New drugs for horses and production animals in 2023

Abstract

In 2023, no new active pharmaceutical ingredients were released on the German market for horses and food-producing animals. Two established veterinary active pharmaceutical ingredients became available for additional species: The phosphorus compound butafosfan was also approved for horses, dogs, and cats and the mineral sodium chloride as an isotonic sodium chloride solution was also approved for rabbits and guinea pigs. In addition, for small animals, there were new releases of an agent (pergolidmesilate) in a novel pharmaceutical formulation and a lower content of the active ingredient, one drug (fluralaner) in a smaller package size as well as one drug (oxalic acid dehydrate) with a new route of administration. Furthermore, one combination of active ingredients (diprophylline+heptaminol) is available on the market for horses and food producing animals again.