NOAH Compendium goes online

The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) has today, 30 September, launched an online version of the Compendium of Data Sheets for Animal Medicines at the British Veterinary Association Congress in London. The online Compendium is on www.noahcompendium.co.uk.

The NOAH Compendium is a convenient source on animal medicines, for veterinary surgeons, pharmacists, animal health merchants and other users of animal medicines. The book is published every year, with the 2006 edition due for publication this December. Now this information is also available, free of charge, online at the touch of a keyboard.

NOAH chief executive Phil Sketchley says: “It is vital that those responsible for the prescribing and dispensing of animal medicines have access to information about them. They need to be able to find out quickly what they need to know, and keep up to date with any changes to the advice given by companies in accordance with their products’ marketing authorisations. Now companies can use the online Compendium to flag up important changes in between editions of the book. We hope it will become an indispensable companion to the acknowledged animal medicine ‘bible’”.

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Notes for Editors

1. For further information contact Phil Sketchley or Alison Glennon at NOAH, tel. +44 (0)20 8367 3131, or visit the NOAH website.

2. The National Office of Animal Health was formed on 1 January 1986 to represent the UK companies which research, develop, manufacture and market licensed animal health products. The association has 32 corporate members and 13 associate members. In 2004 NOAH's members accounted for well over 90% of the £420 million UK animal medicines market.