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The Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) advises Defra on veterinary medicinal products and animal feed additives. VPC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
The CMA is opening a review of how veterinary services are bought and sold amid concerns that pet owners may not be getting a good deal or receiving the information they need to make good choices.
Animal Health was a UK government executive agency primarily responsible for ensuring that farmed animals in Great Britain were healthy, disease-free and well looked after. It was merged with the Veterinary Laboratory Agency in 2011 to form the Animal Health...
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
Urgent safety updates arising from pharmacovigilance data, including reported adverse events, for veterinary medicines authorised in the UK.
Apply to register, renew, or vary a Veterinary Homeopathic Remedy.
Details of certificates issued under the Special Import System for the top ten veterinary medicines that were imported 1 Jan - 31 Mar 2024.
The Veterinary Residues Committee is an independent scientific advisory committee that advises government on the testing of foods from animals to look for residues of veterinary medicines and banned substances.
Requirements for an Animal Test Certificate (ATC) to carry out the field trial of a veterinary medicine in animals (clinical trial) in the UK.
These published standards relate to a number of KPIs in the VMD Deliverables and KPI document.
Find out when it's possible to get zero-rated supplies on medical and research goods and services that have been funded by charities.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Guidance for veterinary medicines manufacturers and wholesale dealers in GB on selling and supplying products placed on the EU and UK markets before 1 January 2021 and the evidence you may need to provide.
Records that must be kept when supplying or administering veterinary medicines in the UK.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
You can appeal against certain decisions made by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) that affect you.
Explainer for businesses and persons regulated by the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013, as amended, on the transitional provisions included in the amending legislation: the Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production and submission of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and product literature mock-ups.
Details of certificates issued under the Special Import System for the top ten veterinary medicines that were imported 1 July - 30 September 2023.
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