Legislative Changes

• Office of Fair Trading dropped requirement for vets to display top 10 medicines
• VSA 1966 amended by Legislative Reform Order separating RCVS DC from Council
• Advertising of antimicrobials to animal keepers banned.

Company Changes

• Pfizer Animal Health became Zoetis
• Alstoe Animal Health acquired by Sogeval

New Products

Companion Animal

• Recuvrya (Elanco) pain control
• Comfortis for cats (Elanco) flea control
• Dexdomitor 0.1mg/ml (Elanco) sedative
• Vetmedin Injectable for dogs (Boehringer) for CHF in dogs due to MVD or DCM
• Cleanor (Norbrook) ear cleaner for cats and dogs
  

Farm Animal & Equine

• Eprizero (Norbrook) pour-on wormer
• Kexxtone (Elanco) treatment for ketosis
• Selenate LA (Bimeda) treatment for selenium deficiency in cattle