Glossary

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)

The part of quality assurance ensuring that medicines are consistently produced and controlled to the quality standards appropriate to their intended use.

Details

GMP is not a way of confirming quality by testing alone; it is the minimum operating system that designs and controls people, facilities, processes, records, and release so that product is made consistently. In inspections, the gap between the approved procedure and what is actually done, weak quality unit oversight, and incomplete data and batch records are what turn into system level findings. Look at the quality manual, the organisation and its responsibilities, manufacturing and testing records, deviations, CAPA and change control, and the release approval evidence together.

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Real inspection findings

Findings from regulators' inspection documents in which this term appears.

  1. FDA investigators observed multiple documents related to CGMP activities that had not been completed, such as: CGMP-related policies…
    FDA · FDA Warning Letter · 2023-08-01
  2. Outsourcing facilities must comply with CGMP requirements under section 501(a)(2)(B) of the FDCA…
    FDA · FDA Warning Letter · 2024-05-14
  3. Outsourcing facilities must comply with CGMP requirements under section 501(a)(2)(B) of the FD&C Act.
    FDA · FDA Warning Letter · 2025-07-03
See 767 findings that mention this term

Source

WHO Technical Report Series No. 986, Annex 2, WHO good manufacturing practices for pharmaceutical products: main principles, Glossary