Representing the Manufacturers of Animal Medicines
National Office of Animal Health Ltd
3 Crossfield Chambers, Gladbeck Way, Enfield, Middlesex EN27HF
Tel: (+44) 020 83673131 Facsimile: (+44) 020 8363 1155
e-mail: a.glennon@noah.co.uk
PressRelease
24 April 2003
AMTRA manufacturers examination - top students rewarded
The top students of the two AnimalMedicines Training Regulatory Authority manufacturers examinations held in2002 have been rewarded for their achievements.
The winners were StuartLawton of Schering-Plough Animal Health and Gavin Kelly of Bayer. Runners-up were Margaret McDonough, then ofPharmacia, now Genusxpress Dental, and Lucie Wilmot of Ceva Animal Health. Theyreceived their awards from Lord Plumb at the Annual Dinner of the NationalOffice of Animal Health, on 24 April, in London. (Unfortunately only GavinKelly was able to be present).
AMTRA, the independent regulatorybody ensuring the responsible marketing and distribution of animal medicines inthe UK, holds examinations which need to be passed to gain an AMTRAqualification. There are four registers, to cover the spread of medicinesdistribution - for manufacturers, animal health distributors, saddlers andthose involved with GSL pet medicines. To acknowledge the hard work needed togain the manufacturers qualification, each year NOAH sponsors prizes for thehighest scoring entrants in these examinations.
NOAH chief executive PhilSketchley said: NOAH would like to congratulate the top students. Their hardwork is a credit to themselves, their companies and the animal healthindustry. The AMTRA qualifications are designed to ensure that the higheststandards of training, education and professional conduct are upheld.
He added: NOAH would alsolike to congratulate everyone who participated in the AMTRA manufacturersscheme, which was instigated in 1991 to give animal medicine manufacturersrepresentatives the opportunity to gain a formal qualification and to becomebetter informed about their industry. It is now a condition of NOAH membershipthat all manufacturers representatives become qualified through theappropriate AMTRA scheme.
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Notes for Editors
1. For further informationcontact: NOAH - Phil Sketchley orAlison Glennon on 020 8367 3131, or e-mail noah@noah.co.ukor visit the NOAH website www.noah.co.uk; or AMTRA - Mrs Winn Dawson on 01394411010, or e-mail info@amtra.org.uk orvisit the AMTRA website www.amtra.org.uk
2. Aphotograph of the AMTRA prizewinners with Lord Plumb is available on the NOAHwebsite http://www.noah.co.uk/
3. AMTRAis an independent regulatory body whose task it is to ensure that thedistribution of animal medicines in the UK is undertaken in a responsiblemanner by qualified persons. The board of AMTRA comprises an independentchairman and vice-chairman, two directors appointed by DEFRA, two from NOAH,three from Animal Health Distributors Association and one each from NationalFarmers Union, Pet Care Trust, British Veterinary Association, RoyalPharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and British Equestrian TradeAssociation.
4. TheNational Office of Animal Health was formed on 1 January 1986 to represent theUK companies which research, develop, manufacture and market licensed animalhealth products. The association has 36 corporate members and 13 associatemembers. In 2002 NOAH's members accounted for well over 90% of the 389 millionUK animal health market.
5. Thereare now 4 different AMTRA Registers of Qualified Persons: AgriculturalMerchants Suitably Qualified Persons (SQP) Register, Saddlers SuitablyQualified Persons (SQP) Register, Animal Medicine Manufacturers' Sales StaffRegister and GSL Companion Animal Medicines Register.
6. PMLstands for Pharmacy and Merchants List: animal medicines that can be suppliedto keepers of animals by agricultural merchants whose premises are registeredand where the sale is authorised by a suitably qualified person, as well asthrough pharmacies, or by veterinary surgeons to animals under their care. GSLstands for General Sales List. Medicines classified as such have to undergo thefull stringent licensing procedure, but are classified as suitable for sellingfrom any retailer.