Pfizer begins integration of Fort Dodge

New York

-- Pfizer Animal Health finalized its acquisition of Wyeth’s Fort Dodge Animal Health, making it the biggest player in the animal-health market. And today a second piece of the deal was unveiled -- the government-approved divestiture of certain Fort Dodge products to Boehringer Ingelheim (BI).

BI picks up Duramune® vaccines for dogs, Fel-O-Vax® vaccines for cats, Rabvac® and a host of other offerings for the food-animal, equine and small-animal markets. (For a more detailed list, click here.)

Pfizer retains products like LymeVax®, Ketaset®, Promeris®, Quest® and West Nile Innovator®. (A complete product list is summarized below.)According to Pfizer senior officials, the integration will take time but should appear seamless to its veterinarian customers. All current U.S. pricing, product distribution, programs and policies for Pfizer products, including the acquired Fort Dodge products, will remain in place for 2009, Pfizer says.

This acquisition creates a “robust portfolio” in small-animal, equine and food-animal markets, Clint Lewis, president of U.S. operations for Pfizer, tells DVM Newsmagazine. The animal-health portion of Pfizer’s business is estimated at some $3.5 billion. And the acquisition will fortify its investment in research and development, Lewis says.

George Fennell, vice president of companion animal and equine, says the combination of these product lines will offer the company new opportunities for dedicated animal-health research.

“We will be able to build on this integration,” Lewis says. “No other company in the last several years has been able to push innovation and science and offer better quality tools to veterinarians and pet owners alike.”

As part of the Fort Dodge acquisition, Pfizer will close its Overland Park, Kan., facility and consolidate its veterinary research and development operations in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Fort Dodge products retained by Pfizer Animal Health (prescription and OTC):

AMFOROL® (kanamycin sulfate) suspension, tablets

AMIGLYDE® (amikacin sulfate) 250mg, 50mg

CENTRINE® (aminopentamide)

CENTRINE® (aminopentamide) tablets .2gm

DOMOSO® (dimethyl sulfoxide) gel, solution

ERADIMITE®

GIARDIAVAX® (Giardia Lamblia vaccine, killed protozoa)

HEPARIN Injectable

LYMEVAX® (borrelia burgdorferi bacterin)

FLUCORT® (flumethasone) Solution

KETASET® (ketamine hydrochloride)

NOLVA-CLEANSE™

NOLVADENT® (chlorhexidine acetate)

NOLVASAN® (chlorhexidine diacetate) Ointment, Otic Cleansing Solution, NOLVASAN-S, Shampoo with Conditioner, Skin & Wound Cleanser, Solution, Surgical Scrub

PANOLOG® (nystatin-neomycin sulfate-thiostrepton-triamcinolone acetonide ointment USP) Ointment Nest Pack, Cream, Cream Nest Pack, Ointment

PROMERIS® (metaflumizone)

PROHEART® (moxidectin) 6

QUICKCLEAN™ Waterless Shampoo

RESTOR-A-FLEX™ (extra strength glucosamine & chondroitin)

ROBINUL-V® (glycopyrrolate) Injectable

ROBAXIN®-V (methocarbamol) Injectable, T

SLEEPAWAY® (sodium pentobarbital, isopropyl alcohol, propylene glycol)

TELAZOL® (tiletamine HCl and zolazepam HCl)

TORBUGESIC® (butorphanol tartrate) Injectable

TORBUTROL® (butorphanol tartrate) Injectable, Tablets 10MG, Tablets 1MG, Tablets 5MG

V.A.L. ® (dietary B-complex vitamin supplement) Syrup

VIOKASE®-V (pancreatic enzymes) PO, Tablets 425Devices

Hemiclip Application Large 10.5®, Large 8®, M/L 10.5®, M/L 8.0®, Medium 6®, Medium 8®, Small 6®, and Small 8®

Hemiclip Cartridge BAS

Hemiclip SS Large, M/L, Medium, Small

VISISTAT 35R Stapler, 35W Stapler

Fort Dodge equine products retained by Pfizer:

ARVAC® (equine arteritis vaccine, modified live virus)

CLOVITE® (vitamin supplement)

DOMOSO® (dimethyl sulfoxide) Gel, Solution

EQUILOID® Innovator (ecephalomyelitis vaccine, eastern and western killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

EQUIPOISE® (boldenone undecylenate)

EQUIVAC® INNOVATOR EHV 1/4 (equine rhinopneumonitis vaccine - killed virus)

FLUCORT® (flumethasone) Solution

FLUNIXAMINE™ (flunixin meglumine) injection

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® (equine influenza vaccine -- killed virus)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® Plus (equine influenza vaccine -- killed virus)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® EHV 4/1 (equine rhinopneumonitis - influenza vaccine -- killed virus)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® EHV 4/1 Plus (equine rhinopneumonitis - influenza vaccine -- killed virus)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® 4 (encephalomyelitis-influenza vaccine, eastern & western, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® 4 Plus (encephalomyelitis-influenza vaccine, eastern & western, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® 5 (encephalomyelitis-rhinopneumonitis-influenza vaccine, eastern & western, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® 5 Plus (encephalomyelitis-rhinopneumonitis-influenza vaccine, eastern & western, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® 5 Plus (encephalomyelitis-rhinopneumonitis-influenza vaccine, eastern & western, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® 6 (encephalomyelitis-rhinopneumonitis-influenza vaccine, eastern, western & venezuelan, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® 6 Plus (encephalomyelitis-rhinopneumonitis-influenza vaccine, eastern, western & venezuelan, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® Triple EFT (encephalomyelitis-influenza vaccine, eastern, western & venezuelan, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

FLUVAC INNOVATOR® Triple EFT Plus (encephalomyelitis-influenza vaccine, eastern, western & venezuelan, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

KETOFEN® (ketoprofen)

KOPERTOX® (copper naphthenate)

NOLVASAN® (chlorhexidine acetate) Cap Tabs, Suspension

PINNACLE® IN (Streptococcus equi vaccine-live culture)

Pneumabort-K + 1b (equine rhinopneumonitis vaccine -- killed virus)POTOMACGUARD® (Ehrlichia risticii bacterin)

POTOMACGUARD® (Ehrlichia risticii bacterin)

QUEST® (moxidectin), Bulk

QUEST® PLUS (moxidectin/praziquantel) 40 Pack SNGL, Equine Gel, Equine Gel Syr, Sure Dial

ROTAVIRUS (equine rotavirus vaccine -- killed virus) (conditional license)

TETANUS ANTITOXIN

TORBUGESIC® (butorphanol tartrate) Injectable

TRIPLE-ET Innovator® (encephalomyelitis vaccine, eastern, western, and venezuelan, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

WEST NILE INNOVATOR® (DNA) (west nile virus vaccine, DNA)

WEST NILE INNOVATOR® (west nile virus vaccine, killed virus)

WEST NILE INNOVATOR® + EW (encephalomyelitis-west nile virus vaccine, eastern and western, killed virus)

WEST NILE INNOVATOR® + VEW (encephalomyelitis-west nile virus vaccine, eastern, western and venezuelan, killed virus)

WEST NILE INNOVATOR® + EWT (encephalomyelitis-west nile virus vaccine, eastern and western, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

WEST NILE INNOVATOR® + VEWT (encephalomyelitis-west nile virus vaccine, eastern, western and venezuelan, killed virus, tetanus toxoid)

V.A.L.® (dietary B-complex vitamin supplement) Syrup

Devices:

Nasal Cannula