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How to qualify for a service animal

The Checkup by Singlecare

The chances are the dogs you’ve seen are service animals. And although dogs are more common, miniature horses can also be service animals. This article will focus on how dogs function as service animals, including the health benefits they provide to their owners and how you may qualify for one. What is a service animal?

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FDA Tells Congress What It Wants, What it Really Really Wants (it really really really wants a zigazig-ah)

The FDA Law Blog

Of particular interest to this blogger, FDA includes several initiatives related to animal drugs. Specifically, FDA seeks a “targeted statutory provision for FDA-regulated biologic products for animals” so that more of these products can become approved, as the Agency estimates that over 95% of such products are not approved right now.

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Dyadic expands Covid-19 licence with Rubic to bolster vaccine production in Africa

Pharmaceutical Technology

The expanded licence will include the development of vaccines and therapeutic proteins beyond Covid-19 for human and animal health markets in Africa. During the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccination rates of many countries in Africa were significantly trailing the rest of the world. Julian Naidoo, CEO of Rubic One Health.

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STAT+: Sales of antibiotics for food-producing animals dropped by more than half in Europe over the past decade

STAT

The problem has persisted, even after the European Union in 2006 banned the use of antibiotics for promoting growth, since bulking up the animals makes them better suited for increased production.

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aVaxziPen announces positive data for multiple diseases with novel needle-free vaccine

Pharmafile

aVaxziPen, a biotech company focusing on the development of a novel needle-free vaccine delivery platform, has announced that it will present data at the World Vaccine Congress (WVC) in Washington, US. read more

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EU authority adopts recommendations to boost fight against AMR by 2030

Pharmaceutical Technology

The recommendations to combat AMR propose that there should be a 20% reduction in the total human consumption of antibiotics by 2030 alongside an even larger pushback against their use in animals, per the 13 June announcement. Farm animal welfare should also be improved to lower the chances of infectious diseases in farming.

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Repurposing the anthelmintic drug Niclosamide

Pharma Mirror

Niclosamide is an anthelmintic medication that has been used for decades to treat various types of parasitic infections in humans and animals. This drug is present in the Model List of Essential Medicines from the World Health Organization, used since the 1960s for tapeworm infection.

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