Pharmacy

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The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) is the official collection of standards for UK medicinal products and pharmaceutical substances. Produced by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission Secretariat, part of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the British Pharmacopoeia makes an important contribution to public health by setting publicly available standards for the quality of medicines. The British Pharmacopoeia comprises a five volume printed set, including a single volume of the British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary) 2010 together with a fully searchable CD-ROM and online access


A collection of key textbooks including:

Aulton's Pharmaceutics

Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology

Calculations and Pharmaceutics in Practice

Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Community Pharmacy

Dale's Pharmacology Condensed

Drug Discovery and Development

Evidence-Based Practice Across Health Professions

Foundations for Health Promotion

Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

Gould's Pathophysiology for the Health Professions

Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children

Pharmaceutical Analysis

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Pharmacy OSCEs and Competency-Based Assessments

Pharmacy Practice

Psychiatric Drugs Explained

Research Methods in Pharmacy Practice

Trease and Evans' Pharmacognosy

 


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A collection of key textbooks including:

  • Aulton's Pharmaceutics, 4th edition. Aulton ME. 
    Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 6th Edition, Walker R.
    Community Pharmacy 2nd Edition, Rutter P.
    Fundamentals of pharmacognosy and phytotherapy,2nd Edition. Heinrich M. 
    Underwood’s Pathology 7th Edition, Underwood J.
    Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine 8th Edition, Kumar P
    Mim's Medical Microbiology 6th Edition, Goering R.
    Pharmaceutical Analysis 4th Edition, Watson DG.
    Pharmaceutical Practice, 5th Edition. Rees JA.
    Rang & Dale's Pharmacology 8th Edition, Rang HP.
    Textbook of Medical Physiology 13th Edition, Guyton AC.
    The Top 100 Drugs
    Wheaters Functional Histology 6th Edition. Young, B.

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MedicinesComplete is an online platform which offers access to world-leading drug and healthcare resources. MedicinesComplete is a unique collection of clinically-proven, unbiased pharmaceutical information providing practical guidance and insight to pharmaceutical and clinical practitioners, researchers, and regulatory professionals

Includes:

  • British national formulary
  • British national formulary for Children
  • Pharmaceutical excipients
  • Stockley's drug interactions

 

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