SWINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE TREATMENT MARKET ANALYSIS

Leading Companies

Key players operating in the swine respiratory disease treatment market include Zoetis, Inc. Merck Animal Health, Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., Elanco Animal Health, Virbac Group, Norbrook, Ceva Santé Animale, Vetoquinol, Bimeda holdings PLC, and Agrilabs, Inc. In January 2018, FDA approved dose of 100 gram per ton feed for Lincomix (Product from Zoetis, Inc.), which contains lincomycin hydrochloride to reduce the severity of swine respiratory disease from mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Lincomix is the only feed medication approved against mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, which is leading cause for swine pneumonia. In 2016, Gamithromycin (ZACTRAN) was approved for use in pigs by USDA. In June 2017, a team of researchers from University of Leicester isolated 20 bacteriophages that targets 72 potential drug resistant bacteria in pigs. This bacteriophages were found to be more specific for treatment of bacterial infections in pigs. MSD Animal Health (known as Merck Animal Health in the U.S. and Canada) in November 2017, signed an agreement to acquire Vilsan Pharmaceuticals which is a division of Vimar Group, based in Turkey. Vilsan Pharmaceuticals holds significant share in animal health products in Turkey.