Archived government news
February 2025
Official Statistics: VMD Published Standards 2024 to 2025: Monitoring perfo… Friday, 14 February 2025
Extramural Studies Placement 2025 Thursday, 13 February 2025
Guidance: Retail of veterinary medicines Thursday, 13 February 2025
Notice: MAVIS Hub Edition 133 Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Guidance: Known supply problems with animal medicines Tuesday, 11 February 2025
January 2025
Recruitment for a Senior Safety Assessor Friday, 31 January 2025
Solensia 7 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Cats Thursday, 30 January 2025
Solensia 7 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Cats Thursday, 30 January 2025
Recruitment for Application Co-ordinators Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Form: Annual fees for marketing authorisation holders for veterinary medici… Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Guidance: Vaccination of dogs Monday, 27 January 2025
Guidance: Top Ten Imported Veterinary Medicines – Quarterly Report 1 Octobe… Monday, 27 January 2025
Official Statistics: Residues of veterinary medicines in food: 2024 Monday, 27 January 2025
Notice: Illegal animal medicines: seizures, improvement notices and prosecu… Friday, 24 January 2025
Official Statistics: VMD Published Standards 2024 to 2025: Monitoring perfo… Friday, 24 January 2025
Recruitment for Higher Executive Officer in the Director Support Office Thursday, 23 January 2025
Training Event: Veterinary Dispensary Manager Online Course Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Guidance: Urgent and clinically significant safety updates for veterinary m… Thursday, 16 January 2025
Librela solution for injection in dogs Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Guidance: Benefit-risk report (BRR) and signal notification submissions Monday, 13 January 2025
Meflosyl 5% Solution for Injection SPC change Monday, 13 January 2025
Official Statistics: VMD Published Standards 2024 to 2025: Monitoring perfo… Friday, 10 January 2025
Guidance: Fees calculator: new and variation applications for animal medici… Friday, 03 January 2025
December 2024
Notice: Illegal animal medicines: seizures, improvement notices and prosecu… Monday, 30 December 2024
Notice: Illegal animal medicines: seizures, improvement notices and prosecu… Monday, 23 December 2024
Form: Apply to change an animal test certificate (ATC) Friday, 20 December 2024
Guidance: Animal Test Certificates Friday, 20 December 2024
Form: Apply to run a clinical trial using a medicine for an animal Friday, 20 December 2024
Guidance: Urgent and clinically significant safety updates for veterinary m… Thursday, 19 December 2024
VMD seizes over 13,000 unauthorised horse medicines sold illegally online Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Guidance: Apply to change a veterinary Marketing Authorisation or Homeopath… Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Genta-Equine 100 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Horses – Adverse events Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Report a suspected problem with an animal medicine or microchip Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Guidance: Exemption from authorisation for medicines for small pet animals Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Guidance: Implementation explainer: Pharmacovigilance Monday, 16 December 2024
Guidance: Benefit-risk report (BRR) and signal notification submissions Monday, 16 December 2024
Guidance: Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Great Brita… Monday, 16 December 2024
Recruitment for Pharmacovigilance Assessors Thursday, 12 December 2024
Guidance: Naming of veterinary medicinal products Thursday, 12 December 2024
Guidance: Timetables for national applications for MAs, ATCs and VHRs Thursday, 12 December 2024
Recruitment for Head of Regulatory Affairs Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Training Event: Veterinary Medicines Masterclass - VMD Inspectors' Guide to… Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Recruitment for an Antimicrobial Use, Stewardship and Stakeholder Engagemen… Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Recruitment for a Senior External Communications Manager Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Recruitment for a Synergy Delivery and Business Change Lead Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Guidance: Urgent and clinically significant safety updates for veterinary m… Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Librela Solution for Injection for Dogs – SPC change Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Notice: Illegal animal medicines: seizures, improvement notices and prosecu… Thursday, 05 December 2024
Guidance: Legal requirements for placing a veterinary medicine on the marke… Thursday, 05 December 2024
Notice: Illegal animal medicines: seizures, improvement notices and prosecu… Monday, 02 December 2024
November 2024
Guidance: Fees applied to veterinary medicine authorisation applications in… Thursday, 21 November 2024
Research: Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance 2023 Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Research: Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance 2023 Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Notice: MAVIS Hub Edition 132 Thursday, 14 November 2024
Official Statistics: VMD Published Standards 2024 to 2025: Monitoring perfo… Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Guidance: Retail of veterinary medicines Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Corporate report: Veterinary Medicines Directorate Annual Report and Accoun… Tuesday, 05 November 2024
October 2024
Notice: Illegal animal medicines: seizures, improvement notices and prosecu… Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Research: Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance 2022 Thursday, 24 October 2024
