Veterinary Personalised Medicine

PCCA believes that animals’ unmet clinical needs are as important as humans’. 

Pets are members of the family, and you want them to have medical treatment that’s as attentive and innovative as you expect for yourself.

Personalised medicines can provide a much-needed solution to veterinary and human patient problems. When it comes to things like skin rashes, eye and ear infections, heart conditions, cancer, and diabetes, animals and humans have a lot in common. But giving pets medication presents a unique set of challenges that can often be addressed through personalised medicines. 

No two animals are the same

Problem, meet solution

Cats are notorious for refusing to swallow pills (you probably have the scratches to prove it), and they’ll usually eat right around one disguised in food. Administration can be equally tricky with dogs — a dose of medication that is therapeutic for an 80-pound Golden Retriever could be deadly for a six-pound Yorkie. Large and exotic pets, such as horses, rabbits, birds, ferrets and reptiles, all pose a variety of different medication challenges, too. 

Right-sizing

Just like their owners, pets are unique. They come in all shapes and sizes and may be sensitive to ingredients like lactose. It makes sense that commercially available medicines aren’t always appropriate for each and every pet.

To be continued

Sometimes, manufacturers discontinue a veterinary medication because there’s not enough demand to make mass production cost effective. But that does not mean there aren’t still pets that need it. 

But the solution is often the same for them all: a personalised medicine.