<http://www.petproductnews.com/headlines/petproduct_headlines-2006-10-03-27827.aspx> > Feds Extend Minor Species Drug Index Comment Period > >The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended its deadline for >comments on its proposed regulations for implementing the "Index of >Legally Marketed Unapproved New Animal Drugs for Minor Species" from >Nov. 30 until Dec. 20. ... roughly 25 pages of proposed regulations. >As of press time, no comments could be found. > >The index itself, authorized by the Minor Uses Minor Species Act of >2004, would create a list of drugs that could be legally marketed for >treatment of minor species, such as most pets, including reptiles, >fish, birds and small mammals, other than dogs and cats. > >... these minor species drugs would not need to undergo safety and >efficacy testing like drugs for major species. Rather, a requestor >(drug maker) would obtain an FDA ruling on the eligibility of a drug to >be indexed, based on requestor-provided information, including a list >of ingredients, an overview of manufacturing processes, intended uses >and species and an estimate of drug distribution if distributed... > >For more information or to submit comments, visit www.regulations.gov. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5816]