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Published on 14 March 2025

Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

In Switzerland, the Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is based on the OECD principles of GLP issued on 26th November 1997. The ordinance on Good Laboratory Practice (OGLP, SR 813.112.1) was issued on 18th May 2005 and enacted on 1st August 2005.

General information on Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

In Switzerland, the Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is based on the OECD principles of GLP issued on 26th November 1997. The ordinance on Good Laboratory Practice (OGLP, SR 813.112.1) was issued on 18th May 2005 and enacted on 1st August 2005.

GLP Compliance Monitoring Programme

The decision / recommendation of the OECD Council of 2nd October 1989 on Compliance with Principles of Good Laboratory Practice [C(89)87(Final)] requires that each OECD member state establish a national GLP Compliance Monitoring Programme.

GLP-Test Facilities

The following Test Facilities have been inspected by the Swiss Monitoring Authorities. It was found that they were operating in compliance with the GLP Principles at the time they were inspected. The Facilities are in the compliance monitoring programme of the authorities.

Service Providers

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GLP-interpretations / Newsletter

AGIT

Invited experts from industry: - Larissa Michel: Swiss BioQuant AG - Markus Haak: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG - Jean-Marc Jehl: Debiopharm S.A. - Peter Crick: Innovative Environmental Services (IES) Ltd

Animal experimentation

Only available in German and French.

Request application to be listed in the GLP Register

Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) according to art. 3 par. 1 lt. a. OGLP: a quality system concerned with the organisational process and the conditions under which studies are planned, performed, monitored, recorded, archived and reported.