We are delighted to announce the release of a new course: Good Clinical Laboratory Practice

The work of analytical laboratories in examining biological samples is crucial in the diagnosis and treatment of patients, in public health screening, and in clinical research. Various published guidelines and consensus standards set out criteria that laboratories should meet to provide assurance of the quality of the data and reports that they generate. This course, focusing on the work of laboratories that examine samples collected from subjects in the course of clinical trials, compiles relevant quality criteria under the title of Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP). Compliance with GCLP will assist your laboratory in providing assurance of the accuracy and reliability of its findings to stakeholders in clinical research, including regulatory authorities.

This course is the third in a suite on good practices for regulated laboratories, following the recent release of Good Laboratory Practice, which focuses on aspects of nonclinical studies, and Good Quality Control Laboratory Practice, which applies to the manufacture of medicinal products.