Ruling on prescriptions welcomed

Europe: The European Parliament has passed two crucial amendments, which will allow member states the right to decide which animal medicines should be the subject of a Prescription Only Medicine (POM) regime.

The amendments tabled jointly by Avril Doyle, MEP, with 21 others whose groupings within the parliament represent 87% of the votes, were adopted overwhelmingly by the Environment Committee.

Director of APHA Declan O’Brien said the representative body for manufacturers and sole distributors of animal health and plant health products in Ireland welcomed the decisions.