Animal health professionals
On this page, you will find information on the Agency’s activities, including news and events, that are most relevant to Animal health professionals and users of veterinary medicines such as pet owners. You can contribute to the Agency’s work by responding to public consultations. Learn more about the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) and its role regarding medicines for veterinary use.
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Access policy for Union Product Database
Check our access policy to see the types of information different user groups will be allowed to access once the Union Product Database becomes operational in January 2022. The Union Product Database will contain information on all authorised veterinary medicines and their availability in EU Member States.
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Veterinary medicines: highlights of 2020
In 2020, EMA recommended 20 medicines for marketing authorisation, including 13 with a new active substance. Vaccines accounted for 10 newly authorised medicines, more than twice the number authorised the previous year, 8 of which were biotechnological vaccines.
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Responsible use of antibiotics: What’s your role?
To mark European Antibiotic Awareness Day on 18 November 2020, EMA has developed a set of info-cards with recommendations on how to use antibiotics responsibly. EMA encourages veterinarians to follow these recommendations and to share them with others.
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Implementation of the new Veterinary Medicines Regulation
Check our newsletter for an update on progress towards implementing the new Regulation.
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Suspected side effect reports of veterinary medicines
EMA is making suspected side effect reports of veterinary medicines authorised in the EU publicly accessible in the European database for suspected adverse drug reaction reports. The reports come from Eudravigilance Veterinary (EVVet), a database for processing pharmacovigilance reports of authorised veterinary medicines.
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2019 pharmacovigilance bulletin
The bulletin informs veterinarians and the public of the main outcomes of post-marketing surveillance activities for veterinary medicines in a calendar year. These include new warnings and recommendations related to the use of veterinary medicines and ongoing monitoring activities for centrally authorised products.
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Publications
in 31 European countries in 2018
