FDA and European Medicines Agency Announce Updates to Parallel Scientific Advice Program for New Animal Drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) are announcing today recent updates to the Parallel Scientific Advice (PSA) program for new animal drug products to increase harmonization and facilitate development of new products to support animal health.

The animal drug industry and the agencies that regulate them are increasingly seeking opportunities to proactively engage in the early stages of drug product development. The PSA program allows for animal drug sponsors to engage in concurrent scientific conversation with both agencies, the FDA and the EMA, on key issues during the development phase of new animal drug products.