Volume : 12, Issue : 10, October – 2025
Title:
A REVIEW ARTICLE ON GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICES (GLP)
Authors :
P.T. Nagaraju*, Kasana Srikar Reddy
Abstract :
Abstract:
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) refers to a set of principles and procedures designed to ensure the quality, integrity, reliability, and reproducibility of data generated in laboratory studies.
GLP provides a framework for planning, performing, monitoring, recording, reporting, and archiving laboratory work.
In GLP, accurate documentation, systematic reporting, and robust quality systems are essential for generating trustworthy data.
While Quality Control ensures the precision of laboratory operations, Quality Assurance provides the confidence that these operations were carried out properly. Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is based on a set of principles that ensure quality, integrity, and reliability in laboratory studies, particularly those submitted for regulatory purposes.
These principles define how studies should be planned, performed, monitored, recorded, reported, and archived.
Cite This Article:
Please cite this article in press P.T. Nagaraju et al., A Review Article On Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2025; 12(10).
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