Veterinary Medicines Directorate
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Veterinary Medicines Directorate — publications from its own official source.
Publications 28
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Recruitment for two Senior Efficacy Assessors
Vacancy for two Senior Efficacy Assessors working on the safety and efficacy of applications for animal medicine authorisations.
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Research: Animal usage in QC tests for batch release of immunological products 2013 to 2024
Report of animal usage in quality control (QC) tests for the batch release of immunological veterinary medicinal products (IVMPs) via the UK from 2013 to 2024.
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Animal use in veterinary vaccines quality control falls to lowest levels in a decade
Average number of animals needed to release a single used to release a batch of veterinary vaccine has fallen fell by 41% from 29 in 2013 to 17 in 2024
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FOI release: VMD FOI/EIR Requests June 2026
Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulation requests for June 2026.
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Recruitment for an Executive Officer in the Director Support Office
Support officer role working with the Chief Executive, Director of Authorisations, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer.
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Pharmacovigilance Senior Assessor and Reporting Lead
Pharmacovigilance Senior Assessor and Reporting Lead working on post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines for the UK.
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VMD-funded study calls on horse owners to help tackle antimicrobial resistance
VMD and University of Liverpool delivering new research to close a key gap in UK surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in horses
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Recruitment for IT Operations & Service Management Lead
The post holder will support operational services, including incident management, service desk support, technical triage and escalation of live service issues.
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General Enquiries Service Standard Data 2026 to 2027
Monthly reporting against our service standard for answering general enquiries for the period April 2026 to March 2027.
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Annual submission deadline for small pet animal medicine exemptions
Companies marketing medicines for small pet animals exempt from the requirements of a Marketing Authorisation must submit an annual return to the VMD by 30 November 2026.
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VMD updates guidance on QR codes for veterinary medicinal product packaging
QR codes on packaging will allow access to additional educational and instructional material.
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Solensia 7 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Cats – SPC change
Change to the information provided on adverse events in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC).
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Recruitment for two Senior Scientific Officers in the Biologicals Team
Senior Scientific Officers, working on the authorisation in the UK of biological/immunological veterinary products.
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Private Laboratories Initiative (PLI): strengthening antimicrobial resistance surveillance in animals
The PLI is a government-led initiative, working with private veterinary laboratories to bring together antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data from diagnostic testing of sick animals.
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Advertising non-medicinal veterinary products
Explainer on the rules for advertising products used in, on or near animals that are not licensed veterinary medicines.
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Substances recognised as medicinal by function in veterinary medicines
List of substances recognised as medicinal by function.
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Placing non-medicinal veterinary products on the market - use of specific words and phrases
List of words and phrases that will cause a veterinary product to be medicinal by presentation either through use or contextual use.
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Bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccination
Information on BTV-3 vaccines for keepers and vets, including rules for reporting vaccinations and keeping records.
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Notice: Illegal animal medicines: seizures, improvement notices and prosecutions
References and list of enforcement notices and prosecutions which involved illegal activity with animal medicines in the last year.
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Urgent and clinically significant safety updates for veterinary medicines
Urgent and clinically significant safety updates arising from pharmacovigilance data, including reported adverse events, for veterinary medicines authorised in the UK.
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Enforcement policy for animal medicines
This enforcement policy sets out the general principles and approach taken by the VMD.
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Product Literature Standard (PLS) for veterinary medicines
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
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Guidance: Defra privacy notice: National Fraud Initiative
Information on how your personal data relating to financial transactions may be used in counter-fraud and error data matching exercises.
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Apply for batch release of an immunological veterinary medicine
Guidance on the Batch Release Request scheme for an immunological veterinary medicine to be placed on the UK market.
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Exemption from authorisation for medicines for small pet animals
How to comply with the exemption from the Veterinary Medicines Regulations that allow certain animal medicines to be sold without a marketing authorisation.
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Guidance: Response to identification of resistant bacterial isolate: Contingency plan
Lines of communication and action to be taken including the Government departments and agencies responsible.
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Submission advice for a veterinary marketing authorisation
How to submit an application, data package and responses for proposed or existing marketing authorisations.
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Known supply problems with animal medicines
Reported problems with the supply of an animal medicine and the date when the issue is expected to be resolved.