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In 1963 Edward G Feldmann, director of revision for the US National Formulary, described it as "a compilation of highly authoritative and useful therapeutic (actions and doses) information as well as a valuable compendium of recognised standards and specifications".
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had recommended in 1972 that the British Pharmacopoeia should henceforth be the only compendium of official standards for medicines in the UK, and the BPC lost its status as an official book. The PSGB remained as the publishers.
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Subsequent editions were published in 1911, 1923, 1934, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1968, and finally 1973.
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as "one of the most useful reference books available to the medical profession".
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which although extensive, did not cover all the medicinal items that a
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might require in daily work. Other books existed, such as
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In 1979 a new edition was published with a new title,
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The current edition is the 12th, published in 1994.
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