VETERINARY DRUG RULES MUST BOOST INNOVATION, SAYS IFAH-EUROPE
April 1st, 2016
New European Union (EU) legislation on veterinary medicines must increase innovation in the meat and livestock sector, Roxane Feller, secretary general of the International Federation of Animal Health (IFAH-Europe), has told GlobalMeatNews. Arguing that some of the proposed reforms to EU controls on veterinary medicine are too strict, Feller condemned “the current complex system” as burdensome and “contributing to a 20 per cent drop in the innovation rate and lower product availability, particularly for minor species and smaller countries.”
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