Sales of veterinary antibiotics in the UK are at the lowest level ever recorded, in a report published by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) today (1 November). The figures, published in the latest UK-Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance (VARSS) Report, show that sales of antibiotics for use in food-producing animals fell by nearly 10 percent in the last year and have more than halved since 2014. Sales of the highest-priority antibiotics due to their critical import

This medicines update is provided by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) and lists new active substance, new marketing authorisations and changes to authorisations most relevant to vets. New marketing authorisations Table 1 shows the new marketing authorisations for September 2023 TABLE 1: New marketing authorisations in September 2023 New Marketing Authorisations Product name and target species Active substance Authorisation Holder, territory, and distribution category Therapeutic group

This medicines update is provided by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) and lists new active substance, new marketing authorisations and changes to authorisations most relevant to vets. New marketing authorisations Table 1 shows the new marketing authorisations for August 2023 Novel active substances Senvelgo 15 mg/ml Oral Solution for Cats is the first product authorised containing Velagliflozin, a sodium-glucose co-trans porter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor, indicated for the treatment of diabe