The document discusses the importance of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) in scientific research, emphasizing the responsibility researchers hold in ensuring safe drug development through clinical trials and animal testing. It highlights the critical role of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and electronic lab notebooks (ELN) in organizing data and maintaining compliance with quality control measures. The integration of laboratory execution systems (LES) further simplifies the adherence to protocols, ensuring efficient and safe research practices.

1. LIMS - A REVOLUION IN GLP IMPLEMENTATION
With great power comes great responsibility. This statement holds
true for anyone working in a laboratory and doing research for the
betterment of the world. With scientific advancements expanding at
an incredible rate, researchers are trusted with huge responsibilities
that could have a profound impact on planet earth’s future. Be it
vaccine production for an epidemic disease or genetic studies that
could provide an insight into the mysterious world of genomics,
these studies can positively affect the human race in more than one
way.
Although these studies can impact us for the better, clinical trials
and animal testing are imperative in every research study before
availing it to the general public. When animal testing and human
clinical trials are involved, it is essential to ensure that the drug/
treatment option you are testing on the subject is harmless and non-
toxic to one extent. Apart from the reaction that the drug causes
naturally, side effects due to contamination or miscalculations is
abominable.
This is when quality control and quality assurance procedures come
into play. Be it GMP, GLP or HACCP, these safety principles are
quintessential to carrying out a safe study without causing any
hazards to working professionals as well as the environment. In a
laboratory where intense research is underway, hundreds of
samples, millions of data and countless interpretations are involved.

2. There needs to be a systematic way or organizing these data and
ensure that every procedure done follows Good Laboratory
Practices.
Principles of GLP demand that resources, raw data, and final
reports should be methodically archived for record keeping,
reporting, and retrieval. GLP has been formulated to make trading
of drugs and medicines easier as the importing nation need not
worry about the testing procedures done in other countries. GLP
serves as the ultimate safety guide across all nations. Although GLP
is doing a world of good, humongous amounts of data has to be
arranged methodically. Every researcher scholar knows that it isn’t a
walk in the park. LIMS and ELN software have made a significant
impact in labs across the world by throwing out heaps of papers
lying around and prevented so many more trees from destroyed.
LIMS Solutions has become the ultimate tool to help laboratories
manage their projects and personnel diligently. ELN Software
providers have come up with a new software known as the
Laboratory execution system (LES) which can be integrated with
ERP, SDMS, and other apps. Laboratory Execution System acts as a
middleware and directs the user to follow the appropriate protocol
and ensure the rigidity of the process and its end results. With LES in
the picture, Quality control, and quality assurance have become far
less complicated and tedious.
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