The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA is leading an initiative to identify holistic approaches to address opportunities and challenges in animal health and veterinary medicine. FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) recently released its Animal & Veterinary Innovation Agenda, providing plans to support actions that will further position the agency to work with stakeholders to advance continued scientific and technological evolution while helping ensure that a robust variety of safe and effective animal health products are available to the animal industry, owners, caretakers, and veterinarians. The Foundation has convened an Expert Panel to conduct this work, and the FDA will use this analysis to help CVM identify areas where new or adapted regulatory approaches may be needed to accommodate innovative solutions. How the animal health sectors integrate with One Health will also be considered in the analysis. The panel expects to release its report in the second quarter of 2025.
Stakeholder Input
The Panel welcomes input from a variety of stakeholder perspectives: other U.S./State/Local government agencies, animal food and drug industries, public health organizations, non-governmental groups, as well as the end users of FDA’s regulated products (farmers, ranchers, pet owners, zoos, and veterinarians). Input provided by November 15, 2024, will be considered as part of the Panel’s deliberations. In addition, market research, roundtable discussions, and individual interviews will be deployed.
This project is supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award of $325,000 in federal funds (100% of the project). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by FDA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit FDA.gov.