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Eurovet wins Animal Health Company of the Year award
Salina Christmas, Web Editor
26 September 2007

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Eurovet beats off rivals Heska, Indian Immunologicals, and Merial to win Animal Health Company of the Year. The judges said that it had achieved significant growth through product development and international expansion. In 2007, it became one of the top 10 German suppliers of veterinary medicines. It also expanded its product range to include a new treatment for hypothyroidism in dogs.
 
Fort Dodge president Thomas Corcoran won the lifetime achievement award, which is presented to an exceptional individual in recognition of their services to the animal health industry. One of the many nominations described Mr Corcoran as “a true visionary and accomplished industry leader who has dedicated his entire career to the advancement of animal health”.

Over 200 guests attended the awards ceremony, reflecting the growing importance of the animal health industry. The event was hosted by TV presenter Michaela Strachan and David Catlow, president of the British Veterinary Association (BVA).
 
  
Jane Boscher, Media Buyer, MJL (left) with Phil Smith, Executive Director and Natasha Bailey, Senior Sales Executive of Informa Healthcare   Sarah Hibbert, President, Veterinary Practice Management Association (left) with Helena Jensen, Publisher, Animal Pharm
 
Manoj Parakash (left) and Vijay Teng, Vice Presidents of Intas Pharmaceuticals   Professor Diana Anderson  of Bradford University (middle) and the Veterinary Products Committee UK
 
The Animal Pharm editorial team. From left: Jamie Day, Sita Shah, Max Pruetzel-Thomas and Mark Lancaster   From left: Animal Pharm Sub Editor Jo Power, Abha Agarwal and R K Agarwal of Natural Remedies, and Mark Lancaster
 
The event is organised by Marketing Director Babita Bahal (left) and Events Manager Charlotte Garrat (right)   Dr Andrew Pridmore (left) and Samantha Nunns (right) of Don Whitley Scientific
Photos: Salina Christmas
 

Bioniche’s EcoNiche, a vaccine against Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattle, secured a Canadian victory over co-nominees Merial SAS, Norbrook Laboratories and Schering-Plough Animal Health for the New Veterinary Product – Livestock category.

Merial, however, bounced back to win the New Veterinary Product – Companion Animals category with its Canine Melanoma Vaccine. Other companies nominated for this category were Janssen Animal Health and Pfizer Animal Health.

Irish company Enfer Diagnostics and its German partner AnDiaTec emerged as winners of the New Veterinary Products – Diagnostics category with BoVir, a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kit. BoVir detects bovine viral diarrhoea virus in cattle within five hours without the need for a blood sample.

QIAGEN, a Dutch company that develops sample and assay technologies, and the UK Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) took home the Outstanding Licensing Deal of the Year award. QIAGEN and VLA are commercializing a portfolio of selected PCR-based, veterinary molecular tests or assays outside the UK. The initial portfolio consists of seven PCR-based assays for infectious veterinary diseases affecting livestock such as cows and horses.

  
Edward Haughey of Norbrook Laboratories making an entrance and an impression on the guests   From left: DBT representatives Stephen Dann, Richard Sibbit and Andrew Friend, with Adrian Bell of Whisper Consultancy
 
A garden of opportunities: Key industry figures mingle outside the dining hall prior to the event   Donia Youssef, Account Manager, Animal Pharm Reports (left) represents the subscription department of Informa Healthcare
 
Richard G Clemence (left) and David Tibbles (right) of Pfizer Animal Health reading the program book   This year's program book is sponsored by Management Forum
 
Publisher Helena Jensen opens the gala evening with a speech (not a lecture!)   Winners pose for a group shot at the end of the awards
Photos: Salina Christmas

 
The complete list of winners of the Animal Pharm Awards 2007:
 
New Veterinary Product – Companion Animals
Canine Melanoma Vaccine, Merial Limited
 
New Veterinary Product – Livestock
EcoNiche, Bioniche Life Sciences
 
New Veterinary Products – Diagnostics
BioVir, BVDV realtime PCR test, Enfer Diagnostics & AnDiaTech GMBH & Co
 
Best IT and Technical Innovation
Compendium Productions Improvement, NOAH
 
Animal Health Company of the Year
Eurovet Animal Health
 
Outstanding Licensing Deal of the Year
Portfolio of PCR-based veterinary molecular tests, QIAGEN and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency
 
Best Supporting Role
Triveritas
 
Outstanding Contribution by an Academic or Scientific Institution
Bovine Cellular Immunology, Institute of Animal Health
 
Achievement or Contribution by a Small Business/SME
Peptech Animal Health
 
BVA Leading Laboratory of the Year
Veterinary Laboratories Agency
 
Corporate Social Responsibility
Intas Pharmaceuticals


Animal Pharm will be publishing a video gallery of the event and a photo gallery of the winners on the website. Don't miss our in-depth coverage of the event in our print newsletter.