Welcome to the March 2023 edition of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority’s (APVMA) Veterinary Medicines Regulatory Newsletter. In this edition, we have included information on several regulatory topics, including the introduction of new module descriptors following the release of the APVMA Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS), and our review of guidelines for immunobiologicals.

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) acknowledges the statement by Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management, published on 10 February 2023.

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) will implement revised cost recovery arrangements on 1 February 2023, as described in our Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS). The new CRIS will replace the current arrangements.