Fifth type of animal medicine proposed to fill gap in system
Another category of veterinary medicine has been proposed to fill a
perceived gap in the current four-category system (PDF 20K).
The new category, which might be known as POM-V(HP) [health plan] or
POM-HP, would come between the group of medicines that have to be prescribed
by a veterinary surgeon and those that can be prescribed by vets, pharmacists
and suitably qualified persons.
The proposed new classification would be for medicines intended for ongoing
treatment or for control of an epidemic or persistent disease in farm
animals following initial diagnosis by a vet. It would require initial
prescription by a vet, but further supplies would be possible under POM-VPS
arrangements for a period specified in the vet’s prescription.
The thinking of the Veterinary Products Committee, which has proposed
the new classification, is that the POM-V classification is too restrictive
when treatment has to be initiated by a vet, but does not need ongoing
veterinary intervention and that POM-VPS is too lax because no veterinary
intervention would be required and a product might be used inappropriately.
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