The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Council Covid-19 Taskforce has recently decided to extend until the end of September the College’s temporary guidance that allows veterinary surgeons to prescribe prescription-only veterinary medicines (POM-Vs) remotely, without first having physically examined the animal, but with a minor language adjustment to allow more room for individual professional judgement in each case. RCVS Council originally decided to change the supporting guidance to t

The VMD has today released its June medicines update containing the following updates for equine treatments. The below is a new product authorised for use in horses: Eqvalan Gold, oral paste (Ivermectin, Praziquantel) - Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Ltd. The following are changes to equine products: Alonate-P 400 mg/g oral paste for horses and ponies(Pyrantel embonate) - Bimeda Animal Health Limited Section 4.6 of the SPC has been amended to read; ‘Impaction of the small intestine may oc

New MAs and changes made and published to end of May 2020 The points below highlight changes in marketing authorisations (MAs) that may have a significant impact on veterinary surgeons’ prescribing decisions. New marketing authorisations New marketing authorisations relevant to veterinary surgeons in the UK that were issued or published in May are listed in Table 1. Table 1 also indicates where a public assessment report should become available for a product. Where available, links to these repo