Glossary
ANMVFrench Agency for Veterinary Medicinal Products
The ANMV is the department of ANSES, based in Fougères, that acts as France’s competent authority for veterinary medicines.
It assesses applications and grants marketing authorisations, runs veterinary pharmacovigilance and publishes the index of veterinary medicines authorised in France, with their SPCs.
It analyses the antimicrobial use data collected through CalypsoVet and passes it on to the European Medicines Agency.
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See also
- ANSES ANSES is the French public agency for health and safety expertise, created on 1 July 2010; its ANMV department regulates veterinary medicines.
- AMM The AMM is the marketing authorisation a veterinary medicine needs before it can be sold, granted in France by the ANMV or at EU level by the European Commission.
- RCP The RCP, or SPC (summary of product characteristics), is the official document attached to a veterinary marketing authorisation that sets out the medicine’s composition, target species, indications, dosage, contraindications and withdrawal periods (article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6).