Who We Are

AHD is a registered wholesaler and distributor of veterinary medicinal products. Their extensive veterinary professional portfolio of authorised products, includes vaccines, antimicrobials, anticoccidials, antiparasitics, anti-inflammatories, trace elements, haematinic products and many more.

AHD operate from Carlow and have a dedicated staff of professionally qualified persons across the veterinary, pharmacological, regulatory and commercial sectors. They offer a specialist veterinary medicinal service to the veterinary profession in Ireland in both the supply and sourcing of veterinary medicines.

AHD has partnerships in place with a number of licensed wholesalers and licensed manufacturers of veterinary medicines in Europe. In addition, AHD has experience working with Sponsoring Companies (Marketing Authorisation Holders) in the importation of a number of veterinary medicinal products under the AR 16 provision of the European Communities (Animal Remedies) (No2) Regulations 2007 and corresponding Article 7 of Directive 2001/82/EC.

This provides for the importation of a veterinary medicine authorised in another Member State of the EU in ‘Certain Health Situations’-i.e. when there is a shortage of an authorised veterinary medicinal product on the Irish market or the non – availability of an authorised veterinary medicinal product on the Irish market for the treatment or prevention of disease.

In addition, AHD as a licensed wholesaler of veterinary medicines is engaged in the importation of veterinary medicines authorised in another Member State under the ‘Cascade Provision’ as provided in Regulation 18 of the European Communities (Animal Remedies) (No2) Regulations 2007 and corresponding Articles 10 and 11 of Directive 2001/82/EC.