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Veterinary medicines: National authorisation application timetables from 1 April
Information for the pharmaceutical industry on new timetables and process improvements for national applications for MAs, ATCs and VHRs.
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Anaestamine 100mg/ml injection - Product defect recall alert
Product defect recall alert for Anaestamine 100mg/ml injection (particles in liquid) - Vm 41821/4011 by Le Vet Pharma
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Reclassification of pregabalin and gabapentin to Schedule 3 drugs from 1 April 2019
The Home Office has placed pregabalin and gabapentin to Schedule 3 of the Misuse of Drug Regulations 2001 from 1 April 2019.
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Veterinary medicine: Reminder how a MAH can report a supply problem
Reminder for Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) on how to report UK supply problems with their veterinary medicinal products to the VMD.
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Veterinary Medicine Supply Problem: Isoflurane
Update 11 February: Availability of isoflurane-containing products in the UK.
Research and analysis
UK One Health Report: antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in animals and humans
A joint report on antibiotic use in animals and humans and antibiotic resistance in the UK between 2013 and 2017.
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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
- VMD FOI requests received between 1 July to 31 December 2018
- Defra: gender pay gap report and data 2018
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Contact VMD
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
Find us here (copy and paste link into your browser)
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.defra.gsi.gov.uk
Export Certificates
exportcert@vmd.defra.gsi.gov.uk
Batch Release
batchr@vmd.defra.gsi.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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