| Drug Company Price Increases
These will be passed on to our clients
immediately, but are not necessarily reflected in our drugs price list, as indicated on that page.
April
2008
Genitrix
(KBr, Doxion, Lacto B, Easeflex) hit the headlines this
month along with the biggy - Pfizer - too many products
to list, but the main one is Rimadyl. They last increased
prices in October 2007!
March
2008
Price
increase from Boeringer Ingelheim this month whic affects
Metacam, Buscopan, Viacutan, Dermocanis, Vetmadin to name
a lot.
February
2008
Here's
the list:
Novartis
(last price rise June 07)
Merial
(last prise rise Jan 06). Frontline up by 7% (9% last year)
Vetoquinol
(last price rise unrecorded!)
January
2008
The
two important companies to increase prices this month are:
Sherring Plough (Cosequin, Phytopica, Efavet, Insuvet, Rapinovet,
Ovarid, Ceporex, Otomax, Zubrin) - last price increase October
2007! and Vetxx (Canaural, Fucithalmic, Cleanaural, Fuciderm)
Last price increase Feb 2006.
December
2007
Ceva
has increased prices across its growing range including
Hepatosyl, Cystease, DAP & Feliway, Nutrifyba, Galastop,
Acclaim, Carprodyl, Clinagel etc. Last price increase was
Feb 2007. Also, Royal Canin (with its ever increasing food
range) has increased prices this month.
November
2007
Bayer
has increased prices by nearly 4% on Advantage, Advantix,
Baytril, Drontal etc. Last price increase from bayer was
Nov 2006. Aslo guilty this month is Dechra (formerly Arnold's)
- a 5% jump in price for Vetoryl, Felimazole, Hypercard,
Urilin, Equipalazone, Peridale, Tumil K...Last price increase
was 11 months ago!
October
2007
Price
rises of around 3% from Schering-Plough on Optimmune, Ovarid,
Ceporex, Zubrin, Sancerum, Phytopica. Last price increase
was Jan 2006. Prices hav eincreased for Prokoln and related
probiotic and intestinal products produced by Nelson's (last
price increase May 06). Hill's have increased the price
of all their foods. Their last major price change was May
06.
September
2007
Only
one significant company increased prices this month - VetPlus.
So expect to pay more for Aktivait, Synoquin, Epilease,
Coatex, Colaid etc. The last time Vetplus increased its
prices (by 10%) was Jan 2006.
August
2007
Pfizer
this month - Antirobe, Stronghold, Rimadyl, Dermisol, Cerenia,
Medrone, Synulox - all names you can trust (to repeadetly
increase in price!). Last price increase from Pfizer was
September 2006.
July
2007
This
month sees the turn for Intervet to increase prices. Drugs
and products affected include vaccines, Panacur, Vasotop,
Tryplase, Vivitonin, Scalibor, Caninsulin etc etc. Intervet's
last price increase was July 2006
June
2007
Novartis
has increased the price of Program, Fortekor, Corvental
Capstar etc. Their last increase was in August 2006, September
2005 and February 2005 - 4 increases in 28 months!
Febuary
2007
Vetxx
(Canaural,
CleaAural
Fuciderm, Fucithalmic, etc) and Ceva (Galastop etc) have
increased prices this month.
January
2007
Merial has increased its prices across the range including
a massive 9% on Frontline Spot On.
December
2006
Arnolds
has increased prices for Felimazole, Vetoryl, Soloxine,
Hypercard, Frusedale, Prednidale, Tumil K etc. Last price
increase was Jan 06!
November
2006
Bayer
have increased the price of Baytril, Drontal, Advantage,
Advantix. Last increase was Nov 2005.
October
2006
No
great movers this month but Novartis has increased the price
of Milbemax to match the increase of the rest of their range
in August 2006.
September
2006
Pfizer
are guilty this month. Price increases on Synulox, Stronghold,
Domitor, Medrone V, Rimadyl, Antirobe etc. Last price increase
was October 2005.
August
2006
Novartis
has increased the price of Program, Fortekor, Corvental
Capstar etc. Their last increase was in September 2005 -
sth eprevious increase to that one was February 2005 - 3
increases in 18months!
July
2006
Intervet
is the only big player to increase prices this month. Vaccines,
hormones, Panacur, Vasotop, Vivitonon, etc. Thier last increase
was August 05 and September 04 - June next year then?!
May
2006
Nelsons
have increased the prices of their range of products , including
probiotics and anti-diarrhoeals (Pro-Kolin etc).
March-April
2006
No
significant price increases.
February
2006
The
following companies have increased their prices this month:
Novartis (Program, Capstar, Rearguard), Boehringer (Viacutan,
Metacam, Seraquin, Vetmedin), Leo (Canaural, Fudiderm, Fucithalmic),
VetPlus (Synoquin), Ceva (Galastop), Hill's (Science Plan
and Prescription Food), Merial (Frontline).