Authorisation application deadlines for Christmas period 2024 Monday, 21 October 2024
Guidance: General licence for bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccine Friday, 18 October 2024
Guidance: Top Ten Imported Veterinary Medicines Quarterly Report 1 July to … Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Guidance: Urgent and clinically significant safety updates for veterinary m… Monday, 14 October 2024
Arthramid Vet – Adverse events Monday, 14 October 2024
Guidance: Bluetongue serotype 3 vaccine advice for veterinarians Friday, 11 October 2024
Official Statistics: VMD Published Standards 2024 to 2025: Monitoring perfo… Friday, 11 October 2024
Official Statistics: Residues of veterinary medicines in food: 2024 Friday, 11 October 2024
Our online services will be unavailable on 12 and 13 October Thursday, 10 October 2024
Guidance: Guidelines and guidance on the responsible use of veterinary medi… Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Recruitment for a Senior Pharmacovigilance Assessor Wednesday, 02 October 2024
September 2024
Guidance: General licence for bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccine Thursday, 26 September 2024
Recruitment for an Administrative Officer Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Guidance: Report a product defect: veterinary medicine Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Change to approach for mock-ups for VMD assessment Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Prednicare 1 mg Tablets - Product recall alert Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Guidance: General licence for bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccine Thursday, 19 September 2024
Official Statistics: VMD Published Standards 2024 to 2025: Monitoring perfo… Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Notice: Illegal animal medicines: seizures, improvement notices and prosecu… Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Recruitment for an Accounts Payable Manager Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Guidance: General licence for bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccine Monday, 16 September 2024
Guidance: Bluetongue serotype 3 vaccine advice for veterinarians Monday, 16 September 2024
Guidance: Apply for veterinary medicine wholesale dealer's authorisation (W… Monday, 16 September 2024
Guidance: Advertise veterinary medicines legally Monday, 16 September 2024
Animal Sentience Committee’s assessment of the Veterinary Medicines Regulat… Thursday, 12 September 2024
Notice: Illegal animal medicines: seizures, improvement notices and prosecu… Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Recruitment for a Senior Application Manager Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Secretary of State permits the use of 3 BTV-3 vaccines subject to licence Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Guidance: Apply for Specific Manufacturing Authorisation Monday, 09 September 2024
Secretary of State permits the use of 3 BTV-3 vaccines subject to licence Friday, 06 September 2024
Press release: Secretary of State has permitted the use of three bluetongue… Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Revisions to the charges for delivering the National Residues Control Progr… Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Notice: Summary of product characteristics for Syvazul BTV-3 vaccine in the… Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Notice: Summary of product characteristics for BLUEVAC-3 BTV-3 vaccine in t… Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Notice: Illegal animal medicines: seizures, improvement notices and prosecu… Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Notice: Summary of product characteristics for Bultavo-3 BTV-3 vaccine in t… Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Recruitment for Distribution and Supply Chain Inspectors Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Recruitment for a Secretariat and Data Support Officer Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Recruitment for Head of Quality of Biologicals Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Recruitment for Head of Safety and Efficacy of Biologicals Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Schedule 6 registration now open Monday, 02 September 2024
Guidance: Exemption from authorisation for medicines for small pet animals Monday, 02 September 2024
August 2024
Notice: Illegal animal medicines: seizures, improvement notices and prosecu… Friday, 30 August 2024
Published response to the public consultation on residues surveillance char… Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Consultation outcome: National Residues Control Programme: revision of char… Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Guidance: Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Great Brita… Thursday, 22 August 2024
Guidance: Implementation explainer: Pharmacovigilance Thursday, 22 August 2024
Guidance: Benefit-risk report (BRR) and signal notification submissions Thursday, 22 August 2024
FOI release: VMD FOI requests received 1 January to 30 June 2024 Tuesday, 20 August 2024
FOI release: VMD FOI requests received 1 July to 31 December 2023 Monday, 19 August 2024
FOI release: VMD FOI requests received 1 July to 31 December 2023 Sunday, 18 August 2024
Notice: MAVIS Hub Edition 131 Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Official Statistics: VMD Published Standards 2024 to 2025: Monitoring perfo… Monday, 12 August 2024
Guidance: Report a product defect: veterinary medicine Friday, 09 August 2024
Milprazon Chewable 12.5 mg/125 mg Film-coated Tablets for Dogs Weighing at … Friday, 09 August 2024
Milprazon Chewable 12.5 mg/125 mg Film-coated Tablets for Dogs Weighing at … Thursday, 08 August 2024
Guidance: Urgent and clinically significant safety updates for veterinary m… Thursday, 08 August 2024
Senvelgo 15 mg/ml oral solution for cats – Safety update Thursday, 08 August 2024
