Good Manufacturing Practice - Other Good Practices

Other Good Practices

Other good-practice systems, along the same lines as GMP, exist:

• Good laboratory practice (GLP), for laboratories conducting non-clinical studies (toxicology and pharmacology studies in animals);
• Good clinical practice (GCP), for hospitals and clinicians conducting clinical studies on new drugs in humans;
• Good regulatory practice (GRP), for the management of regulatory commitments, procedures and documentation.
• Good Distribution Practice (GDP) deals with the guidelines for the proper distribution of medicinal products for human use
• Good Transportation Practice (GTP) deals with the guidelines for the proper domestic and international transportation of medicinal products for human use

Collectively, these and other good-practice requirements are referred to as "GxP" requirements, all of which follow similar philosophies. (Other examples include good agriculture practices, good guidance practices, and good tissue practices.) In the U.S., medical device manufacturers must follow what are called "quality system regulations" which are deliberately harmonized with ISO requirements, not cGMPs.