Dr. June Fanning:

The crux is we cannot avail of the derogation because of the up-regulation of antiparasitics from "prescription-only medicine licensed merchant" to "prescription-only medicine". Based on the previous EU legislation and 2019/6, to avail of the derogation, they must fit all the points under Article 34.3. The one there is the issue with is that even misuse is supposed not to have any problem from a resistance point of view. However, unfortunately, resistance to antiparasitics is already out there and has also been documented in Ireland. The problem is that the up-regulation of antiparasitics to prescription-only means they require a veterinary prescription for their use.