FDA Supports Innovation in Animal Biotechnology, Veterinary Products, Food for Animals Through New Comprehensive Agenda

October 2, 2023 — 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is taking new steps to further modernize its approach to evaluating and supporting the development of innovative animal and veterinary products, to increase regulatory flexibility, predictability and efficiency.

The Animal and Veterinary Innovation Agenda released today lists four objectives and details the supporting actions by the agency's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) to foster product development and implement smart, risk-based approaches to regulating modern animal and veterinary products. These actions will further position the agency for continued scientific and technological evolution while helping to bring safe and effective products to the market.

The new agenda applies to products like novel food ingredients that work solely in the animal's gut to increase nutritional efficiency and production; animal biotechnology products such as animal cell- and tissue-based products (ACTPs) and intentional genomic alterations (IGAs) in animals; cell-cultured animal food ingredients and more. It also aims to encourage the development of products for unmet human and animal needs - particularly to address the lack of targeted therapeutics designed and approved for use in animals.

Read more at FDA .

[Source: FDA15 September 2023]