Animal research in a global organisation advantages and challenges of a centralised oversight group

摘要

GlaxoSmithKline is an international organization which carries out animal research in many countries. Regulations governing animal care and use vary throughout the world, the laws reflecting the differing cultures of regions and countries. GSK wishesthe care for our animals to be equivalent irrespective of where in the world research is conducted on our behalf. We address this by having:an overarching policy on animal care and usecore principles that must be met for all GSK animal studies irrespective of locationa centralised group, independent of the operational responsibilities (husbandry, care, study design and support), to lead the company vision for responsible animal research