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Brakke Consulting’s
Animal Health News & Notes for January 9, 2026
Copyright © Brakke Consulting
Editor: Christine Merle DVM, MBA, CVPM
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IN THE NEWS:
Brakke Consulting News
Brakke Consulting Animal Health Industry Sentiment Index Survey
Brakke Consulting Industry Overview – Limited Spots at VMX
Tails of Talent: Branding Lessons to Win the Talent Game
Earnings News
Neogen
Company News
Bactolife
Biogal Galed Laboratories
BioMatrix
Bionote
Boehringer Ingelheim
Bühler Group
Canine Rehabilitation Institute
CD Bioparticles
Corteva
Dechra
EASY BIO
ECO Animal Health (EU)
Elanco
epiq Animal Health
Hexagon Bio
Instinct
Inventory Ally
Invet (VN)
I-Vet (IT)
ImmuCell
Insilico Medicine
Jaguar Health
Joincare Pharmaceutical (CN)
Labiofam (CU)
Maohaizi Animal Health (CN)
Parnell
Paw Prosper
Shenzhen Xinyou Maohai Investment Partnership (CN)
Vetramil
Vimian Group (IT)
VIrbac
Zomedica
Zpeer (JP)
Animal Health News
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
United States
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Brakke Consulting
Animal Health Industry Sentiment Index Survey – Your Opinion Matters
Survey Closing Monday!
Was 2025 positive or negative for animal health? Do you anticipate changes for 2026?
We want to know your feelings on the current state of the animal health industry for our Inaugural Animal Health Industry Sentiment Index.
Complete the 2-minute survey now to make sure your perspective counts.
Thank you for your feedback!
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EARNINGS NEWS RELEASES
- Neogen announced its second-quarter 2026 ending November 30, 2025 results with revenues of $224.7 million a decrease of 2.8% compared to the prior year. Core revenue ( excluding foreign currency impact, divestitures and discontinued product lines, increased by 2.9%. The full-year 2026 outlook was raised. (neogen.com)
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Brakke Consulting
2026 Industry Overview
Presented at VMX:
Monday, January 19th, 2-4 pm
Florida Ballroom B-C
Presented at WVC:
Monday, February 16th , 2-4 pm
Four Seasons Ballroom 4
How did the top animal health companies perform in 2025? Did growth slow? What innovation in animal health can we expect and how will the animal health industry bring innovation to market? Answers to these questions and more will be covered at Brakke Consulting’s annual Industry Overview at the VMX and WVC conferences next year.
Key topics and presenters include:
- Industry and Top Global Company 2025 Performance, presented by Bob Jones
- Pet Care: Head Winds or Market Correction?, presented by John Volk
- Innovation in Animal Health: What in the world is it, presented by Chuck Johnson
- Where Innovation Meets Investment: What’s wrong and how to fix it, presented by Alexis Nahama
Also, again at both events, you’ll also hear directly from a panel of executive leaders in the animal health industry. Moderated by Paul Casady, this year’s VMX leadership panel features Jamie Brannan, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for Zoetis. In his role, he is responsible for all Zoetis commercial operations across the globe. The discussion will be around Challenges and Opportunities in 2026 in animal health.
This information-packed 2-hour session will be especially valuable for executive leadership, sales and marketing, strategy, and finance managers and decision makers in the animal health industry.
Registration cost is $399 per person. Special group pricing for teams of five or more—pay for four participants, and the fifth is complimentary. To register a group of five or more, please email Amanda McDavid or call 336-396-3916 for assistance with registering.
Click here to register for VMX
Click here to register for WVC
We look forward to seeing you there!
