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Information on BTV-3 vaccines for keepers and vets, including rules for reporting vaccinations and keeping records.
Apply to import a medicine for veterinary use into the UK.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
How to contact the VMD for specific services or enquiries.
Advisory note from the UK Chief Veterinary Officer for veterinarians prescribing BTV-3 vaccines.
Service for Marketing Authorisation Holders, Manufacturers, Veterinary Professionals and Wholesalers.
Summary of product characteristics for BLUEVAC-3 BTV-3 vaccine in the UK
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
Apply for an import certificate to import a medicinal product into the UK for veterinary use.
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
How to submit an application, data package and responses for proposed or existing marketing authorisations.
Summary of product characteristics for Bultavo-3 BTV-3 vaccine in the UK
Records that must be kept when supplying or administering veterinary medicines in the UK.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines in the UK.
Explainer for the rules for advertising products used in, on or near animals that are not licensed veterinary medicines.
Reported problems with the supply of an animal medicine and the date when the issue is expected to be resolved.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
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