Category Industry News

Walmart’s Pet Insurance

Walmart, which has already put its paws into the lucrative pet industry, is now extending its reach by offering pet insurance to the millions of Americans whose households include an animal.  More than a year after launching an online pet pharmacy…

Med-Pharmex Problems

FDA claims Med-Pharmex failed to conform to current good manufacturing practices. in a recent article posted to Veterinary Practice New, Med-pharmex is involved in a FDA investigation. This is most likely going to contribute to future shortages of these products,…

Medtronic Forcetriad Update

There is lots of confusion on VIN regarding Medtronic’s electrosurgery offering.  The great news is that they have just extended service on the 2nd generation Forcetriad generator that includes the most recent software updates by Medtronic through 2025 that are purchased through authorized…

Market Trends – VetWatch.com

I wanted to share this information from VetWatch.  They survey over 6,000 clinics across the USA weekly.  They recently added a section called Veterinarian & Pet Owner Sentiments.  Below is just some of the information I pulled from this section. Online pharmacies…

New Grad Study

I know pretty much everyone is looking to add additional doctors. I was reviewing this week’s Brakke Animal Health News & Notes (if you don’t subscribe, I recommend it, great for industry news) and VIN, VBMA & VIN Foundation did…

Vangard Vaccine Backorder Update

Here’s some good news on the release dates Description Next Release (week of) Vanguard Plus 5 25x1ds  10009724 7/6/2020 Vanguard Plus 5 L4 25x 1ds 10009721 6/15/2020 Vanguard Plus 5 L4/CV 25x1ds 10009720 6/15/2020 Vanguard Plus 5/CV 1ds 10000444 7/6/2020…