[Dailydrool] Apoquel

[KR1204 at aol.com]

I don't have itchy dogs but I do have some insight into why there are  
shortages.My brother and both nieces work for Big Pharmas (different ones) and  
in discussing it with them once a drug is "off patent" or that part of the  
company is sold off drugs can then be manufactured anywhere in the world,  
usually where labor is cheap. I was prescribed Singular for asthma but as 
soon  as it went off patent, a different shape and color pill was arriving from 
a  company called Dr. Reddy. My brother informed me that this is a company 
based in  India that buys the manufacturing rights when available. When this 
happens there  are often manufacturing delays and the new company needs to 
gear up and also get  required supplies. 
 
Kathy with Crackers, Loki and Jordan
 
The following statement and link shows that Pfizer sold off Apoquel to  
another company.
 . (NYSE "Zoetis: ZTS), formerly the animal health business unit of Pfizer 
Inc. -  See more at: 
http://news.zoetis.com/press-release/companion-animals/fda-approves-apoquel-oclacitinib-tablet-control-itch-and-inflammatio#.dpuf.  
               
 
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