Compounding Pharmacy Reinforces Standards

Wickliffe Veterinary Pharmacy said it has taken steps to reinforce its safety and quality standards and has cooperated with a federal agency’s inquiry into “adverse events earlier this year.”
Share
Favorite
Close

No account yet? Register

ADVERTISEMENT

A Lexington, Kentucky, pharmacy that makes compound products for horses said it has taken steps to reinforce its safety and quality standards and has cooperated with a federal agency's inquiry into "adverse events earlier this year."

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently sent a letter to Wickliffe Pharmaceutical Inc., notifying the firm that tests show its drug products are "adulterated and misbranded" under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

"Wickliffe Veterinary Pharmacy, a high-quality provider of customized medicinal solutions for veterinarians, cooperated fully with federal health officials' inquiry into the adverse events involving horses earlier this year," the company said in a statement in response to the FDA letter. "The recent compliance letter issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is related solely to this previous incident. We took prompt action last spring in response to the incident to reinforce our high safety and quality standards for Wickliffe's compounded products. We are preparing a response to the FDA that outlines the steps that we have taken and the quality assurance program that we maintain."

In a letter to the firm and its president/owner Jacqueline S. Bernard, the FDA's district office in Cincinnati, Ohio, said an investigation of the pharmacy was initiated following the deaths of two horses in Kentucky after they were administered an oral paste containing toltrazuril and pyrimethamine compounded by the pharmacy. While the investigation was underway, the letter states, the agency received a report that eight horses in Florida had suffered adverse reactions after they were treated with a "suspension drug product compounded by your pharmacy that also contained toltrazuril and pyrimethamine

Create a free account with TheHorse.com to view this content.

TheHorse.com is home to thousands of free articles about horse health care. In order to access some of our exclusive free content, you must be signed into TheHorse.com.

Start your free account today!

Already have an account?
and continue reading.

Share

Written by:

The Blood-Horse is the leading weekly publication devoted to international Thoroughbred racing and breeding. Since 1916, the staff of The Blood-Horse has served the Thoroughbred community with the highest standards of journalistic excellence to provide comprehensive and timely editorial coverage and analysis.

Related Articles

Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with

FREE weekly newsletters from TheHorse.com

Sponsored Content

Weekly Poll

sponsored by:

How much time do you usually spend grooming your horse?
437 votes · 437 answers

Readers’ Most Popular

Sign In

Don’t have an account? Register for a FREE account here.

Need to update your account?

You need to be logged in to fill out this form

Create a free account with TheHorse.com!