AVC, the Association for Veterinary Consultants, was set up to provide a home for the community of independent and small-business regulatory specialists, covering the expertise-span from pre-clinical toxicology and field-trials to strategy and hands-on dossier management.
Each year, the General Assembly is held in a different country and, in addition to providing the forum for statutory business, there is relaxed socialising and the opportunity to hear invited speakers, from amongst AVC’s members and from outside, addressing relevant topics. In October 2023 we gathered for our 28th GA in the warm and welcoming Mediterranean city of Nice, to mark also 10 years since taking up official residency in France.
Nice also provided the backdrop for a discussion of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Pathology and Veterinary Toxicology. The advent of Artificial Intelligence, AI, alarms many people, mainly about how we can ever again trust what we read and see. One can imagine that some day, a dossier will arrive at a regulatory agency entirely constructed by AI with relevant and believable deep-fake visual documentation. At the same time, the concept of AI provides others with a new view of an innovative future…
The 2024 General Assembly will be held on October 5 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It will be held at the historical anatomical theater of the Veterinary Faculty. Invited speakers from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and AVC speakers will discuss important topics such as the role of consultants in the operation of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, global issues related to the shortage of veterinary drugs and efforts to ensure stable supplies, as well as the balance between consultant work and personal life.
