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Animal Health News and Notes · July 17, 2026
Royal Canin Enters Fresh Food Market
编辑：Christine Merle DVM、MBA、CVPM

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收益新闻

Boehringer Ingelheim reported its first half of 2026 net sales of €2.6B ($2.98B) for its Animal Health Business, a currency adjusted 0.4% increase compared to the previous year. (公司新闻稿)
Eco Animal Health Groupannounced its audited full Fiscal Year 2026 ending March 31, 2026 with group sales of £87.5M ($117.88M) a 10% increase over prior fiscal year. (公司新闻稿)
免疫细胞announced its unaudited second quarter of 2026 sales results with total sales of $17.5M, a 20.9% increase for first half of the year compared to prior year. (公司新闻稿)

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美国公司新闻

硕腾 announced its agreement to acquireVitalRADS, a veterinary teleradiology services platform. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026. (公司新闻稿)
法国皇家announced the launch of its Fresh Veterinary Diets. (公司新闻稿)
法国皇家 named Jennifer Cullen as the General Manager of the US Veterinary Business Unit for Royal Canin North America, effective June 2026. (com)
纳波制药公司, a wholly owned subsidiary of 捷豹健康, entered into a new manufacturing and supply agreement with Alvius Life Sciencesto continue producing crofelemer for Mytesi and other crofelemer-based products. (com)
宠物医疗快递announced the availability of its co-branded online pet pharmacy offering with Rural King. (公司新闻稿)
宠物智能, the largest national pet supply retailer, will close its only store in San Francisco, CA citing “evolving” shopping habits of pet owners. (com)
Synexis宣布与 宾夕法尼亚兽医用品 to expand access to Synexis DHP, a touchless, continuous pathogen control technology. (公司新闻稿)
Cura Veterinary Partners, a procurement consulting firm for independent veterinary clinics, has launched. (公司新闻稿)
Enovis Companion Animal Healthhas launched CT-RevitL, a next generation Laser Therapy system. (公司新闻稿)
退伍军人保健, a community of veterinary hospital in Northern California that has partnered with Greenwich- based private investment firm, Great Point Partners, have acquired their sixth location. (公司新闻稿)
Innately’s SmartICVI platform announced that it has been named a nationally approved eCVI vendor by the National Assembly of State Animal Health Officials. (公司新闻稿)
Wonderdog, a preventive health platform for dogs, has launched and announced $5M in pre-seed funding led by consumer venture capital firms WndrCo和 Maveron. The company combines at-home blood diagnostics with a health tracking app. (com)
VetSoftwareHub,an independent authority for veterinary software evaluation, announced the launch of Vendor Claims and Edits, allowing software providers to officially claim ownership of their listing and manage profiles in real time. (公司新闻稿)
BioCV Inc.has launched the BioCV intelligent sow monitoring system, a real-time smart ear tag that continuously tracks individual animal temperature, behavior and movement. (agrinews-pubs.com)

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国际公司新闻

澳大利亚 – Pimlico Food Grouphas launched RAWR raw cat food line in Australia. (com)
CA, EU – 硕腾announced the launch of Lenivia (izenivetmab injection) a long-acting monoclonal antibody to deliver up to 3 months of osteoarthritis pain management in dogs in Canada and the EU. (公司新闻稿)
JP- Sumitomo Corporationhas made another strategic investment in the A’alda Japan Group, operator of Japan’s largest veterinary hospital groups, supporting its vision to become “the most influential Animal Health Tech Company in the world” (公司新闻稿)
NG- Vet Konect, a digital animal health company, and Nova Vet,a Dubai based company, hosted the First African Animal Health AI Summit in Nigeria. (ng)
英国- Prefera Pet Foodhas launched Bound liquid pump supplement for dogs and cats in the UK. (com)

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Brakke 咨询新闻
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Whether you’re exploring growth opportunities, evaluating market trends, planning a transaction, or strengthening your commercial strategy, our team is ready to discuss how Brakke Consulting can support your goals.

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动物保健行业新闻

AU – The first-ever Koala Chlamydia vaccine implant was administered to a wild koala allowing for a single examination to provide the required two-dose vaccine. (org.au)
GLOBAL – The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has launched its first global surveyfor veterinary professionals on companion animal veterinary practice. (组织)
US – The FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization for Ivermectin Liquid for Horses for the short-term prevention of New World screwworm infestations in horses. It is authorized for use when administered within 24 hours of birth or at the time of initial wound care. (政府新闻稿)
US – Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine announced plans to increase its student population by nearly 50% targeting 120 students per class and increase in-state student acceptance to 60% of each class. (com)
US – A recent independent poll conducted by Ipsos, for the Oregon Voices for Biomedical Research found that 3 out of 5 support the use of animals in biomedical research when under the direct supervision of veterinary staff. (com)
US – The latest quarterly reportfrom CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange notes price increases in most food and beverage categories are tightening household budgets and consumer are making changes in how they shop. (com)
US – The CATalyst Council released its second edition of “Puppocalypse, Kitten Craze and the Expectations Reset” updating the original forecast with second-quarter 2026 veterinary visit data and new research. (组织新闻稿)
US – A letter of intent to establish a hospice and palliative medicine specialty has been accepted by the American Board of Veterinary Specialties and public comments on the proposal are now being sought by August 13. (vin.com)

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Brakke 咨询观点

In last week’s Viewpoint, I reviewed the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) reforms for the veterinary sector and ended with a comment about trust — it’s not a vague sentiment made on my part. The CMA found that fewer than 50% of clients at large veterinary groups (CVS, IVC, Linnaeus, Medivet, VetPartners) knew their practice was part of a chain, and those veterinary groups averaged prices 18.3% above independents while scoring worse on client satisfaction with cost. That looks like erosion of the very thing that used to substitute for regulation in professional-service markets: personal/localized reputation.

Historically, “trust the vet” worked as an informal market mechanism because the vet was a known individual in your town whose livelihood depended on local reputation over a career. Word travels fast in a small market, and the vet bore the reputational cost personally — a strong incentive against overcharging or overtreating. When ownership shifts to a private-equity-backed chain, that mechanism breaks down: prices aren’t always set locally, the trusted local clinic brand now sits inside a different ownership and incentive structure, and personal reputation is diffused across a corporation.

This isn’t “markets work-versus-markets fail”, and it isn’t that “corporate vets are untrustworthy” — trust in individual vet professionalism remains high across the board according to the report. It’s that the mechanism that made this market self-regulating for decades was itself a market feature- localized reputation. Consolidation dismantled it faster than any replacement emerged. The CMA is betting mandated disclosure can rebuild enough information for price competition to work again. Whether that bet pays off is an open question.

鲍勃·琼斯

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您的观点
Last week, we asked what you thought about the CMA rule requiring veterinary practices to publish a comprehensive price list for standard services. A majority (60 %) of you would support this rule, while 19% would not support this rule. The remainder (21%) were not sure. It appears that transparency of fees would be welcome to most of us.

This week let’s see what you think about another one of the CMA’s new rules for veterinary practices that directly focuses on disclosure. Tell us what you think about this rule:

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