Current Issues and Topics Concerning the Bovine Practitioner

Abstract

As regulators under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, our first concern is always to protect the public health; our second concern is to ensure the safety, efficacy, and availability of the animal drug supply. The best way to ensure both objectives is to design cooperative and efficient processes that encourage sponsors to collect good data on the safety and efficacy of their animal drugs and to seek FDA approval to market them.