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The VMD’s old GSI email address will no longer work from 1 April
From 1 April emails sent to the VMD’s old email address will no longer be re-directed to the current email address.
Research and analysis
Veterinary Medicines Pharmacovigilance Annual Review 2018 Summary
A review of adverse events following the use of veterinary medicines reported in 2018
News story
Availability of Lactating Cow Intramammary Antibiotics
Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) have informed the VMD of supply problems with the following lactating cow intramammary antibiotics.
News story
Advice for users of live Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) vaccines
The European Medicines Agency have issued advice for users of live PRRS vaccines.
Research and analysis
Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance 2018
This report (UK VARSS) provides the details of UK veterinary antibiotic resistance and sales surveillance.
News story
New national application forms to apply for, change or renew a marketing authorisation
Launch of national application forms for a marketing authorisation.
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What Veterinary Medicines Directorate does
The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) protects animal health, public health and the environment.
VMD is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
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Policy papers and consultations
- Review of approach to issuing animal test certificates for veterinary medicines
- Defra group equality, diversity and inclusion strategy 2017 to 2020
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Defra: gender pay gap report and data 2019
- VMD FOI requests received between 1 January and 30 June 2019
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Office contact and enquiries
Woodham Lane
New Haw
Addlestone
Surrey
KT15 3LS
United Kingdom
Switchboard (8.30am-5pm Mon-Thurs; 8.30am-4.30pm Fri)
01932 336911
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http://bit.ly/1VkuifV
Please do not use the postmaster email address to report an adverse event to a veterinary medicine; use the link at the top of the page 'Report an Adverse Event'
Special import, export and batch release
Import Certificates
importcert@vmd.gov.uk
Export Certificates
exportcert@vmd.gov.uk
Batch Release
batchr@vmd.gov.uk
The special import, export, and batch release schemes are all digital services run by a team that only deal with queries by email (please do not ring the VMD about matters in relation to any of these schemes)
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- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
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