Guidance: Report a product defect: veterinary medicine Wednesday, 07 August 2024
Guidance: Product Information Templates for Veterinary Medicines (SPC and Q… Wednesday, 07 August 2024
Guidance: Report a product defect: veterinary medicine Friday, 02 August 2024
Ronidazole Capsules - Product defect recall alert Friday, 02 August 2024
Guidance: Maximum Residues Limits (MRL) Thursday, 01 August 2024
July 2024
Recall notice for Kexxtone 32.4g Continuous-Release Intraruminal Device for… Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Aquacare Swimbladder Treatment Product defect recall alert Monday, 29 July 2024
Introductory Veterinary Wholesale Qualified Person Training Course Thursday, 25 July 2024
Guidance: VMD Corporate Priorities 2024 - 2025 Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Caninsulin 40 IU/ml Suspension for Injection – Adverse events Friday, 19 July 2024
Official Statistics: Residues of veterinary medicines in food: 2024 Thursday, 18 July 2024
Guidance: Contact VMD Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Guidance: Apply for Specific Manufacturing Authorisation Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Guidance: Top Ten Imported Veterinary Medicines – Quarterly Report 1 April … Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Recruitment for Biological Assessor in our Biologicals Team Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Guidance: Marketing authorisations for veterinary medicines Tuesday, 09 July 2024
Guidance: Report a product defect: veterinary medicine Friday, 05 July 2024
Fleasolve 134 mg Spot-on Solution for Medium Dogs - Product defect recall a… Friday, 05 July 2024
Guidance: Fees applied to veterinary medicine authorisation applications in… Thursday, 04 July 2024
We are recruiting for a Head of Information Technology Thursday, 04 July 2024
Guidance: Apply to manufacture authorised veterinary medicines or exempt pr… Wednesday, 03 July 2024
Recruitment for a Higher Scientific Officer in the Supply Team Tuesday, 02 July 2024
Further changes to our special imports digital service Monday, 01 July 2024
June 2024
Further changes to our special imports digital service Sunday, 30 June 2024
Guidance: Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Great Brita… Friday, 28 June 2024
Neptra Ear Drops Solution for Dogs – SPC change Thursday, 27 June 2024
Customer Survey Results 2024 Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Recruitment for an Executive Officer in the International Office Monday, 24 June 2024
Mutoral II for feline chronic gingivostomatitis (FCGS) seized Thursday, 20 June 2024
Artikrill Dol Cane seized Thursday, 20 June 2024
Cimalgex 8 mg / 30 mg / 80 mg Chewable Tablets for Dogs – SPC change Thursday, 20 June 2024
Propalin Syrup, 40 mg/ml Dogs – SPC change Thursday, 20 June 2024
Guidance: Veterinary Medicines Registers: manufacturing and distribution Thursday, 20 June 2024
Product defect alert - Johnson’s 4Fleas Tablets for Cats and Kittens Friday, 14 June 2024
Operation Ancord – Multiple seizures of veterinary products Thursday, 13 June 2024
Guidance: Apply for a Marketing Authorisation in the UK for a veterinary me… Thursday, 13 June 2024
Guidance: Application fees for veterinary medicines Thursday, 13 June 2024
VICH consultation on safety of residues of veterinary drugs in human food Monday, 10 June 2024
Official Statistics: VMD Published Standards 2024 to 2025: Monitoring perfo… Thursday, 06 June 2024
May 2024
UK prescription veterinary medicine seized Friday, 31 May 2024
Non-UK authorised worming tablets seized Friday, 31 May 2024
Pharmaceutical Assessor recruitment Thursday, 30 May 2024
Guidance: Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Great Brita… Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Guidance: Implementation explainer: Pharmacovigilance Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Animal supplements seized Thursday, 23 May 2024
Pet supplements seized Thursday, 23 May 2024
Guidance: Joint assessment for veterinary medicines for use in the UK and I… Monday, 20 May 2024
Guidance: VMD Information Hub Monday, 20 May 2024
Guidance: Benefit-risk report (BRR) and signal notification submissions Monday, 20 May 2024
Guidance: Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Great Brita… Monday, 20 May 2024
Guidance: Animal Test Certificates Monday, 20 May 2024
New Veterinary Medicines Regulations now in force Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Record keeping requirements for veterinary medicines Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: The cascade: prescribing unauthorised medicines Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Horse medicines and record keeping requirements Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Appeal against a regulatory decision made by the VMD Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Report illegal animal medicines Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Legal requirements for placing a veterinary medicine on the marke… Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Veterinary medicines legislation Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Enforcement policy for animal medicines Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Advertise veterinary medicines legally Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Explainer: transitional provisions in new Regulations Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Marketing Authorisation Holders, Named Distributors and Local Rep… Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: How to register a Veterinary Homeopathic Remedy (VHR) Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Apply to change a veterinary Marketing Authorisation or Homeopath… Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Submission of an application for a veterinary marketing authorisa… Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Apply for a Marketing Authorisation in the UK for a veterinary me… Friday, 17 May 2024
