Medicina 2002; 38 (5): 488-490
Good Distribution Practice and its implementation in the drug distribution companies
Gailutė Drakšienė
Department of Drug Technology and Pharmaceutical Management, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania
Key words: Good Distribution Practice of medicines, implementation of Good Distribution Practice requirements, drug distribution company.
Summary. Good Distribution Practice is based on the Directive of the Board of the European Community 92/25/EEC regarding the wholesale distribution of drugs for human consumption. It is stated in the Directive that the whole drug distribution channel is to be controlled from the point of drug production or import down to the supplies to the end user. In order to reach the goal, the drug distribution company must create the quality assurance system and facilitate its correct functioning. This aim requires development of the rules of the Good Distribution Practice. Those rules set the general requirements of the Good Distribution Practice for distribution companies that they must conduct.
The article explains main requirements postulated in the rules of the Good Distribution Practice and implementation of the Good Distribution Practice requirements in drug distribution companies.
Correspondence to G.Drakšienė, Department of Drug Technology and Pharmaceutical Management, Kaunas University of Medicine, Mickevičiaus 9, 3
000 Kaunas, Lithuania. E-mail: gailute.draksiene@mail.ltReceived 20 April 2001, accepted 4 April 2002