GDP Passport
What is Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Passport?
A recognised standard in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry.
GDP Passport ensures supply chain integrity and product safety from raw materials through to the end consumer.
Quality Systems
The GDP Passport requires a company to establish a quality system to ensure that products are stored, handled and distributed as required by the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Licence Holder.
Trained Personnel
The GDP Passport requires a company to have all relevant personnel involved in the supply chain of pharmaceutical and medical device products trained according to European and International guidelines and standards.
Safety Products
The GDP Passport helps to maintain the quality, security and safety of the products during storage, transportation and distribution, ensuring supply chain integrity and security from raw materials all the way through the patient.
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What is Good Distribution Practice?
“Good Distribution Practice (GDP) is that part of quality assurance which ensures that products are consistently stored, transported and handled under suitable condition as required by the marketing authorisation (MA) or product specification and that traceability is ensured.” - Irish Medicines Board (IMB)
“Good Distribution Practices are that part of quality assurance that ensures that the quality of a pharmaceutical product is maintained through adequate control throughout the numerous activities which occur during the distribution process.” – World Health Organisation (WHO)
“Good distribution practice (GDP) ensures that the level of quality determined by GMP is maintained throughout the distribution network, so that authorised medicines are distributed to retail pharmacists and others selling medicines general public without any alteration of their properties.” – European Medicines Agency (EMA)
“Good Distribution Practices are that part of quality assurance that ensures that the quality of a pharmaceutical product is maintained through adequate control throughout the numerous activities which occur during the distribution process.” – World Health Organisation (WHO)
“Good distribution practice (GDP) ensures that the level of quality determined by GMP is maintained throughout the distribution network, so that authorised medicines are distributed to retail pharmacists and others selling medicines general public without any alteration of their properties.” – European Medicines Agency (EMA)
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Learn more about how GDP works, why it is so important and how it helps to ensure security supply chain and patient safety.
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