Veterinary medicine

26
Oct

Clearing Up Some Confusion Around Establishment Registrations

FDA requires registration of facilities for everything from animal/veterinary and human drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, food, tobacco, radiation-emitting products, and vaccines, blood, and biologics. This blog focuses on the Drug Establishment Registration (DER) requirements. On September 25, 2026, a whirlwind of emails came through to those of us in the pharmaceutical world proclaiming that the […]

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31
Aug

Draft Guidance for Industry – GFI #256B – Compounding Animal Drugs from Bulk Drug Substances: Compounding under CGMP in Federally-Registered Facilities

For those of us in the Animal Drug world, we know it is unusual to hear much regarding compounding of animal drugs. Generally speaking, Animal Drug Compounding is prohibited; in accordance with GFI #256, “animal drugs compounded from bulk drug substances by pharmacists and veterinarians do not meet certain important requirements of the Federal Food, […]

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30
Jul

FY2027 Animal Drug User Fees Announced

The Animal Drug User Fees for both Pioneer and Generics applications have been announced! The Federal Register (FR) Notices can be found here: ADUFA FY2027 and AGDUFA FY2027. See the Lachman Blog for additional user fee blogs: GDUFA, BSUFA, PDUFA, and Outsourcing. As a reminder, ADUFA V (FY2024-FY2028) allows for an adjustment for inflation and […]

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11
Aug

Revisions to Nine ICH Veterinary Guidance Documents on Effectiveness of Anthelmintics

While most of us were sleeping, the ICH has been busy revising nine of its guidances titled International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products; Effectiveness of Anthelmintics for different species. The prepublication of the Federal Register today (here, please scroll down to regular filings on the lefthand side of […]

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