When you buy a medicine, you trust it was stored and transported properly from the moment it left the factory. That trust rests on two sets of rules: Good Storage Practice (GSP) and Good Distribution Practice (GDP).
Good Storage Practice (GSP)
GSP sets out what a warehouse must be: permitted temperature and humidity, separation of returned and expired stock, cleanliness and pest control, and a record of every movement in and out.
Good Distribution Practice (GDP)
GDP covers the journey outside the warehouse: how vehicles are equipped, how long trips take, temperature records, delivery only to licensed customers, and the ability to recall any batch quickly if a problem appears.
Independent bodies audit these standards regularly. Meeting them once is not enough.
