The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA is leading an initiative to identify holistic approaches to address opportunities and challenges in animal health and veterinary medicine. FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) recently released its Animal & Veterinary Innovation Agenda, providing plans to support actions that will further position the agency to work with stakeholders to advance […]
Category Archives: FDA
Drug Availability Issues? Let Us Know!
If you are experiencing drug availability or supply issues, please send any animal drug shortage information to the FDA Animal Drug Shortages mailbox (animaldrugshortages@fda.hhs.gov) or call FDA at (240)762-8893. This will facilitate FDA drug shortage staff getting access to all information more expeditiously. You can also reach out to AASV and we will submit on […]
Antibiotic Awareness Week November 18-24
AASV is pleased to participate in World Antibiotic Awareness Week November 18-24, 2024. World Antibiotic Awareness Week is a global initiative to raise awareness of the health risks of antibiotic resistance to humans, animals, and the environment and to encourage best practices among healthcare providers, policy makers, and the public to limit the emergence or spread […]
Survey: Addressing Unmet Need Within the Animal and Veterinary Industries
The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA is leading an initiative to identify holistic approaches to address opportunities and challenges in animal health and veterinary medicine. FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) recently released its Animal & Veterinary Innovation Agenda, providing plans to support actions that will further position the agency to work with stakeholders to advance […]
Drug Availability Issues? Let Us Know!
If you are experiencing drug availability or supply issues, please send any animal drug shortage information to the FDA Animal Drug Shortages mailbox (animaldrugshortages@fda.hhs.gov) or call FDA at (240)762-8893. This will facilitate FDA drug shortage staff getting access to all information more expeditiously. You can also reach out to AASV and we will submit on […]
Survey: Addressing Unmet Need Within the Animal and Veterinary Industries
The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA is leading an initiative to identify holistic approaches to address opportunities and challenges in animal health and veterinary medicine. FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) recently released its Animal & Veterinary Innovation Agenda, providing plans to support actions that will further position the agency to work with stakeholders to advance […]
Guidance Regarding Use of Aspirin Products in Lactating Dairy Cattle
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration understands that veterinarians and dairy farmers may be treating lactating dairy cattle for pyrexia and pain with aspirin and wants to clarify that there are no FDA-approved aspirin products for use in cattle. The extralabel use of unapproved drugs in food-producing species is prohibited. There are FDA-approved products for […]
FDA Releases Annual Summary of Sales and Distribution of Antimicrobials in 2023 for Use in Food-Producing Animals
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine published the 2023 Summary Report on Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals. The 2023 data indicate that U.S. sales and distribution of medically important antimicrobial drugs approved for use in food-producing animals decreased by two percent between 2022 and 2023; this represents […]
Reagan-Udall Foundation to Research Challenges in Animal and Veterinary Industries
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine continues to progress in implementation of its Animal and Veterinary Innovation Agenda, the center is supporting a collaborative agreement to the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA (the Foundation) to conduct a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. This SWOT analysis aims to research the […]
FDA Announces Animal and Veterinary Innovation Centers Partnerships
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine is announcing today the establishment of four Animal and Veterinary Innovation Centers (AVICs), which are the recipients of funding for work to advance regulatory science and further development of innovative products and approaches to better support animal health and veterinary interventions. These AVICs further the […]