New plan published to reform Veterinary Medicines Regulations
Regulations to be made more effective and maintain the UK as an attractive place to develop and market veterinary medicines
皇冠体育app Veterinary Medicines Directorate has today (2 February) published plans to modernise the Veterinary Medicines Regulations and maintain the UK as an attractive place to develop and market veterinary medicines.
皇冠体育app Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 set out the controls on the marketing, manufacture, distribution, possession, and administration of veterinary medicines and medicated feed. 皇冠体育appy are a critical tool to help protect animal health, public health and the environment.
皇冠体育app 鈥� which follows an eight-week public consultation last year 鈥� includes plans to modernise the Regulations with requirements that reflect developments in the industry and reduce regulatory burden where possible.
Updates include encouraging the submission and marketing of new and innovative products to help increase medicine availability and introducing further measures to help reduce the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance. 聽
Overall, the proposals in the consultation received widespread support from the veterinary medicines sector and the majority of the proposals will be implemented. 皇冠体育app government has listened to the feedback from respondents and amended proposals where necessary to ensure they are fit for purpose.
皇冠体育app changes will provide improved clarity and consistency in the Regulations meaning more certainty for those involved in the health and welfare of animals.
Abi Seager, Veterinary Medicine Directorate Chief Executive Officer said:
鈥淲e are grateful to everyone who took the time to provide considered responses to our consultation.
鈥淲e are pleased with the support for the proposed changes. Where the feedback identified disproportionate impacts on certain businesses or unintended consequences on animal health and welfare, we have acted and amended our proposals.
鈥淲e look forward to continuing engagement with all our stakeholders and support them through the implementation of the upcoming changes.鈥�
皇冠体育app new Regulations build upon wider work on antimicrobial resistance outlined in the , delivered through the .
皇冠体育app recent showed that sales of antibiotics for use in food-producing animals fell by nearly 10 percent in the last year and have fallen by 59% since 2014.
皇冠体育app (VMD) is a regulatory and policy lead body responsible for issues concerning the use and manufacture of veterinary medicines and medicated feed in the UK.
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