What are GDP guidelines?
What are GDP guidelines?
GDP stands for 'Good Distribution Practice'. These guidelines are established to ensure that medicines maintain their quality and effectiveness during transport and distribution.
Why do GDP guidelines exist?
Medicines are often fragile products. Temperature fluctuations, moisture, light, and mechanical shocks can affect their efficacy. GDP guidelines specify exactly how these products can be safely and effectively transported and stored from manufacturer to patient.
The main pillars of GDP
- Quality management system: every company in the distribution chain must have a quality system
- Personnel: employees must be trained in GDP procedures
- Facilities and equipment: storage and transport must be suitable for the product
- Documentation: all steps must be verifiably recorded
- Shipping activities: temperature monitoring and validation of transport conditions
- Complaints and recalls: clear procedures in case of problems
Temperature monitoring in GDP
An important part of GDP is continuous temperature monitoring during transport. With a data logger, you can record the temperature throughout the entire transport. In case of deviations, you can then demonstrate what happened.
What does GDP mean for your packaging?
For GDP-compliant transport, the right packaging is essential. Cooled Solutions offers various packages suitable for GDP-compliant transport: from EPS boxes with validated insulation values to pallet covers for large shipments.
Need advice on GDP-compliant packaging? Contact our sales department.
