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Placing a veterinary medicine on the market, including non-medicinal products, medicinal words and phrases, how to obtain advice, report non-compliance.
How to complain about the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's services.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines in the UK.
Explainer on product information templates to be used by applicants and Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) of veterinary medicines.
Explainer for the pharmaceutical industry on the implementation of Pharmacovigilance requirements during the transition time from the date the revised VMR have effect in GB to 17 May 2027.
Legal requirements and good practice guidance for Veterinary Practice Premises Inspections.
Dermipred tablets seized at East Midlands Airport.
How to register veterinary practice premises for veterinary surgeons to supply veterinary medicines.
Who in the pharmaceutical industry can be a Marketing Authorisation Holder, named distributor or local representative and how to make changes to these.
Legal requirements for the sale of veterinary medicines on the internet and the VMD Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS).
Guidance and application forms for Marketing Authorisations, Animal Test Certificates, Veterinary Homeopathic Remedy, Export and Import certificates, Batch release and Batch control.
Registers of authorised manufacturers, wholesale dealer sites and retailers.
Check if an online retailer that sells pet medicines is on the Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s accredited internet retailer scheme (AIRS)
Biheldon cat and dog wormers seized at East Midlands Airport.
Reported problems with the supply of an animal medicine and the date when the issue is expected to be resolved.
How to obtain an authorisation to wholesale veterinary medicines.
Clarification for the interpretation of the new elements within the Veterinary Medicines Regulations (VMRs), as amended, relating to combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
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.) Regulati…
Veterinary products seized during an FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) Operation.
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