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About

Good Distribution Practice plays a vital role in modern medicine. It ensures that products reach the end user in pristine condition and protects the supply chain from counterfeit or contaminated products. We offer three online GDP courses, all based on the most up-to-date guidance and endorsed by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the UK Royal College of Physicians. If you are involved in any aspect of pharmaceutical product distribution, the Good Distribution Practice (GDP) course is for you. This GDP training course covers areas such as quality control, manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, quality assurance, regulation, and compliance.

Good Distribution Practice (GDP) is part of quality assurance that ensures products are consistently stored, transported, and handled under suitable conditions as required by the marketing authorisation (MA) or product specification. This course is recommended if you are involved in any of the following roles: brokers; pharmaceutical wholesalers and distributors; logistics, transport, and delivery companies; clinical trials staff; pharmaceutical manufacturers; pharmaceutical suppliers; medical device manufacturers; warehousing; bio-pharma companies; or any company requiring a Wholesale Authorisation Licence.

Course Syllabus

  1. Rationale and Development
  2. A Brief History of GMP and GDP
  3. What Is the Legal Basis for GDP?
  4. UK and EU Legislation
  5. Key Legislation in Non-EU Countries
  6. Provision of Information to Authorities

  1. Management and Licence Holders
  2. Responsible Person
  3. Warehousing and Distribution Personnel

  1. Facilities and Equipment – General
  2. Receipt
  3. Storage
  4. Temperate Storage
  5. Cold Storage
  6. Temperature Mapping
  7. Alarm Systems

  1. Orders
  2. Procedures
  3. Project Quality Training Record
  4. Policy and Procedures
  5. What Should SOPs Cover?
  6. Performance Indicators
  7. Quality Risk Management
  8. Records
  9. Key Points

  1. Transportation
  2. Deliveries
  3. What About Goods With Special Requirements?
  4. Complaints and Returns
  5. Actions for Returns of Non-Defective Medicinal Products
  6. Distribution – General Points
  7. Recalls
  8. Recall Classifications
  9. Recall Procedure
  10. Destruction

  1. Counterfeit or Falsified Products
  2. The EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD)
  3. The EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD)
  4. FMD Packaging Safety Features
  5. Training

  1. Who Should Carry Out Self-Inspections?
  2. Inspection Readiness

  1. References and Links

Course Benefits

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CPD Points

Gain Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Points, accredited by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. These can be used to count towards the distance learning element of any scheme that comes under the umbrella of The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges or any other scheme for which there is mutual recognition.

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Certification

Receive a personal certificate to show your subject knowledge on course completion.

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Affordable

You get excellent value through our cost-effective prices. We can also offer you group discounts on larger purchases.

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Flexibility

The course saves you time through the convenience of online availability. This lets you complete the interactive course at your own comfort.

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Keep Up to Date

You will stay up to date with any legislative changes in GDP as our training courses are constantly monitored, reviewed and updated.

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Learn from Industry Experts

The course content has been developed to ensure that you comply with GDP legislation through the application of learning outcomes. The course is written by Louise Handy, who is a former chair of the Research Quality Association (RQA


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