VetCentric Partners with Elanco Animal Health
GLEN BURNIE, Md., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ — VetCentric, Inc., the nation’s largest practice-to-home delivery provider of prescription medications and veterinary therapeutic diets, today announced an affiliation with Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company. VetCentric’s prescription management service enables Elanco to expand its reach to veterinarians and pet owners by utilizing VetCentric’s unique veterinary-supportive business model.
The agreement enables VetCentric to offer its partner clinics access to the entire Elanco Companion Animal Health product line, including Comfortis and Reconcile. Comfortis is the first FDA-approved, chewable, beef-flavored tablet that kills fleas and prevents flea infestations on dogs for a full month and Reconcile is a once-daily, chewable, flavored tablet for the treatment of separation anxiety in conjunction with a behavior modification plan.
“Our direct relationship with Elanco is another significant step in our pursuit of offering the highest quality and most comprehensive selection of veterinary products to the practices and clients we serve. This announcement further solidifies VetCentric’s position as the leading provider of home delivery services on behalf of veterinarians,” said Ted Root, President and CEO of VetCentric.
“We’re excited to partner with VetCentric to provide veterinary practices the option of home delivery of our full companion animal product line. VetCentric’s state-of-the-art compliance services, including AutoRefill and dosage reminders, dramatically improve a pet owner’s compliance to their veterinarian’s recommendations. Since compliance is an important aspect in both parasite control and behavior management, we’re confident that VetCentric’s compliance services will achieve our ultimate goal of improving animal health,” stated Shawn McKee, National Sales Manager at Elanco Companion Animal Health.
About VetCentric:
VetCentric, Inc., a privately-held company headquartered in the Baltimore-Washington area, is the only national veterinary-focused pharmacy offering home delivery of FDA and EPA approved pharmaceuticals, compounded medications and diets to pet owners on behalf of veterinary clinics. Its comprehensive suite of services provides clinics with an online store that allows customized product selection and pricing, home delivery and client communication services. VetCentric firmly supports the Veterinarian-Client-Patient relationship in all its business practices, allowing veterinarians to stay at the center of their patients’ care while improving service, encouraging compliance and decreasing clinic operating costs.
In the past 10 years, VetCentric has partnered with more than 9,000 veterinary clinics to fill in excess of 2 million orders for nearly 500,000 pet owners. Its pharmacy complies with the licensing and inspection requirements of all states in which it does business. For more information, please visit www.vetcentric.com.
About Elanco Animal Health:
Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, is a global, innovation-driven company that develops and markets products to improve animal health and food animal production in more than 75 countries. Elanco employs more than 2,000 people worldwide, with offices in more than 30 countries, and is a division of Eli Lilly and Company, a leading global pharmaceutical manufacturer. Additional information about Elanco, Comfortis and Reconcile is available at http://www.elancopet.com.
(R) Reconcile and Comfortis are registered trademarks of Elanco.
SOURCE VetCentric, Inc.