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

Details of seizure notice served at Border Force, Inverness Airport following a routine search. Published in June 2020. The following veterinary medicines were detained and subsequently seized at Border Force, Inverness Airport following an attempt to import: 1 x Equine Bute Paste 2 x 100ml Ketoprofen Injection 2 x 100ml Buscopan Compositum 2 x 100ml Doxycycline Paste 2 x 5ml Calmat Injection 6 x 50ml Syntocin Injections 100 x 1.3g sachets of Butalone Granules These products were intended for us