The aim of the industry is to produce products for both companion and livestock
animals that will contribute to their health and wellbeing. Huntingdon Life
Sciences provides a comprehensive service to support the industry in meeting
regulatory requirements in the fields of efficacy, target animal and human safety,
and product quality.
Only healthy animals produce safe and wholesome food. Animal health products
contribute to economic and environmentally-friendly livestock farming. In a
situation without veterinary medicines, animals would suffer and that would
clearly be unacceptable.
Moreover, to obtain the same food production level as today without veterinary
medicines, experts say it would require an increase by 25% of the poultry population
and an increase by 89% of the cattle population. The direct impact on the production
systems and the environment would be deleterious.
Veterinary medicines and vaccines help to keep them healthy and permit the
human / animal interaction that benefits human physical, emotional and psychological
well-being.
Veterinary products are subject to a series of strict regulations and stringent
testing requirements. The objectives of registration are to ensure:
- The safety of the product for the animal, the consumer
of food derived from treated animals, the user and the environment
- The high quality and stability of the product
- The efficacy of the product and conformity with the claims
made
Working in partnership with our customers, we are helping to develop and register
veterinary pharmaceutical and biological products for use either in farm or
companion animals.
We help sponsors to comply with this legislation and build well-structured marketing
authorisation applications. This includes all the studies needed to support
the three major aspects on which a dossier is based; Quality, Safety and Efficacy
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