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Apply to import a medicine for veterinary use into the UK.
Information on BTV-3 vaccines for keepers and vets, including rules for reporting vaccinations and keeping records.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
How to contact the VMD for specific services or enquiries.
List of currently authorised veterinary medicines containing controlled drugs (CDs) and their requirements for special storage and witnessed destruction.
Service for Marketing Authorisation Holders, Manufacturers and Wholesalers.
Summary of product characteristics for Bultavo-3 BTV-3 vaccine in the UK
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
Records that must be kept when supplying or administering veterinary medicines in the UK.
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
References and list of enforcement notices and prosecutions which involved illegal activity with animal medicines in the last year.
Apply for an import certificate to import a medicinal product into the UK for veterinary use.
How a marketing authorisation holder should report a defect with a veterinary medicine.
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines in the UK.
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.
How authorised veterinary medicines, products supplied under the cascade and products used under the Veterinary Medicines Internal Market Scheme and Veterinary Medicines Health Situation Scheme can be advertised.
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