Pfizer Completes Offer for King Pharmaceuticals
US - Pfizer Inc. has completed its tender offer for shares of King Pharmaceuticals.

New Combination Vaccines Make Flu Protection Easier
CANADA - Two new swine vaccines make it easier for Canadian swine producers to include flu protection in their vaccination programmes.

Boars' Behaviour Improves with Improvac
EU - The Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) and the European Commission (EC) have approved the use of the boar taint vaccine Improvac® for the reduction of aggressive and sexual...

Pfizer Acquires Synbiotics, Enters Diagnostics Sector
US - Pfizer Animal Health has announced it is to acquire Synbiotics Corporation and thus enter the diagnostics sector, reaffirming its commitment to providing veterinarians with comprehensive animal health...

Early Winter Boosts Need to Counter Enteric Disease
UK - With dysentery at its highest level for many years, Pfizer Animal Health is launching a new campaign to help increase awareness of the benefits of selecting the best prevention and treatment opti...

$25K from Pfizer Animal Health Helps Vets, Animals
US - Pfizer Animal Health has donated $25,000 through the American Veterinary Medical Foundation's (AVMF) Animal Disaster Relief and Response Fund to help the many animals, producers and veterinarians...

Pfizer, Easter Bush Form Strategic Alliance
UK - The new five-year strategic alliance between Pfizer Animal Health and the Easter Bush Research Consortium (EBRC) is part of a broader partnership platform to advance excellence in veterinary research...

Pfizer Opens SE Asian Centre
THAILAND - Pfizer has picked Thailand as its operations hub for animal-health products in Southeast Asia to capitalise on the region’s fast-growing economies.

Winners Receive Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards
UK - For the second year running, the Pfizer Pig Trainee of the Year is awarded to a female winner while the Pfizer Poultry Trainee of the Year award goes to Scotland for the first time.

Finalists for Pfizer Pig Trainee of Year Awards
UK - Three of the pig industry’s brightest young workers from Berkshire, Devon and Norfolk have been chosen as finalists competing for the 2010 Pfizer Pig Trainee of the Year Award.

New Label Claim Extends Use of Swine Antibiotic
CANADA - Draxxin® is now registered for control of swine respiratory disease (SRD) in groups of pigs where SRD has been diagnosed.

Pfizer Announces 'Commitment to Veterinarians'
US - Pfizer Animal Health launched a US initiative reaffirming its steadfast support for the veterinary profession. Under the banner Commitment to Veterinarians, Pfizer pledged to comprehensively...

Pfizer to Acquire King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
US - Pfizer is to acquire King Pharmaceuticals, including its animal health business.

Pfizer Announces Winners of First Vet Student Award
US - Pfizer Animal Health yesterday announced the first recipients of the Food Animal Veterinarian Recruitment and Retention Pilot Programme.

Yeske Honoured with Allen D. Leman Award
US - Paul Yeske, DVM, MS, was named the recipient of the 2010 Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award.

Novel Swine Vaccine Approved in China
CHINA - Chinese swine producers have been given the go-ahead to use Improvac®, the novel vaccine that is used in other major swine-producing markets as an alternative to physical castration for the control...

EXCEDE Now Approved for SRD Control
US - EXCEDE® (ceftiofur crystalline free acid) Sterile Suspension from Pfizer Animal Health is now approved by the US Center for Veterinary Medicine and the Food and Drug Administration for the control...

Full Licence for FluSure Pandemic Swine Vaccine
US - Pfizer Animal Health has gained full licensure from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for FluSure® Pandemic.

Start Mycoplasma Vaccination Early
US - Research shows that pigs may become infected with M. hyopneumoniae within the first three weeks of life. This has veterinarians rethinking the timing of mycoplasma vaccinations in young pigs....

Subclinical Ileitis Reduces Productivity
US - Deceptive and persistent, subclinical ileitis is more common in grow/finish barns than many realise.

New Addition to Pfizer Animal Health Team Pork
US - The Pfizer Animal Health US Pork Business Unit welcomes Aubrey L. Schroeder, PhD, to its staff as meat scientist.

Day One M-Hyo Vaccination Possible
US - Pork producers can now vaccinate against mycoplasmal pneumonia (Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae; M-Hyo) when they are processing baby pigs, announces Pfizer Animal Health.

Supermarket Chain Cuts Out Castration
BELGIUM - The country's largest supermarket chain has announced that it will stop selling pork from castrated pigs by the end of the year.

Pfizer Selects Four Interns for Team Pork
US - Pfizer Animal Health's US Pork Business Unit has named four interns who will be an integral part of their team - working with territory managers to implement diagnostic programs, manage on-farm trials...

Pfizer's New Portfolio Targets Prevention and Control
FRANCE - Pfizer unveiled its newly expanded swine respiratory disease (SRD) portfolio at a meeting in the company's European headquarters in Paris.

The Pfizer Trainee of the Year Award 2010
UK - The Pfizer Trainee of the Year Award 2010 is open to all United Kingdom pig unit personnel who can show how training benefits both their career and the performance of livestock on their unit.

New Appointments for UK Pig, Poultry Sectors
UK - Two new appointments have been made by Pfizer Animal Health for the pig and poultry industries.

Pfizer Clarifies Use of Improvac
GLOBAL - Animal health company Pfizer has issued a clarification on the pig vaccine Improvac, which was mentioned in this week's column by Jim Long, the President and CEO of Genesus Inc.

World Pork Expo Debuts People’s Choice BBQ Contest
US - World Pork Expo will offer a new barbecue contest and everyone is invited to be the judge.

Acquisition of Pfizer Assets by Lilly Cleared
EU - The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of animal health assets of Pfizer by Eli Lilly & Co.