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Idexx Laboratories office in Markham, Canada. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is an American multinational corporation [3] [4] engaged in the development, manufacture, and distribution of products and services for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, water testing, and dairy markets.
VCA was founded in 1986 by three health care company executives, [4] Neil Tauber and brothers Robert and Arthur Antin. [3] [5] The name is an abbreviation of Veterinary Centers of America, though VCA no longer uses this full name. VCA acquired its first veterinary clinic, West Los Angeles Veterinary Hospital, in 1987. [4]
Covetrus, Inc. is an American company providing animal health products and related services. [6] Until 2019, it was the animal health business of VetsFirstChoice, and Henry Schein, before being divested. [7] [6] In 2021, the company ranked 593 on the Fortune 1000 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. [1]
The company traces its roots through division Patterson Dental Supply back to one established in 1878 named Patterson Dental Company.It remained focused solely on the dental products market until the 21st century when it branched out into the veterinary supplies market through 2 large acquisitions, JA Webster in 2001 (92.5 million dollars) [7] and ProVet in 2004.
In 2016, the NOAH Code of Practice Committee found Merial Animal Health to be in breach of 2 out of 4 items under complaint. This related to the promotion of NexGard Spectra® to the veterinary profession by both account managers and technical teams via telephone conversations and webinars from February 2016 onwards. [9]
Zoetis Inc. (/zō-EH-tis/ [4]) is an American drug company, the world's largest producer of medicine and vaccinations for pets and livestock. [5] [4] [6] The company was a subsidiary of Pfizer, [7] the world's largest drug maker, but with Pfizer's spinoff of its 83% interest in the firm it is now a completely independent company.
The Company was founded in 1997 by way of a management buy-out from Lloyds Chemists. [2] It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2000. [2] In 2007 it bought VetXX, a Danish veterinary products business, for £62 million. [3] In 2010 it purchased Florida-based DermaPet for US$64 million [4] and Sussex-based Genitrix for £5 million. [5]
The Community Import Requirement Database (CIRD), was dispatched to veterinary officials in border inspection posts the legislation necessary for imports. It was also supposed to control the valid data of consignments. The impossibility of updating this database in real time was the main reason for its failure.