Elanco has announced that it has finalised its acquisition of Novartis Animal Health.Elanco has announced that it has finalised its acquisition of Novartis Animal Health.

The acquisition, announced in April last year, follows Elanco's purchase of Lohmann Animal Health earlier in 2014. It swells Elanco's portfolio to nearly 300 brands encompassing therapeutics, vaccines, parasiticides, antimicrobials, surgical, enzymes, food safety and more.

Gaynor Hillier, Elanco's General Manager UK and Ireland said: "Elanco's acquisition of Novartis Animal Health brings together two strong companies with a passion for serving the customer. We will continue to offer the products our customers trust, while significantly investing in the development of new solutions to meet our customers' greatest unmet needs."

The company says it will now increase investment in research and development significantly, with a combined portfolio of more than 100 product development projects focused on:

  • enhancing care and extending quality of life of pets, while preventing disease and protecting from parasites
  • protecting livestock from disease and parasites, improving animal well-being and reducing the environmental foot print of livestock production
  • providing a broader set of solutions in areas such as enzymes, diagnostics, aquaculture and vaccines.

Gaynor added: "We'll continually seek innovative ways we can support our customers' business. With increased technical services, that combine our analytic and benchmarking tools with on-the-ground support, we'll be able to spend more time with individual customers seeking innovative solutions that can make a difference in their business."

Elanco says that the complete integration of the businesses will take some time, but it is trying to make the transition seamless. For the foreseeable future, business will continue in much the same way, including product ordering and customer support. Availability and access to products will continue uninterrupted.

For more information about the acquisition, visit www.elanco.com.

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