January
2006
Schering-Plough
has increased the cost of Optimmune, Ceporex, Intrac, Mysoline,
Otomax, Insuvet and etc...Last price rise was Jan '05. Arnolds
have increased the prices of all their surgical instruments
and consumables as well as their drugs - Felimazole, Tumil
K Hypercard (last rise jan '05). VetPlus has increased prices
across their neutriceutical range - Synoquin, Coatex, Cystaid
and the rest.
December
2005
The only significant company to increase prices this month
is Virbac. Drugs and products affected at the JVC include
Epiotic, Alizin, Rilexine, Tiacil. Virbac's last price rise
was January 2005.
November
2005
Bayer has increased its prices this month. This means that
Drontal, Baytril, and many other products have all gone
up in price.
October
2005 Pfizer
has increased prices of Stronghold, Rimadyl, Medrone, Solumedrone,
Synulox, Antirobe etc. Last price rise was in Oct 2004.
September
2005 Novartis
has increased the price of Program, Milbemax, Fortekor,
Corvental Capstar etc. Their last increase was in February
2005 - some drugs which were unaffected last time have been
included this time and some drugs have been affected by
both rises (eg Fortekor)!!
August
2005
Intervet has raised prices across the whole range of products
including vaccines. Their last increase was in September
2004.
July
2005 No
price increases this
month!
June
2005 No
price increases this
month!
April
& May 2005
No significant price increases from any significant companies!
March 2005 Lots of companies have
made price increases this month: Animal Care, RCW Pedigree (large range of diets), Boeringer
Ingelheim (Metacam, Seraquin, Vetmedin, Voren, Dermocanis),
Vetoquinol (Propalin, Prilium, Clindacyl, Cefaseptin, Clavaseptin,
Tolfedine etc).
February
2005 A big month for price increases.
Hill's have increased prices across the range - Science Diets, and Nature's Best. (The JVC is still the cheapest
around for the Science Plan range!). Novartis Animal Health
(who have now taken over as our biggest supplier) has increased prices across
most of the range of products including Program, Program Plus, anaesthetics, sedatives etc etc. The other
main price hike comes from Ceva which provides us with Galastop, Feliway, DAP, Selgian and more etceteras. As these companies are
amongst our main suppliers you will see the effect of these
price rises immediately
January
2005 Arnolds, the
company which supplies Felimazole,
Vetoryl, Hypercard
10 and Tumil K along with an array
of surgery equipment and consumables, have increased their
prices. So have Virbac – they provide vaccines, antibiotics, dental
products and shampoo. Cook, the supplier of a wide range
of surgical consumables has joined the price rise club this
month along with Scherring-Plough
– Ceporex, Intrac,
Mysoline, Insuvet etc etc. Happy New
Year to them!
December 2004 There have been
NO drug company price increases this month. Merry Christmas
to them all
November 2004 Bayer, the large
German pharmaceutical company, has increased prices across
its large range of products. These include Drontal,
Baytril (antibiotic) and many, many others.
October 2004 Pfizer, the massive
international pharmaceutical company, has increased prices.
The products which we purchase include Stronghold, Rimadyl,
Synulox, Medrone,
Antirobe, DepoMedrone, Pet Tabs,
etc etc. They are our fourth largest supplier, so there
will be a knock-on effect. Our biggest supplier is Intervet
(price increase last month), followed by Novartis
(August) and Merial (March).
September 2004 The big company
to provide a price increase this month is Intervet.
The increase is relatively small but across all products
- Vaccines, hormones, antibiotics, ACE inhibitors, wormers
etc etc. Intervet
is our biggest supplier so there will be knock on effect
on our prices.
August 2004 Novartis has increased the price of Program, Atopica, Fortekor and lots
of other products including anaesthetics.
July 2004 Vetoquinol has increased it's prices this month: Marbocyl, Propalin, sutures,
Prilium, Clindacyl,
Cefaseptin, etc. Arden Grange
(Pet food) has also increased prices.
June 2004 The only significant price
increase this month is from Leo Laboratories. This company
produces dermatological, ear and eye products as well as
some laboratory tests.
April & May 2004
There were no significant drug company price increases during
these 2 months.
March 2004
Companies
providing us with price increase this month include: Virbac (Vaccines, antibiotics, dental products), Ceva (Flea collars and behavioural
treatments etc), Arnolds (orthopaedic equipment, drugs)
and Merial (Frontline®, vaccines and many others).
back to top
|
|
|
Free Consultations with our nurses
These new introductions to our services are proving to
be very popular and rewarding:
Well Pet Awareness: New for 2005. We would like
you to get involved more with the health of
your older pets. For several years we have been
offering blood tests for cats aged 7 and above.
