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Brakke Consulting’s
Animal Health News & Notes for June 27, 2025
Copyright © Brakke Consulting
Editor: Lynn Fondon DVM MBA
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IN THE NEWS:
Brakke Consulting News
Brakke Search
Earnings News
General Mills
Other News
AHV
Bailey’s Wellness
Blue Buffalo
Chewy
Digital Practice
Edgard & Cooper
Elanco
General Mills
Hill’s
Holista
House of Alchemy-Hamet & Love
Jaguar Animal Health
Pegasus Laboratories
Qilu Animal Health Products
Scribenote
Sploot Veterinary Care
Synchrony
TriviumVet
VetHelpDirect
VetsDigital
Virbac
WySE Products
ZIVO Bioscience
Zomedica
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EARNINGS NEWS RELEASES
- General Mills, Inc. reported results for its fiscal year ended May 25, 2025. North America Pet segment net sales were up 4% to $2.5 billion. Organic net sales essentially matched year-ago levels. Segment operating profit increased 3% to $501 million. (company press release)
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COMPANY NEWS RELEASES
- Elanco Animal Health announced that its Canine Parvovirus Monoclonal Antibody (CPMA) has received USDA conditional approval to be used for passive immunity to prevent parvo in puppies that have been exposed to the virus. CPMA’s original approval was for treatment of puppies with parvovirus. (DVM360)
- Virbac SA announced the appointment of Paul Martingell as the chief executive officer of the Virbac group, effective September 1, 2025. For the past eleven years, he has been part of the executive committee that oversaw the merger of Boehringer Ingelheim’s and Sanofi’s Consumer Healthcare businesses. (globenewswire)
- Hill’s Pet Nutrition launched a new update to its Science Diet Urinary Hairball Control formulas, adding four new flavors in a stew pouch format. Hill’s is also adding Science Diet stew pouches to its dog food offerings. (Petfood processing)
- PRN Pharmacal, a Pegasus Laboratories brand, announced the launch of Felycin-CA1 (sirolimus delayed-release tablets) for treating ventricular hypertrophy in felines with subclinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Felycin-CA1 was developed by TriviumVet, which was acquired by PBI-Gordon Companies Inc. (the parent company of Pegasus Laboratories) earlier this year. (DVM360)
- General Mills announced two launches within its North America Pet segment with initiatives from Blue Buffalo and Edgard & Cooper. Blue Buffalo is entering fresh pet food with the national launch of “Love Made Fresh,” designed to be a standalone fresh solution or a companion to its portfolio of dry dog food. Edgard & Cooper, a European premium pet food brand acquired by General Mills in 2024, will launch in the U.S. this July through an exclusive retail partnership with PetSmart. (company press release)
- Chewy, Inc. announced the pricing of an upsized underwritten public offering of 23,952,096 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, by Buddy Chester Sub LLC (Chewy’s largest shareholder, an entity affiliated with funds advised by BC Partners) at a price to the public of $41.95 per share. In addition, concurrent with the closing of the Offering, Chewy has agreed to purchase from Buddy Chester Sub $100 million of Chewy’s Class A common stock at a price per share equal to the per share purchase price to be paid by the underwriter in the Offering. (company press release)
- Zomedica announced the issuance of a new patent related to its TRUVIEW microscope for the Methods and Systems for Slide Imaging Calibration. With the addition of this recently issued patent, Zomedica’s IP portfolio now includes 77 issued U.S. patents and 144 issued international patents related to its therapeutic device and diagnostic products. (biospace.com)
- The FDA has approved Qilu Animal Health Products ‘s generic Cefovecin Sodium for Injection for the treatment of canine and feline skin infections. The drug contains the same active ingredient as Zoetis’ Convenia. (DVM360)
- AHV (Animal Health Vision) announced the U.S. launch of StopLac, a product for managing the dry-off period in dairy cows. (company press release)
- The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has issued warning letters to three pet companies accused of selling unapproved cannabis-derived products: Bailey’s Wellness, Holista, and House of Alchemy-Hamet & Love. The warning letters were for promoting cannabidiol (CBD) products for use in animals that the FDA has not approved as safe and effective for their intended use under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. In particular, the agency expressed concern about selling unapproved CBD products for food-producing animals and requested immediate action to stop sales of these products. (AVMA press release)
