India designated Vice-Chair of OECD Working Group on GLP:

India has been designated the ‘Vice-Chair’ ofGood Laboratory Practice (GLP) Working Group of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

India has been designated the ‘Vice-Chair’ ofGood Laboratory Practice (GLP) Working Group of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is a quality system, which has been evolved by OECD to ensure that safety data generated on various chemicals like industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals (Human and Veterinary), agrochemicals, cosmetic products, food/ feed additives, and medical devices, etc., can be relied upon by regulatory authorities.
The National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority (NGCMA): The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, established the National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority (NGCMA) with the approval of the Union Cabinet on April 24, 2002.
NGCMA is the National body which grants GLP certification to test facilities (TFs) conducting safety studies on new chemicals of the above-mentioned categories in accordance with OECD Principles of GLP and OECD Council norms.