The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail is responsible for implementing the national veterinary pharmacovigilance system. It leads and coordinates the actions of the various parties involved. It compiles the information collected and ensures compliance with the monitoring procedures organised by this section. It organises the dissemination of information relating to veterinary pharmacovigilance.
It receives the declarations and reports sent to its Director General, in application of article R. 5141-105, by companies exploiting veterinary medicinal products, as well as the information sent to it by veterinary pharmacovigilance centres, in application of article R. 5141-101 and by poison control centres and regional pharmacovigilance centres, in application of article R. 5141-110.
It also receives reports sent to it by veterinarians, pharmacists, members of a health profession in application of article R. 5141-103 and by any person who has observed an adverse reaction in an animal.
It assesses information on adverse reactions to veterinary medicinal products in humans or animals and the data sent to the Agency as part of veterinary pharmacovigilance and takes the necessary decisions or issues an opinion to put an end to incidents and accidents related to the use of a veterinary medicinal product, the simultaneous use of several veterinary medicinal products or the use of medicinal products for human use in animals.
To this end, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail may order any investigative measure he deems necessary, in particular:
-obtain the opinion of experts appointed by him ;
-carry out any work or investigations that it considers useful for veterinary pharmacovigilance.