- ZIVO Bioscience, Inc. announced it has entered into a relationship with a leading animal health company to advance ZIVO’s novel immune-boosting compounds for use in multiple poultry market segments. (businesswire)
- Synchrony announced a partnership with Sploot Veterinary Care to offer Synchrony’s CareCredit credit card as Sploot’s first financing solution for pet owners. (prnewswire)
- Scribenote, an AI-powered platform that turns veterinarians’ words into structured SOAP notes, announced the launch of a Free Tier for veterinary hospitals. The Free Tier includes unlimited AI-generated medical records using Scribenote’s default templates, full team collaboration capabilities through Teams Mode, and access to self-serve help documentation and AI-powered chat support. Other Premium features remain part of Scribenote Pro. (globenewswire)
- WySE Products announced the launch of its Total Pet Kitchen (TPK) multicooker, the “first-of-its-kind” countertop appliance designed specifically for cooking and dispensing fresh pet food using human-grade ingredients. The all-in-one appliance combines mixing, cooking and extrusion into a single streamlined process. (Petfood Processing)
- EU Jaguar Animal Health announced plans to pursue approval from the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP) for Canalevia (crofelemer delayed-release tablets) in the European Union for treatment of general diarrhea in dogs. Canalevia, under the name Canalevia-CA1, is conditionally approved by the FDA as a prescription drug for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea (CID) in dogs in the U.S. (com)
- UK Digital Practice announced its merger with VetHelpDirect and VetsDigital, bringing together three specialist tech teams to offer a more connected, end-to-end digital experience for veterinary practices and their clients. (company press release)
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ANIMAL HEALTH STOCK PRICE TRACKER
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ANIMAL HEALTH NEWS
- US – VETERINARY SCHOOLS Roseman University of Health Sciences announced this week that it has notified the country’s accreditor of veterinary education that it intends to initiate planning for a veterinary program in Nevada. Roseman, a private, nonprofit institution, has two campuses in Nevada and one in Utah. The veterinary school would be located in Henderson, a city just south of Las Vegas. It would partner with locations offsite to provide clinical training, an arrangement known as the distributed model. (vin.com)
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BRAKKE CONSULTING VIEWPOINT
This week we record the announcement of intention to establish a new veterinary school as part of Roseman University of Health Sciences in Nevada. We currently have 34 accredited veterinary schools in the U.S., with an additional 9 schools (including Roseman) in the process to open their doors. While it is not clear today how many additional graduates will join the veterinarian work force every year, there is no doubt that there will be significantly more graduates each year once these 9 schools are granted accreditation.
It has been hotly debated for years whether we have a shortage of veterinarians in the US, especially in food animal practice. Certainly the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/21 exacerbated any shortage as pets received much more attention and client pressures increased in most vet practices. Adding to the number of practicing vets has been seen as one way to alleviate “burnout” and the associated pressures felt by veterinarians (and professional staff members as well).
To get a better picture of these pressures and difficulties felt by vet practitioners, I highly recommend that you take time to review the several Veterinary Wellbeing studies authored by our Senior Consultant John Volk of Brakke Consulting. John and his co-authors published several studies with Merck Animal Health and with the AVMA that are quite insightful and illustrate the effects of the adverse effects seen in veterinary practice in recent years. I sincerely hope that efforts to enlarge the profession will prove to make veterinary medicine a more appealing and rewarding lifestyle for all concerned.
Jim Kroman
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YOUR VIEW
Last week, we asked you to compare the turnover of veterinarians in vet clinics in 2025 vs. 2024. Nearly half of the respondents believe veterinarian turnover is about the same as last year. However, 21% think it’s higher and 14% say it’s much higher, suggesting some concern about increased movement. Meanwhile, 14% feel turnover is lower, and just 1% think it’s much lower. While some sense a shift in the herd, most believe the veterinary workforce is holding steady in the clinic.
This week
Our question this week asks your opinion about enlarging the veterinary workforce as more graduates join the profession each year.