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13 August 2018 — News story
Suspension of Veterinary Medicines containing the excipient Diethanolamine (DEA)
The VMD has suspended products for food-producing animals that contain the excipient diethanolamine (DEA) - updated 13 August.
6 August 2018 — News story
Veterinary medicines - information about market access during the implementation period following EU exit
Information has been published on what the implementation period would mean for the life science sector, which includes human and veterinary medicines, once the Withdrawal Agreement has been finalised.
31 July 2018 — News story
Recruitment of Non-Executive Director
The VMD is seeking one Non-Executive Director to bring their experience to add critical challenge to the work of the agency and to assist the Chief Executive, as accounting officer, to provide the necessary assurance.
23 July 2018 — News story
Invitation to attend the Open Meetings of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)
The VMD and VPC will hold Open Meetings on 28 September 2018 & VMD will hold a Pharmaceutical Industry Information Event on 14 November 2018.
20 July 2018 — News story
Willcain Solution for Injection - Product defect recall alert
Product defect recall alert for Willcain Solution for Injection (Vm 10434/4046) by Dechra Ltd
12 July 2018 — News story
Filavac VHD K C+V - Product defect recall alert
Product defect recall alert for Filavac VHD K C+V (Vm 46470/4000) by Filavae
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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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Woodham Lane
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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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