An Overview of the 2022 Update of Good Publication Practice (GPP) Guidelines: A Medical Writer’s Perspective

Abstract

The Good Publication Practice (GPP) guidelines are a set of principles and recommendations pertaining to peer-reviewed or peer-orientated publications arising from research funded by or conducted in collaboration with industry sponsors, typically pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies.
 This year marks the 20-year anniversary of the first GPP guidelines, which were published in 2003.1 These initial GPP guidelines were developed to promote transparency and to establish standards for publication practice used by pharmaceutical companies. Since then, GPP guidelines have undergone several updates to reflect changes within the publication field and to provide additional practical guidance on publication processes and procedures. These updates include GPP22 published in 2009 and GPP33 published in 2013. Good Practice for Conference Abstracts and Presentations (GPCAP)4 was published in 2019 to provide guidance specifically for congress abstract and presentations. The latest update of the GPP guidelines, the GPP 2022 update, was published in August 20225.