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COMPANY NEWS RELEASES
- USDA approved Elanco’s Befrena (tirnovetmab), an Anti-IL31 monoclonal antibody injection targeting canine allergic and atopic dermatitis. (elanco.com)
- The FDA has granted full approval for a new indication, to delay the onset of congestive heart failure in dogs with Stage B2 preclinical myxomatous mitral valve disease, to Boehringer Ingelheim’sVetmedin (pimobendan). The indication has been conditionally approved since 2022. (gov)
- The FDA approved Dechra’s Zygolide (pergolide tablets) for the control of clinical signs associated with Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (Equine Cushing’s Disease) in horses. (com)
- Virbac launched URSOLYX, a feline muscle support supplement. (com)
- ImmuCell received an Incomplete Letter from the FDA for its Re-Tain product. (company press release)
- Jaguar Healthhas been awarded a $240,000 FDA Grant to support it’s ongoing study for the treatment of Chemotherapy -Induced Diarrhea in dogs with their conditionally approved Canalevia treatment. (com)
- Parnell launched its Isoflurane inhalation anesthetic for horses and dogs. (finance.yahoo.com)
- Zomedica announced the launch of VETGuardian PLUS Monitor, the next generation of its patient monitoring platform. (yahoo.com)
- Bionote launched its In-Clinic Hematology analyzer, Vcheck H. (company press release)
- Biogal Galed Laboratories’VacciCheck, an in-clinic antibody titer testing system is now available globally through authorized distributors. (com)
- EASY BIO, a South Korean nutrition company, acquired U.S. feed additive company BioMatrix. (com)
- CD Bioparticles,a manufacturer and supplier of drug delivery products, launched an animal mRNA vaccine platform. (com)
- Insilico Medicine, a global AI-driven drug discovery company, successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with an opening of HK$ 35.00 (US$ 4.50) per share, representing a market capitalization of approximately HK$19.51billion (US$ 2.51 billion) (com)
- Corteva, an agricultural technology company and Hexagon Bio, a biopharmaceutical company, announced a joint venture to accelerate the development of new crop solutions inspired by nature. (com)
- Paw Prosper, a wellness product provider acquired Canine Rehabilitation Institute, an organization providing clinical training, certification and continuing education on animal rehabilitation. (com)
- Samuel Schär is now CEO of Bühler Group. (com)
- epiq Animal Health entered into a distribution and strategy agreement with Vetramilfor its line of honey based skin products. (com)
- Bactolife, a gut health solutions company, raised over €30million (US$35.09 million) in a Series B investment round which will enable the commercialization of its Binding Protein products.
- Inventory Allyannounced its integration with Instinct EMR. (company press release)
- CN- Joincare Pharmaceuticalwill divest its entire stake in its animal health subsidiary, Maohaizi Animal Health, to Shenzhen Xinyou Maohai Investment Partnership for 51.5 million yuan (US$ 7.36 million) (com)
- CU/VN- Cuba’s Labiofamand Vietnam’s Invet signed a memorandium of understanding to strengthen cooperation in biotechnology, research and production of veterinary drugs and vaccines for safe and sustainable livestock production. (com)
- EU-Eco Animal Healthreceived EU market authorization for ECOVAXXIN MS, the company’s poultry vaccine against Mycoplasma synoviae. (company press release)
- IT- Vimian Groupsigned an agreement to acquire I-Vet, a provider of companion animal diagnostics in Italy. (com)
- JP- Zpeer,an animal health company based in Japan, has launched A-DHA-PT, a DHA supplement for canine neurological health. In addition they announced a research collaboration with the University of Tokyo on the benefits of DHA in dogs with idiopathic epilepsy. (com)
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ANIMAL HEALTH STOCK PRICE TRACKER
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Tails of Talent: Branding Lessons to Win the Talent Game
Why brand reputation, not just recruiting tactics — determines who you can hire
Join us Live at VMX or WVC!
Presented at:
VMX – Monday, January 19 | 10:00 – 11:00 am | Florida Ballroom B-C
WVC – Monday, February 16 | 10:00 – 11:00 am | Four Seasons Ballroom 4
In animal health, the war for talent isn’t won with job postings; it’s won with perception. It starts with how the market sees you. Join us for an insight-rich session that shows why companies with strong, trusted brands consistently attract better candidates, shorten time-to-hire, and boost long-term retention. Using fresh data and real examples from across the industry, our seasoned experts will walk you through how to evaluate your organization’s brand reputation and elevate it to the level top talent seeks out. Instead of chasing candidates, learn how to position your company as the place they want to be.
