Nancy Halpern D.V.M. on Veterinary Products

VFDs and the Veterinary Shortage

In April of 2024, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized new Guidance for Industry (GFI) #120: Veterinary Feed Directive Regulation Questions and Answers to inform industry stakeholders and small...more

7/9/2024 / Animal Drugs , Animal Food , Animal Health , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Veterinarians , Veterinary Products

Rabies Testing Notification Could Be Required In New Jersey

A bill in New Jersey that would have interfered with rabies testing of domestic companion animals has been amended to remove the potentially dangerous and unneeded obstacles to timely testing...more

5/26/2021 / Animal Health , New Jersey , State and Local Government , Veterinarians , Veterinary Products

California Proposes Regulations Governing Compounding In A Veterinary Premises

The California Veterinary Medical Board has proposed amending the California Code of Regulations to clarify the process for veterinarians to compound drugs in a veterinary office for the treatment of an animal patient. As...more

8/6/2020 / Animal Drugs , Animal Health , Employee Training , Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , New Regulations , Recordkeeping Requirements , Veterinarians , Veterinary Products

Update To FDA’s Guidance #256 On Compounded Animal Drugs

Since we first published “FDA Continues Proposed Extra-Statutory Authority Over Compounded Animal Drugs,” a number of impacted stakeholders have been expressing concern about the intended and unintentional consequences of...more

2/25/2020 / Animal Drugs , Animal Health , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Veterinarians , Veterinary Products

FDA Continues Proposed Extra-Statutory Authority Over Compounded Animal Drugs

Without clear statutory authority, FDA has proposed to expand its legal authority over veterinarians and veterinary compounding pharmacies in its newly released “Revised Draft Guidance on Compounding Animal Drugs from Bulk...more

12/3/2019 / Animal Drugs , Animal Health , Drug Compounding , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Veterinarians , Veterinary Products

FDA’s Revised Veterinary Feed Directive Part II

As previously described, FDA has updated its Draft Guidance for Industry, #120, regarding the Veterinary Feed Directive Regulation. The intersection of federal and state law impacted by this regulation is interesting....more

4/3/2019 / Animal Drugs , Animal Food , Animal Health , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Veterinarians , Veterinary Products

FDA Publishes Revised Draft Guidance #120 (Veterinary Feed Directive)

FDA recently released an edited version of its previously released guidance on the Veterinary Feed Directive Regulation fashioned as questions and answers. Some of the edited and added Q&A will be discussed in future...more

4/2/2019 / Animal Food , Animal Health , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Veterinarians , Veterinary Products

The Care Of Small Ruminants In The Absence Of FDA-Approved Medications

The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) recently provided guidance to small ruminant producers and their veterinarians in an article titled “Extralabel drug use (ELDU) in small ruminants” in JAVMA, Vol 253, No. 8,...more

11/14/2018 / Animal Drugs , Animal Health , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Veterinarians , Veterinary Products

Why Pet Owners Are Understandably Confused About Pet Medications.

FDA’s recent announcement that it is “withdrawing draft Guidance for Industry (GFI) #230, ‘Compounding Animal Drugs from Bulk Drug Substances’” reminded me that pet owners can become confused about what type of medications...more

11/13/2017 / Animal Drugs , Animal Health , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Veterinarians , Veterinary Products

Nancy Halpern D.V.M.

Fox Rothschild LLP

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