RUMA adopts European Medicines Agency's list of highest priority antibiotics

The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance has decided to use the European Medicines Agency (EMA) list of critically important antibiotics (CIAs) setting out which antibiotic groups should only be used in livestock when no other product will be effective. RUMA explains that slightly different lists of CIAs – so-called because they are considered critically important for use in human medicine – have been published by the World Health Organization, the US Food and Drug Administration and the EMA. This has led to debate within farming about which list should be observed. After discussions with its members and with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, RUMA decided to use the EMA's list. John Fitzgerald, secretary general of RUMA, explained that the various lists existed because the organisations behind them assessed different risks. ‘The conclusion is that in the UK, the list of highest priority CIAs should reflect...
Source: Veterinary Record - Category: Veterinary Research Tags: News section Source Type: research