Good manufacturing practice is part of a quality system covering the manufacture and testing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, diagnostics, foods, pharmaceutical products, and medical devices.

Good Manufacturing Practices are guidelines that provide a system of processes, procedures, and documentation to assure the product produced has the identity, strength, composition, quality, and purity that it is represented to possess

GMP benefits include the following:

• Reduced duplication of inspections
• Cost savings
• Export facilitation
• Enhanced market access