The world’s largest animal health business is starting to take shape with the announcement of a name and a chief executive for the new company. The joint venture business formed by the French multinational sanofi-aventis and Merck & Co , headquartered in the US, combines sanofi-aventis’ Merial with ...

Elanco Animal Health , a division of Eli Lilly and Company , has reported an 18% increase in revenues for the second quarter of 2009. The company says that global sales of its animal health products were $324.2 million in the three months to June 30th 2010, 18% up on the $275.4m from Q2 2009. US ...

Merial has announced a collaboration with another biopharmaceutical development company which aims to develop innovative vaccines for veterinary use. The company has signed an agreement with Biolex Therapeutics of Pittsburgh, North Carolina which it describes as a "broad-ranging research and ...

Merial has reached an agreement with a non-profit biotechnology research organisation in the US to develop veterinary vaccines for companion animals. It says the move will help to create vaccines to fill the many unmet need that still exist, particularly in protecting the human population from the ...

The world’s largest animal health business is starting to take shape with the announcement of a name and a chief executive for the new company. The joint venture business formed by the French multinational sanofi-aventis and Merck & Co , headquartered in the US, combines sanofi-aventis’ Merial with ...

Andrew Rosindell , a member of the United Kingdom Parliament , has launched an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for the compulsory microchipping of dogs. He claims the policy would have a significant and positive welfare impact on dogs. It would assist in the return of stray and stolen dogs to their ...

UK-based Genitrix has added another product to its ‘Standards’ range of frequently used veterinary products. Called Prilben, it contains benazapril hydrochloride and is indicated for the treatment of congestive heart failure in dogs and chronic renal insufficiency in cats. Genitrix introduced the ...

The human antiplatelet drug clopidogrel – marketed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis as Plavix – could be suitable for the treatment of dogs that need long-term anticoagulant therapy. It may also offer a safe alternative to the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in dogs at risk ...

Following a very strong first quarter (Animal Pharm No 685, p4) the French animal health group Virbac 's unaudited consolidated net sales for the second quarter totalled €147.9m. This represents a 12.6% growth on the equivalent period last year. All regions recorded a double digit organic growth, ...

The Miyazaki prefectural government in the south east of Japan has lifted its state of emergency concerning foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which had broken out among livestock in the region. The state of emergency was officially ended on midnight July 26 by Miyazaki Governor Hideo ...

Pfizer Animal Health has launched a dedicated Equine Business Unit to provide a higher level of service and a comprehensive range of products to equine vets across the United Kingdom. Created following the merger with Fort Dodge, the Pfizer Equine Business Unit is headed by Ben Lacey , who has ...

A United Kingdom food supplement company Proto-col says it has come up with a new product to improve the bone health and joints of companion animals. Proto-col claims to have discovered that giving pets 2/3 collagen capsules a day is effective in maintaining bone health and reducing muscular pain ...