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...Mars has owned pet food brands since 1935, but Reid and Weihrauch oversaw a major expansion of its veterinary business, including 2017’s $9.1bn purchase of VCA, a group of 800 pet care hospitals, and pushed...
...A large portion of growth came from acquisitions, including the $9.1bn purchase of VCA, a group of pet hospitals in 2017....
...A study by China’s pharmaceutical regulator found that the drug contained substances that damaged the genetic information in cells during animal testing....
...In 2019, JAB sparked a legal battle after it poached Jacek Szarzynski, a Mars finance executive, soon after Mars’ $7bn takeover of animal hospital chain VCA....
...Asked what makes cats and dogs such an attractive growth business, meanwhile, he replies: “It’s about the relationship people have with their animals.”...
...The gas is also used as a coolant by the nuclear industry and in hospitals....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 23. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Daria Hazuda, Merck’s vice-president of infectious disease and vaccines, believes “keeping people out of hospital is huge . . ....
...During the crisis, all eight of its factories have switched to producing personal protective equipment for Canadian hospitals....
...Both Gilead and the hospital urged caution....
...Two Point Hospital, ported to Switch last month, is a hospital management simulator and spiritual successor to 1997’s beloved Theme Hospital....
...Meat processing plants lack access to the kind of expertise that hospitals routinely use, she says. Neither are meat workers used to wearing the PPE meant to control the virus spread, she adds....
...Theoretically, that means EIDD-2801 could be given to patients as soon as they test positive and before they end up sick in hospital....
...Its London and Whipsnade zoos, which raise vital funds for worldwide conservation, were closed to visitors for both lockdowns, but their costs – the animals still needed to be cared for – run to £2.3m a...
...800 US animal hospitals....
...After the split, Merck will be focused on four areas: oncology, vaccines, hospital and animal health....
...The fund also contributed most of the money for the Compassion-First Pet Hospitals deal....
...the private equity firm Quad-C Management Inc....
...health, and select hospital and speciality care products....
...The greater challenge may come with drugs commonly prescribed and used outside the hospital setting, such as diabetes and respiratory medicines....
...Merck also said it was advancing its broader pipeline, including in oncology, vaccines, hospital and speciality, as well as in animal health....
...Shares in Merck were treading water pre-market despite the company boosting its target revenue range for the full year and reporting solid growth in its oncology, diabetes and hospital acute care products...
...VCA owns about 800* animal hospitals and 60 labs in the US and Canada, according to a statement from the companies. *This post has been amended to correct the number of hospitals VCA owns....
...Importantly, the deal gives Mars ownership of VCA’s reference laboratories business, which is used by 17,000 of North America’s animal hospitals, making it the largest in the region....
...Few institutions are prepared for such attacks, as the NHS incident — which hit one in five English hospitals — demonstrated. Business also needs to play its part....
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