Guidance: Fees applied to veterinary medicine authorisation applications in… Thursday, 16 May 2024
Guidance: Application fees for veterinary medicines Thursday, 16 May 2024
Form: Annual fees for marketing authorisation holders for veterinary medici… Thursday, 16 May 2024
Guidance: Fees applied to veterinary medicine authorisation applications in… Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: VMD Information Hub Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Guidance: Fee changes in the Veterinary Medicines Regulations Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Guidance: VMD Information Hub Monday, 13 May 2024
Recruitment for Audit and Assessment Officers Monday, 13 May 2024
Official Statistics: VMD Published Standards 2024 to 2025: Monitoring perfo… Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: Published standards for regulatory work 2024/2025 Monday, 13 May 2024
Official Statistics: VMD Published Standards 2024 to 2025: Monitoring perfo… Sunday, 12 May 2024
Guidance: Published standards for regulatory work 2024/2025 Sunday, 12 May 2024
Notice: MAVIS Hub Edition 130 Friday, 10 May 2024
New Veterinary Medicines Regulations coming into force on 17 May 2024 Thursday, 09 May 2024
Joint supplement for dogs seized Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Recruitment for two Senior Efficacy Assessors Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Dog worming granules seized Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Five vasodilator injectable medicines for dogs and horses seized Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Worming medicines for cats and dogs seized Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Change to procedure for joint label assessment for new Marketing Authorisat… Thursday, 02 May 2024
Warning relating to veterinary use of human eye gels Thursday, 02 May 2024
Recruitment for Pharmacovigilance Administrative Officer Thursday, 02 May 2024
April 2024
Guidance: VMD Information Hub Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Official Statistics: Residues of veterinary medicines in food: 2023 Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance available for product information templates for veterinary medicin… Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Summary of Product Characteristics and product literature for vet… Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Product Literature Standard (PLS) for veterinary medicines Monday, 29 April 2024
Official Statistics: Residues of veterinary medicines in food: 2024 Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Top Ten Imported Veterinary Medicines – Quarterly Report 1 Jan to… Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Bronchospasmolytic injectable medicines for horses seized Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: VMD Information Hub Friday, 19 April 2024
VICH consultation on new guidelines relating to technical requirements Monday, 15 April 2024
Guidance: Urgent safety updates for veterinary medicines Friday, 12 April 2024
Prevomax 10 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Dogs and Cats – SPC change Thursday, 11 April 2024
Prevomax 10 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Dogs and Cats – SPC change Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Recruitment for a Pharmaceutical Assessor (HSO) Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Guidance available for product information templates for veterinary medicin… Thursday, 04 April 2024
Guidance: VMD Information Hub Thursday, 04 April 2024
Guidance: Product Information Templates for Veterinary Medicines (SPC and Q… Thursday, 04 April 2024
Horse dewormer medicine seized Tuesday, 02 April 2024
AnimalBiome animal supplement seized Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Animal supplement seized Tuesday, 02 April 2024
March 2024
Guidance: VMD Information Hub Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Guidance: Report a product defect: veterinary medicine Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Product defect recall alert for Purevax® RCP FeLV lyophilisate and solvent … Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Recruitment for two Non-Executive Directors Monday, 25 March 2024
VMD and Harper Adams University form new Teaching & Learning partnership Thursday, 21 March 2024
Six horse worming medicines seized Thursday, 21 March 2024
Antibiotics from India seized Thursday, 21 March 2024
Guidance: Report a product defect: veterinary medicine Thursday, 21 March 2024
Article being updated Thursday, 21 March 2024
Recruitment for Veterinary Pharmacovigilance Assessor Monday, 18 March 2024
Seizure of unauthorised veterinary medicine for horses Friday, 15 March 2024
Apoquel Tablets for Dogs - change to SPC Friday, 15 March 2024
Recall alert for Anesketin 100 mg/ml 5ml Solution for Injection Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Research: Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance 2022 Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Recruitment for Senior Safety Assessor Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Guidance: VMD Information Hub Monday, 11 March 2024
Guidance: Urgent safety updates for veterinary medicines Monday, 11 March 2024
Unauthorised horse medicine seized Friday, 08 March 2024
Solensia 7 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Cats – SPC change Friday, 08 March 2024
Solensia 7 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Cats – SPC change Friday, 08 March 2024
Official Statistics: VMD Published Standards 2023 to 2024: Monitoring perfo… Thursday, 07 March 2024
Recruitment for Application Coordinators Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Press release: Government brings in Veterinary Medicines Regulations legisl… Monday, 04 March 2024
Press release: Government brings in Veterinary Medicines Regulations legisl… Monday, 04 March 2024