MS 222 on prescription

[Duncan]

Europe have apparently gotten MS222 under prescription laws now (see my red highlight below)


May 29, 2013

Marketing authorization for fish anaesthetic, Tricaine Pharmaq, in seven different countries



Press Release – In the past few months PHARMAQ has received national marketing authorisations for Tricaine Pharmaq for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Iceland, The Faroe Islands, Spain and Italy.



"Appropriate anaesthesia can provide benefits for a wide range of fish handling operations, helping to safeguard fish welfare and also improving operator safety during processes such as vaccination", says Dr. Ben North, Managing Director of PHARMAQ Ltd.



Tricaine Pharmaq will replace the former product PHARMAQ MS 222, a compound well known to the industry and which held marketing authorisations in the UK and Ireland for many years. The formulation of the product remains the same (100% active tricaine methanesulphonate) and is available by prescription. Tricaine Pharmaq is readily soluble in water, making it safe and easy to use, with no requirement for solvents. Tricaine Pharmaq can benefit all sectors of the aquatic industry, from tranquilisation of ornamental fish during transport, through to full anaesthesia for surgical procedures, as well as anaesthesia of food fish at vaccination and egg collection from brood fish.



PHARMAQ UK will be the distribution centre for all of the different markets. Tricaine Pharmaq will be available in four different pack sizes from 25 g to 1000 g, all with separate national labels and inserts. "This is a great opportunity for PHARMAQ to introduce an established, safe and efficacious anaesthetic to support our customers in more of the markets where our fish vaccines are already being used", added Dr. North



For further information, please contact:

Ben North Managing Director, PHARMAQ Ltd

Email ben.north@pharmaq.no

Tel: +44(0) 1425 651927

Mobile +44(0) 7900 195046



[For more information on this and other Pharmaq products, see http://www.pharmaq.no. ADS-Mod.]

[DaveB]

Duncan This sounds like good news. What effect has this product have on parasites. As koi need to be sedated for gill biopsies and you have stated in your book is the problem with using 2-phenoxyethenol.Which sloughs off parasites.Just for the record does anyone know what is koi sedate the product sold by Kusuri. Are there any anaethetics we can use which does not have this effect parasites. Best REgards DaveB

[roselanekoi]

Kusuri's Masuizai (Koi Sedate) is >99.99% 2-phenoxyethanol, < 0.01% Phenol, obviously if you put 2-phenoxyethanol into a fancy bottle complete with a Japanese sounding name you can charge koi keepers a bit more,

Colin

[DaveB]

Kusuri's Masuizai (Koi Sedate) is >99.99% 2-phenoxyethanol, < 0.01% Phenol, obviously if you put 2-phenoxyethanol into a fancy bottle complete with a Japanese sounding name you can charge koi keepers a bit more,

Colin

Cheers Colin for clearing that up although I have my doubts that it is 99.9% 2-phenoxethanol ( It seems pretty weak compared to Duncans product, but could be wrong). Best Regards Dave