Presented by:
Jeff Santosuosso – Executive Recruiter – Brakke Consulting
Jake Yarbrough – Group Director – Schaefer Advertising
Click here to register. At only $49, this session is a high-value investment in the future of your recruitment strategy.
Please email Amanda McDavid or call 336-396-3916 for assistance with registering.
We look forward to helping you win the talent game.
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ANIMAL HEALTH NEWS
- US- AMERICAN ANIMAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION- AAHA released the 2026 AAHA Oncology Guidelinesfor Dogs and Cats. (press release) AAHA as also named Brady Beale, VMD, DACVO, as its new Chief Executive Officer. (com)
- US- CANINE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME- Guidelinesfor veterinarians from an international working group of canine cognition experts have been released. (ncsu.edu)
- US- ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS- Effective January 1, 2026, the Texas Animal Health Commission will require use of electronic formats for livestock certificate of veterinary inspection. ( com)
- US- TEXAS TECH- USDA provided a $250,000 Veterinary Service Grant to the Texas Tech University’s School of Veterinary Medicine to create the school’s first food animal residency program focused on veterinary services in rural and agricultural communities. (com)
- US- CATTLE HERDS- The smallest beef herds in more than 50 years is threatening more closures of American beef plants. (com)
- US- IRS SUED- A New York attorney has sued the Internal Revenue Service claiming her dog in a non-human dependent under U.S. tax law. (com)
- US- NAVLE- The International Council for Veterinary Assessment will initiate an independent audit of the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE) in the wake of allegations of bias. (vin.com)
- US- BRAIN SURGERY- 2 kittens have now had a novel brain procedure for hydrocephalus performed by pediatric and veterinary neurosurgeons at UC Davis that may impact future treatment in humans. (ucdavis.edu)
- HK- POULTRY IMPORTS- Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety suspended import of poultry meat from areas in UK, US and Canada due to outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in these areas. (gov.hk)
- UK- RECORD YEAR- RCVS reported a record year for overseas vets passing its Statutory Membership Examination in 2025 with 80 successful candidates more than double the previous record of 37 set in 2024. (com)
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BRAKKE CONSULTING VIEWPOINT
In a thoughtful post on LinkedIn.com this week, Dr. Matt Salois, economist and president of Veterinary Study Groups, raised the question: “Are we quietly headed for a veterinarian oversupply problem?” He points out that the number of students enrolling in veterinary schools, and the subsequent number of graduates 4 years later, have grown by about 90% since the 1980’s, with much of the expansion occurring in the last 10 years. Yet, except for the pandemic years (2020-2023), demand for veterinary services has not really kept pace.
It’s hard to think about a possible “oversupply” when we’ve seen a very tight veterinarian labor market the past few years and some are clamoring for more and more veterinary schools.
But is Salois onto something? Over the last 15 years we’ve experienced both a very soft (2011-2013) and a very tight (2020-23) labor market for veterinarians. A labor market study conducted by Brakke Consulting last year on behalf of AVMA projected that the current number of veterinary colleges was adequate to meet demand for at least the next 10 years. Those projections were based on continued growth in the number of pets and veterinary demand, both of which have dipped in the past two years.
What does the future hold? We’ll have fresh new data on this topic to share in our upcoming Brakke Industry Overview at VMX and WVC. Please join us for more insights into veterinary supply and demand trends. Hope to see you there.
John Volk, Senior Consultant
Chicago
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YOUR VIEW
This is the time of the year when we start to think about taxes again, so the news item about a NY attorney suing the IRS claiming her dog is a non-human dependent under US law caught our attention. The plaintiff states that “dogs meet or exceed the definitional criteria of ‘support’ under 26 U.S.C Section 152, yet are denied any tax recognition of that dependency, despite their dogs’ functional integration into the household.”
We all know that we treat our pets like humans, so this dependency probably makes sense, right? But, what about cats? And that leads us to our question this week:
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