Veterinary clinical trials are research studies that test the safety and efficacy of new veterinary medicinal products, a fundamental step in new drug development. In each study, the main scope is to answer questions that help finding better ways to diagnose, prevent, and treat diseases.
A pre-clinical and clinical trial of a veterinary medicinal product refers to studies of the effects of a veterinary medicinal product on a target animal species with the objective of assessing the safety, efficacy, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and residues of the product in the target species. These studies are intended to fulfil all the requirements of a registration dossier in order to proceed with the marketing authorization application.