[Evolution of pharmcopoeias and prospects for their future development].

The pharmacopoeias of today reflect out of date conditions; they address only the pharmacists, they do not take into considerations the industrial pharmaceutical production, they do not deal with quality control, nor do they give rules of good manufacture; they only relate a limited number of medical products. The future pharmacopoeias should contain the specifications of all base products and of all galenical forms; they should be the code of drugs production, quality and distribution.