Good Distribution Practice (GDP) is a series of guidelines for the distribution of pharmaceutical products. The goal of GDP is to ensure the quality and integrity of pharmaceutical products throughout the complex pharmaceutical supply chain. GDP touches upon every stage of the supply chain, from raw materials and sample/trial transport, to storage and last-mile delivery.

Ensuring GDP is usually the largest headache of pharmaceutical companies, especially when looking for carrier vendors, where the company itself has less control. Because of this exact uncertainty, logistics managers of pharmaceutical and healthcare companies can benefit greatly from having an overview of GDP and knowing what questions to ask and what answers to expect to best assess their potential carriers.

In this guide, you will learn about:

This practical guide serves exactly this purpose: To give logistics and supply chain professionals in pharma healthcare GDP information that relates to carriers, on a practical “need-to-know” basis, and equip them with localized questions and the optimal answers to best assess their options.

1. The GDP Landscape Around the World
2. How to Assess GDP in Carriers
3. GDP Documentation

The guide comes with a bundle of downloadable assets you can customize, expand on and use in your procurement process. Namely:

1. An RFP template to ensure GDP compliance in logistics vendors.
2. An audit checklist to assess GDP compliance in your initial screening with logistics vendors.

We hope the insights of this guide will ensure that your logistics partners extend the same level of GDP as you do and reflect your dedication to quality.