Trust is good, but control is better. Nothing works without analytics in pharmaceuticals, and even more so in pharmaceutical studies. Whether qualitative, quantitative, inorganic, instrumental, or finally drug-related: the Pharmacopoeia accompanies pharmacists every step of the way, as it sets the standards! Keeping an overview and recognizing connections. An experienced university lecturer demonstrates how this is done in a refreshingly entertaining way using the example of the European Pharmacopoeia, which suddenly comes to life here, based on selected official testing regulations and methods, whose reading almost playfully reveals fundamental analytical knowledge, in both German and English, because pharma is an international business. Pharmacists take quality assurance seriously and need an engaging textbook: Voilà!.