by Amanda McDavid | Aug 26, 2022 | Viewpoints
I was interested to read in this week’s news that VCA is launching an urgent care veterinary service. It marks VCA’s first effort to build rather than acquire veterinary hospitals. But more intriguing is the business model: they plan to offer only urgent care...
by Amanda McDavid | Aug 19, 2022 | Viewpoints
When our two daughters went to university, we encouraged them to participate in study abroad programs. We also travelled internationally occasionally on family vacations because we felt it was important to gain on-the-ground understanding of other cultures and...
by Amanda McDavid | Aug 12, 2022 | Viewpoints
We should not give up on developing a MLV vaccine for ASF. In recent meetings with R&D leaders of domestic and international animal health companies in China, the topic of a modified live virus (MLV) vaccine for African Swine Fever (ASF) was often discussed. Most...
by Amanda McDavid | Aug 5, 2022 | Viewpoints
In this space last week, Bob Jones published a thought-provoking Viewpoint on the topic of FDA Animal Drug User Fees. He asked if readers felt that the User Fee amounts are reasonable. Not surprisingly, 57% said the fees are too high. I recently read “Flying...
by Amanda McDavid | Jul 29, 2022 | Viewpoints
Do high FDA Animal Drug Users Fees slow innovation in animal drugs? Each year the FDA ADUFA/AGDUFA fees change due to inflation, workload, and prior year excesses or shortfalls in collections. Starting in October, New Animal Drug Applications will require a $659,364...
by Amanda McDavid | Jul 22, 2022 | Viewpoints
In recent weeks I have been visiting corporate offices and cannot help but notice how empty some of them are. As we recover from the pandemic and are now in the endemic part of the story, will there ever be a return to the days when people went to offices to work and...
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