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As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
Apply to import a medicine for veterinary use into the UK.
Information on BTV-3 vaccines including permits and licences.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
Service for Marketing Authorisation Holders, Manufacturers and Wholesalers.
Summary of product characteristics for Bultavo-3 BTV-3 vaccine in the UK
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on applying for maximum residue limits (MRLs) in the UK.
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
How to contact the VMD for specific services or enquiries.
Details of the VMD Corporate Priorities for 2025 - 2026.
Apply for an import certificate to import a medicinal product into the UK for veterinary use.
Records that must be kept when supplying or administering veterinary medicines in the UK.
Advisory note from the UK Chief Veterinary Officer for veterinarians prescribing BTV-3 vaccines.
References and list of enforcement notices and prosecutions which involved illegal activity with animal medicines in the last year.
Explanation of what Pharmacovigilance means and who is responsible. These documents must be read with the Implementation Explainer at VMD Information Hub.
Registers of authorised manufacturers, wholesale dealer sites and retailers.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines in the UK.
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