Veterinary Medicines Directorate
Medicines
Directorate
Featured
Submission opportunities that are now available to applicants of marketing authorisations.
Top ten imported veterinary medicines - Quarterly report 1 January 2021 to 31 March 2021
Official Statistics
Report of the ten products for which most Special Import and Special Treatment Certificates (SIC and STC) have been issued by VMD in the UK.
Veterinary Medicines Pharmacovigilance Annual Review 2019 Summary
Research and analysis
A review of adverse events following the use of veterinary medicines reported in 2019.
Reminder about sending post to the VMD
News story
A reminder about what to do when sending information and payments to the VMD whilst we continue to work remotely.
News and guidance on veterinary medicines issues affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
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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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Documents
Policy papers and consultations
- Defra group equality, diversity and inclusion strategy 2020 to 2024
- Review of approach to issuing animal test certificates for veterinary medicines
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- FOI requests received by the VMD between 1 July to 31 December 2019
- Defra: gender pay gap report and data 2020
Our management
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
We are currently a virtual office so please do not send post as it will not be opened for some time, contact postmaster if you have an enquiry.
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)
Make an FOI request
- 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.
Corporate information
Jobs and contracts
Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information. Read our policy on Social media use.