to control the quality of medicines, and the substances used to manufacture them.^[1] It is a published collection of monographs which describe both the individual and general quality standards for ingredients, dosage forms, and methods of analysis for medicines.^[1] These standards apply to medicines for both human and veterinary use.^[1]