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Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines in the UK.
Registers of authorised manufacturers, wholesale dealer sites and retailers.
Placing a veterinary medicine on the market, including non-medicinal products, medicinal words and phrases, how to obtain advice, report non-compliance.
Explainer on product information templates to be used by applicants and Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) of veterinary medicines.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply to vary a veterinary Marketing Authorisation (MA) or Homeopathic Remedy.
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.
How to report suspected illegal activity and how we will deal with these reports.
How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
How to obtain an authorisation to wholesale veterinary medicines.
Actions to be taken by Marketing Authorisation Holders in order to supply veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland from 1 January 2026.
Requirements for an Animal Test Certificate (ATC) to carry out the field trial of a veterinary medicine in animals (clinical trial) in the UK.
Apply for an authorisation to manufacture extemporaneous preparations, autogenous vaccines, stem cell products or blood products for non-food animals.
How a marketing authorisation holder should report a defect with a veterinary medicine.
Urgent and clinically significant safety updates arising from pharmacovigilance data, including reported adverse events, for veterinary medicines authorised in the UK.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
How to apply for an authorisation to manufacture authorised veterinary medicines or medicines marketed under the Exemptions for small pet animals.
Effective from 17 May 2024 Definitive fees charged for applications under Schedule 7 of Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 (as amended) as they apply to GB.
This enforcement policy sets out the general principles and approach taken by the VMD.
Requirement to analyse samples from food producing animals for residues of veterinary medicines and prohibited substances.
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