Abstract
Vet Med Today: Veterinary Medicine and the Law 1657 H owners, veterinarians, and the equine industry in general are constantly searching for new and more effective treatments for injured horses. Stem cell treatment may offer such an alternative to current treatments, and initial reports suggest that stem cell treatment may be effective for a variety of injuries, including tendon and ligament injuries, in horses and may shorten recovery times and reduce the overall risk of further injury. Not surprisingly, therefore, the use of stem cell treatment in horses has gained considerable ground in recent years. To date, neither the US FDA nor the USDA, the federal agencies responsible for regulation of veterinary treatments and products containing cellular and tissue material, has promulgated regulations specifically governing the practice of veterinary stem cell treatment in the United States. Nevertheless, current laws do provide these agencies the authority to exercise regulatory control over stem cell treatment, and it is possible to predict how equine stem cell treatment might be regulated in the future on the basis of how the FDA currently regulates human cellular and tissue products and veterinary drugs and how the FDA and USDA currently regulate veterinary biologics. The present article provides a brief overview of equine stem cell treatment, offers thoughts on how the practice may be federally regulated in the future, and analyzes the potential impact of such regulations on practicing veterinarians.
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