Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is defined in the OECD Guidelines as “a quality system concerned with the organizational process and the conditions under which non-clinical health and environmental safety studies are planned, performed, monitored, recorded, archived and reported.” The purpose of Good Laboratory Practices is to promote the development of quality test data and provide a tool to ensure a sound approach to the management of laboratory studies, including conduct, reporting and archiving.