Research and analysis

Veterinary Medicines Pharmacovigilance Annual Review 2017: Summary

A review of adverse events following the use of veterinary medicines reported in 2017.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Published: 5 July 2019

Documents

Veterinary Pharmacovigilance in the United Kingdom Annual Review 2017

Ref: 1500687

PDF, 257 KB, 20 pages

Details

The annual review summarises the 6,721 UK adverse events in animals, humans and the environment after the use of veterinary medicines and other products reported to VMD in 2017.

Information includes:

• Types of products mentioned in reports
• Animal adverse events
  • Companion animals (pets)
  • Food animals
• Human adverse events
• Advice to users of veterinary medicines
• Changes made to product literature, as a result of pharmacovigilance information received

Published 5 July 2019