WASHINGTON — The Food & Drug Administration has published a Request for Applications for grants to support the development of new animal drugs intended for minor species or minor uses in major species. (Major species are horses, dogs, cats, cattle, pigs, turkeys and chickens.)
The grant program was established by the Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act of 2004, and funding was authorized to start after completion of regulations to implement the Designation provisions of Section 573 of the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act.
Eligibility requirements to apply for a MUMS grant include: the drug must be ‘designated. . .

