OAH represents the UK animal medicine industry whose aim is to provide safe, effective, quality medicines for the treatment and welfare of all animals.

It is the task of NOAH to promote and defend the responsible manufacture, sale, distribution, handling and use of animal medicines and animal health products, and to act as a consultative body to the industry, Government, the media and the general public.

NOAH also represents the views and interests of its members and informs the outside world about the valuable work of the animal health industry, an industry which plays a key part in companion animal welfare, farm animal welfare, consumer safety, farm prosperity, environmental protection and scientific innovation.