This Week in Animal Health: Wedgewood Pharmacy Compounded Medication Recall
Animal Health News and Notes · October 23, 2026
編集者：クリスティン・マール DVM、MBA、CVPM
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収益ニュース
- ネスレ released its third quarter sales of CHF 22.B (US$27.8) in 2026 with its Petcare category leading the growth at 5.3%, noting especially strong performance in cat. (企業プレスリリース)
- ビルバック released its 2026 Third quarter sales with a 7.9% growth (at constant exchange rate and scope) year to date versus prior year. Growth was seen in both companion animals 8.8% and farm animal 7%. (企業プレスリリース)
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米国企業ニュース
- ゾエティス received approval from the FDA for Convenia RTU for Dogs (cefovecin injectable suspension) a ready-to-use treatment for canine skin infections. (企業プレスリリース)
- エランコアニマルヘルス announced the appointment of Jamie Preston, previously at Eli Lilly and Company, as Executive Vice President and Chief People officer succeeding Dave Kinard who will retire. (企業プレスリリース)
- アンテック announced the 出版物 of a peer reviewed head-to-head study of Antech’s Accuplex test against IDEXX SNAP 4DX Plus. (企業プレスリリース)
- Familiar Therapeutic, a biotech company bring medicines first developed for people to dogs and cats, launched with $5M in seed funding round led by Pioneer Fund, Icehouse Ventures and BreakTHRU. (企業プレスリリース)
- ウェッジウッド薬局 issued a recall of compounded veterinary medications due to inconsistencies in the reliability of certain analytical testing data generated by their laboratory. (企業プレスリリース)
- Kemin Industries’ KemTRACE Chromium received approval from the FDA to use in broiler breeder chickens and laying hen diets. (avinews.com)
- CatsOnly announced that they have earned Cat Friendly Practice Gold designation for its flagship hospital. (企業プレスリリース)
- ペン・フォスター, a provider of online, career-focused education, released a report that showed expanding veterinary technicians’ role to include having them conduct independent technician-led visits could improve access and affordable veterinary care. (プレスリリース)
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国際企業ニュース
- CA – Odocova Health presented data on their multi-year study of its lead bioactive, MHCR-1, showing that it mimicked the benefits of calorie restriction in dogs without reducing feed intake at the Animal Longevity Summit 2026 in October. (nutritioninsight.com)
- CH – dsm-firmenich announced the two standalone companies, Noviwest and Panvora, that will result from the sale of the Animal Nutrition and Health Business to CVC Capital. (企業プレスリリース)
- DE – ベーリンガーインゲルハイム そして Microsoft announced a strategic AI collaboration to bring safe and effective therapies to patients sooner as well as projects in Animal Health, business processes and technology infrastructure. (企業プレスリリース)
- イギリス – ヴァリRx, a life science company, launched ValiRx Animal Health, a dedicated company to development of oncology therapeutics for companion animals. (企業プレスリリース)
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動物用医薬品業界ニュース
- US – NEW WORLD SCREWWORM UPDATE- Additional cases in the US have been confirmed including the first is wildlife in an elk in Texas, active cases as of 10.21.26 remain in single digits across two states Texas and New Mexico. Port openings continue as planned.
- US – Washington State University obtained a federal grant up to $40M to lead the Feed the Future Animal Health Innovation Lab, an international effort to expand US livestock technologies and improve animal health and food security in Africa. (University press release)
- US – The Veterinary Infection Prevention and Control Committee of the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians released an updated version of the Compendium of Zoonotic Disease Infection Prevention and Control in Veterinary Personnel. (aaha.org)
- US/CA – A recent published study of feline fecal samples revealed that 6.3% tested positive for Giardia duodenalis and of those 18.5% were positive for potential transmission to humans. (翻訳元)
- FR – France reported the first human case of Shamonda virus which is usually found in livestock. (ロイター)
- NL – A southern ground hornbill at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands became the first to have two 3D-printed beak prosthetics. (nypost.com)
- UAE – The Emirates Drug Establishment announced that it will ban the use of ciprofloxacin in its veterinary sector starting November 1, 2026. (gulfbusiness.com)
- UK – The Association of Microchip Database Operators launched a Single Point of Search microchip portal which allows veterinary practices free access to microchip details including pet and keeper details from five of 20 separate national microchipping databases with more to be added. (bva.co.uk)
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リスクを理解し、対処する能力は、補助輪なしで初めて自転車に乗ることから、勇気を出して女の子をデートに誘うことまで、人生の早い段階から始まります。幼少期の様々な経験は、私たちがビジネスの世界に入ったときに、リスクをどのように処理し、対処するかを形作ります。.
ビジネスにおけるリスク管理について言えば、それが日々の業務にどのように反映されるかを見るのは興味深いものです。「リスクは変化の種」です。ゾエティス社が何年も前に、当時獣医学界では未知数だった「生物学的治療薬」という新技術に投資した時の、あの「金切り声」を想像できますか？今ではその結果、数十億ドル規模の市場が誕生しました！なんとリスクの高い決断だったのでしょう…
リスク許容度の高い企業では、事業計画がしっかりしており、リスクが明確に特定され、十分に検討されていれば、リスクを負うことは報われ、その事業への投資が認められる可能性が高い。こうした企業には壊滅的な失敗もあるが、同時に業界を変革するような成功も収めている。.
リスク許容度の低い企業では、何度もレビューやプレゼンテーションが行われ、聴衆は互いに顔を見合わせ、最終的に「合意」が形成されるまで待つ。あるいは、CEOが賛成か反対かを表明するまで待つ。そして、そうした企業の中には、最終的に消滅してしまうものもあるだろう。.
私の考えでは、リスク管理に関する厳格な規律を持ちつつ、高いリスク許容度を持つ企業こそが、最も成功し、最も持続可能な企業です。御社ではどうでしょうか？
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