英国药典1993年版(即第15版)已经颁布发行,并于1993年12月1日起生效。本版药典在品种(原料和制剂)上有较大的变动,其特点是:在入选品种时仍坚持高度严谨的原则,比美国药典更为慎重。例如,西咪替丁和人体必需及非必需氨基酸等这次刚收入。另一特点是:尽可能与欧洲药典靠拢,可能是为将来欧洲共同体会员国不再单独出版药典而奠定基础。 The 1993 edition of the British Pharmacopoeia (15th edition) was issued and became effective on December 1, 1993. Pharmacopoeia in this version of the varieties (raw materials and preparations) have a larger change, which is characterized by: the selected varieties still adhere to the principle of highly rigorous, more prudent than the United States Pharmacopoeia. For example, cimetidine and essential and non-essential amino acids, such as the body, just came in this time. Another feature is that as close as possible to the European Pharmacopoeia, this may be the basis for the future European Union member states not to publish the separate Pharmacopoeia.