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Antibiotic alternatives: MSD pursues open innovation route
27 January 2012

While the flak continues to fly about the role and/or extent of veterinary use antimicrobials in resistance in the animal and human population, the animal health industry has opted to show that actions speak louder than words. MSD Animal Health this week opened a new chapter on animal disease ...

2012 – the year of decision for Pfizer Animal Health
12 January 2012

The beginning of the New Year in recent times has tended to signal one thing for Pfizer Animal Health : the announcement of a strategic M&A deal in keeping with extending its global industry leadership. In January 2009, the last of the turkey had only just been digested when Pfizer announced in the ...

Sense and sensitivity: FDA ends 2011 with surprising decision on vet antimicrobials
30 December 2011

An undeniably turbulent year for veterinary antimicrobial usage has finished on a pragmatic note that few could have predicted. On December 22, to the immense irritation of US environmental lobbyists, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided to take time to reflect on what to do about ...

AMR - end in sight for blame culture?
02 December 2011

Another big month in the livestock antimicrobials debate and, in spite of the rhetoric from animal health product manufacturers, another tilt upwards of the pressure gauge needle as it heads bit by bit into the red zone. November saw a slew of reports on the state of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ...

US animal health companies appear all-conquering in Q3 2011
15 November 2011

For the leading global animal health companies, the third quarter of 2011 seems to read like a tale of two currencies. Substantial reported sales increases by US-based companies, both in Q3 and for the year to date, saw them outperform their European cousins, whose performances were flattish at ...

Judicious AB usage is vital; where’s the beef?
07 November 2011

One raindrop doesn’t always portend a storm, but animal health product manufacturers are bracing themselves after the latest US FDA antimicrobial data showed an unlikely rise in sales for livestock for 2010. The data are unwelcome against a backdrop of concern over antibiotic resistance in humans, ...

 
FDA consults on GM Salmon 29 September 2010
The US government is consulting interested parties over the potential approval for food use of a genetically modified salmon. If approved, the GM salmon would be the first GM animal used for food to be available to US consumers. Biotechnology companies with GM pigs and cattle in development, food ...
Third link in E coli O157 awareness chain will boost preventive measures
29 June 2010

Interim results of a three-year project designed to gauge the public’s knowledge of Escherichia coli O157, in a bid to reduce cases of the infection in rural UK communities, have produced some interesting findings. Two-thirds of visitors to the countryside have never heard of E coli O157, and one ...

US to take European road on antibiotic growth promoters?
10 March 2010

There is nothing ambiguous about the fact that antibiotics are becoming less effective in treating bacterial infections in humans. This worrying development is a major concern for public health bodies around the globe, with cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) infection ...

A different way of appraising innovation and identifying disease control needs
09 March 2010

As the groundbreaking animal disease research initiative DISCONTOOLS crosses the halfway point of its four-year lifespan, thoughts are beginning to turn to who will pick up the baton when it comes to its scheduled end. The concept is large-scale: with almost €1m of funding granted under the EU’s ...

The quiet before the storm? Leading animal health company sales in 2008
19 June 2009

2008 may be the last time several of the leading animal health companies merit their own stand-alone entries in the sales rankings. Merck’s planned merger with Schering-Plough, announced in spring 2009, will accelerate its transformation into a global healthcare leader, but what shape will the ...

 
 
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