A little slow off the mark, perhaps...
A very happy new year to you and to all the readers of Animal Pharm. I hope your festive season was as relaxing and as rewarding as mine. Frankly, I didn't think about work once! (Well, perhaps just the once. Or twice. Well you know how it is...)
Now that we're all back on deck, preparations are underway for Animal Pharm's 25th Anniverary issue and an anniversary party to go along with it.
We've booked the Piano Bar at Boisdale on Bishopsgate for 17th January.
Invitations went in the mail around Christmas but responses have been a bit on the slow side, so if you're among the tardy responders, do something about it soon please or your name won't be on the list and you'll miss out on a Boisdale's haggis tartlet.
And if you haven't received an invite but you'd like to come along and meet the editorial team, drop me a line.
Reflecting on the fact that Animal Pharm is 25 years old, brought home to me that I've been working on the product (with one short break) for more than eight years myself, which seems scarcely credible. I joined in November 1998, fresh from a twelve year sojourn in Australia. I suspect the inumerable Aussie sheep stories that kept appearing over my first few months in the job might have raised a few eyebrows here and there.
The stories that stand out most clearly in my mind include the breaking of the foot and mouth epidemic in the UK, BSE's appearance in the USA, Dow AgroScience's first plant-made vaccine and the approval for the two veterinary DNA vaccines.
Peter Jones' retirement from the EMEA and arrival at IFAH brought a smile or two.
But one, or rather two, of the stories that really stick in my mind involved MacDonalds and Elanco.
I think it was a Monday morning. MacDonalds issued a press release announcing that their suppliers were going to be obliged to stop using antibiotic growth promotants. They took care to thank many people and organisations who had served on the advisory committee that reached this decision and drew up guidelines for suppliers.
Seven hours later, we received a press release from Elanco Animal Health announcing the approval and launch of Optaflex, a new antibiotic-free growth promoter...
A quick check of the Monday press release confirmed my recollection. Elanco was the animal health company represented on the MacDonalds advisory committee.
Smart operators!
Now that we're all back on deck, preparations are underway for Animal Pharm's 25th Anniverary issue and an anniversary party to go along with it.
We've booked the Piano Bar at Boisdale on Bishopsgate for 17th January.
Invitations went in the mail around Christmas but responses have been a bit on the slow side, so if you're among the tardy responders, do something about it soon please or your name won't be on the list and you'll miss out on a Boisdale's haggis tartlet.
And if you haven't received an invite but you'd like to come along and meet the editorial team, drop me a line.
Reflecting on the fact that Animal Pharm is 25 years old, brought home to me that I've been working on the product (with one short break) for more than eight years myself, which seems scarcely credible. I joined in November 1998, fresh from a twelve year sojourn in Australia. I suspect the inumerable Aussie sheep stories that kept appearing over my first few months in the job might have raised a few eyebrows here and there.
The stories that stand out most clearly in my mind include the breaking of the foot and mouth epidemic in the UK, BSE's appearance in the USA, Dow AgroScience's first plant-made vaccine and the approval for the two veterinary DNA vaccines.
Peter Jones' retirement from the EMEA and arrival at IFAH brought a smile or two.
But one, or rather two, of the stories that really stick in my mind involved MacDonalds and Elanco.
I think it was a Monday morning. MacDonalds issued a press release announcing that their suppliers were going to be obliged to stop using antibiotic growth promotants. They took care to thank many people and organisations who had served on the advisory committee that reached this decision and drew up guidelines for suppliers.
Seven hours later, we received a press release from Elanco Animal Health announcing the approval and launch of Optaflex, a new antibiotic-free growth promoter...
A quick check of the Monday press release confirmed my recollection. Elanco was the animal health company represented on the MacDonalds advisory committee.
Smart operators!
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