Experiments on veterinary medicinal products within the meaning of article L. 5141-16 are any tests, research or experiments, hereinafter referred to as trials, which are carried out with a view to obtaining a marketing authorisation or a marketing authorisation variation.
These trials include :
a) For non-immunological medicinal products :
-pharmaceutical tests, i.e. physico-chemical, biological or microbiological tests ;
non-clinical tests, i.e. safety tests, including tests to assess the risk to the environment, residue studies, pre-clinical tests;
-clinical trials;
b) For immunological medicinal products:
-pharmaceutical tests, i.e. physico-chemical, biological or microbiological tests;
non-clinical tests, i.e. safety tests;
-clinical trials.
Depending on the case, the tests comply with good laboratory practice or good clinical practice as mentioned in article L. 5141-4 . In addition, all tests conducted on laboratory animals are carried out in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 3 of Section 5 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code relating to experiments on animals.
The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail may, on request, certify that non-clinical trials comply with good laboratory practice and that the establishments carrying out the trials comply with good clinical practice.