Current Status of GDP Implementation and the Role of the RP - an Overview

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13/14 December 2023

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In 2013 the ECA Foundation established the GDP Interest Group with the goal to support all stakeholders involved in Good Distribution Practice (GDP) by providing them with information about the implementation of GDP.

For that purpose the Interest Group joined forces with the Pharmaceutical Quality Group (PQG) to develop an interpretation of the EU Guide on Good Distribution Practices which was published in a revised version in 2013. These interpretations can be downloaded chapter by chapter in the GDP Group Website members' area.

To find out where the EU GDP Guidelines have been implemented already as a national rule and where they are still Guidelines or possibly have another status the group set up a survey amongst its members. Here is a summary of the feedback. More details can be found on the website of ECA's GDP Working Group. Please note that this summary was done based on the feedback of the participants. ECA is not responsible for the accuracy of the information provided. If you have new information about the current status in your country please let us know in order to update the table.