Legislative / Regulatory Changes

Company changes

• Dunlops becomes Henry Schein
• Intervet Schering Plough becomes MSD

New products

Companion animal

• Hypoallergenic Wet and Anallergenic (Royal Canin) skin care diets dogs
• Chloraprep (Invicta) skin disinfectant
• Veraflox (Bayer) fluoroquinolone for bacterial infections in cats and dogs
• Cimalgex (Vetoquinol) NSAID for dogs
• Comfortan (Eurovet) methadone for dogs
• Suprelorin 12 month (Virbac) medical castration for dogs
• Cardisure (Eurovet) precision dose pimobendan for CHF in dogs
• Easerflex for cats (Alstoe) joint mobility supplement
• Meditek (Fabtek Solutions) silver impregnated activate carbon wound dressing
• Hepatic (Royal Canin) hepatic diet for cats
• VetCarePlus (Supreme) diet for rabbits
• PropoFlo Plus (Abbott) 28 day version of the intravenous anaesthetic for cats and dogs
• Supleneo Flex (Merial) nutraceutical joint supplement for dogs
• Microbex (Virbac) POM V shampoo for malassezia in dogs
• Fiprospot (Ceva) for fleas in cats and dogs, and ticks in dogs
• Allerderm (Virbac) to rebuild epidermal barrier in cats and dogs
• ChroMyco Duo (Invicta) first duo plate dermatophtye fungal test
• Comfortis (Elanco) novel monthly oral flea adulticide for dogs

Farm Animal & Equine

• Loxicom Injection for cattle, pigs and horses (Norbrook) NSAID
• Tilmodil (Animalcare) antibiotic for cattle and sheep
• Equistro Flexadin UCII (Vetoquinol) equine joint supplement
• Forcyl (Vetoquinol) injectable anti-infective for cattle
• Zuprevo (MSD) antibiotic for treatment of Bovine Respiratory Disease
• MarbiFlox (Eurovet) for treatment of respiratory infections in cattle and pigs
• Bovocycline (Eurovet) pessary for cattle.
• Celox Veterinary (Dechra) haemostat
• PORCILIS AR-T DF (Intervet Schering Plough) vaccine against atrophic rhinitis in piglets
• Relaquine (Eurovet) ACP gel for horses
• Sodium Salicyl (Vetoquinol) water soluble NSAID for pigs and calves
• Vetergesic (Alstoe) injectable opiate now licensed for use in horses
• Hepatosyl Plus (Ceva) liver supplement for horses
• Bovivet Hoof Bandage / Kruuse Hoof Gel (Kruuse) for digital dermatitis in cattle
• Cevazuril (Ceva) for diarrhoea in sucking pigs
• Marbox (Ceva) anti-infective for bovine mastitis and respiratory disorders

Other Notable Events

• British Veterinary Union formed under the umbrella of Unite.
• RCVS launches new look

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