A company operating veterinary medicinal products has at its disposal, on a permanent basis, the services of a person, pharmacist or veterinarian, responsible for veterinary pharmacovigilance residing in the European Union. The name, position and contact details of this person are communicated to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail.
This person is responsible for :
1° Gathering, processing and making accessible to any person entitled to know the information relating to all suspected adverse reactions which have been reported to him/her. This information is kept for a period of at least five years from the date of receipt;
2° To prepare the reports referred to in Article R. 5141-105 for transmission to the Director General of the Agency;
3° To ensure that requests from the Director General of the Agency for additional information required for veterinary pharmacovigilance are answered fully and promptly, in particular information relating to post-marketing surveillance studies, sales volumes or prescriptions for the veterinary medicinal product concerned.