Veterinary Medicines
The aim of the Irish Medicines Board is to protect and enhance public health and animal health through the regulation of human and veterinary medicinal products.
The regulation of these products is founded on science and law to ensure their purity, potency, safety, efficacy and appropriate storage, transport and distribution.
The Irish Medicines Board also participates in systems designed to establish quality, safety and efficacy standards for veterinary medicines in the European Union.
In addition to its functions relating to the authorisation of veterinary medicinal products, the veterinary department of the Irish Medicines Board is also responsible for monitoring adverse reactions (including reports of lack of efficacy) to veterinary medicines in animals and in humans.
The IMB is also the competent authority for deciding the classification of products either as animal remedies requiring a marketing authorisation or out-of-scope of the national and European legislation on veterinary medicinal products.