Dr. Paul Corkery:

One of the ten recommendations the committee put to us was to examine the substitution of generic products. We discussed this with the HPRA and came up with what HPRA has advised us to call a comparable product list. This comparable product list will be available. The dispenser, be it the co-op or the licensed merchant, will be able to examine the prescription and will have been given, in our national veterinary prescription system, every product that can be substituted for it. This will include the product it will have on its shelf. We have worked with the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society and the Independent Licensed Merchants Association to ensure this is workable. Recently they proposed additional changes and we have accommodated them.