We now offer free nurse consultations for older
cats and dogs. It is vital to identify diseases
and conditions well in advance. It is better
to stop them happening! Doctors advise we should
have annual check ups in older age – this
equates to once every 7 years for our pets –
is this really enough? No, we think not. Give
us a call and we will arrange a consultation
for you and your older pet.
Puppy Parties: If you have recently registered
your new puppy with us you will receive an invitation
to come to one of our puppy parties. These have
proved so popular that people ask to come again,
they come from neighbouring practices and they
have a great time. Lots of food, games, prizes
and fun. Some parties held at other practices
which we have heard about are stuffy, boring
events where you are lectured on puppy behaviour - not ours! Megan puts a great deal
of time and work into preparing the parties
- make sure you reply to your invitation or
someone else will be enjoying the fun instead
of you and your puppy.
Weight Management Consultations: Since Waltham/Royal Canin introduced an effective weight reducing
diet, we have been very successful in overcoming
the difficult problem of obesity. Let's face
it, obesity is the
correct word to describe a dog, cat or person
who is more than 15% overweight. This means
if your dog weighs 34.5kg instead of 30kg, then
he or she is obese! If your pet is overweight,
there are serious health implications around
the corner. Feeding less is not the answer.
Neither is "he only gets one meal a day"
classified as a diet! In fact, more than one
meal a day is indicated if your pet needs to
lose weight. Careful planning and sticking to
the rules will make your pet happier, fitter,
healthier and he/she will live longer to enjoy
it. Several of our patients have reached their
target weight and have been issued with their
certificates of achievement. Please give us
a call if you would like to join....
Senior Pet Consultations: Recent improvements in blood
testing facilities at the clinic, better foods
for the older pet, a wide range of drugs and
products to improve the physiology of the older
patient and a better understanding of their
ailments has meant an improvement in the quality
of life for older pets. Don't fall into the
trap of thinking "he's just old so we expect
him not to...." Understanding what is going
on with regard to ageing and doing something
about it will be very rewarding for your old
friend - and you!
Arthritis Awareness: Perhaps the most common and
most overlooked condition in older dogs - arthritis.
Most of our older patients have arthritis. Just
because Fido doesn't
say "ouch" when he gets up, doesn't
mean it doesn't hurt! If your dog has trouble
getting into the car, getting up steps, is stiff
and/or lame after resting, limps at all during
exercise or is slowing down on a walk - arthritis
is the most likely diagnosis. We can do a lot
more these days to help arthritis - not just
pain killers, but tablets containing Glucosamiune
HCl* and other joint improving products,
weight loss, exercise regimes etc, can all help
make life much more comfortable for your older
friend.
* Do not be fooled into buying Glucosamine
Sulphate - it is cheap
but comes as a very impure form - only the HCl
form will do!
All consultations in this list are FREE (you only pay
for the products) and you will be seen individually
- there are no group sessions.
If you would like more information on these services,
then please call us on 01993 842717. Thank you. |
|
| 
Please
use the following links to good websites offering
advice on the diagnosis, treatment and management
of some important conditions.
Flea
treatment advice
Worming
for cats and dogs
Management
of diabetes in cats and dogs
Heart
disease in the dog
Kidney
disease in the cat
The
Passport for Pets Scheme (Updated March 2006)
This
scheme was introduced to allow cats and dogs (and
ferrets) to return to the UK via nominated ports of
entry, after visiting certain countries, without the
requirement to spend six months in quarantine.
There is a growing list of countries which qualify
for the scheme. These can be found on the DEFRA
web site.
The
requirements for individual pets are as follows: 1)
an identity microchip, 2) vaccination
against rabies, 3) a positive blood
test for anti-rabies titre, 4) a passport
issued by a DEFRA registered veterinary surgeon.
The
microchip must be inserted before vaccination, but
can be done at the same consultation and can be given
at the same time as the regular boosters.
The
blood test should be taken 3 weeks
after the vaccination. Some countries request a second
test after 6 months (eg Sweden) but it has been shown
that this test is not reliable and the optimum time
is 3 weeks after the injection. Occasionally a test
will show a failed result. This will
mean a second vaccination and a second
blood test - both these procedures will incur additional
costs. We have had only 2 failed tests out of 102
- less than 2%. Both of these failed tests were easily
explained - in one case the owner waited 6 months
for the blood test and the other had an orthopaedic
surgery complication at the time of vaccination! Your
pet can have 2 vaccinations at a 2-3 week interval
and then the blood test 3 weeks later!
On
receiving a positive result from
the laboratory (this can take 2-4 weeks), the Passport
will be issued. This contains details of the owner,
the pet, vaccination history, microchip number, test
results, worming and flea treatment certification
and health examination reports. It is very
important to note that your pet will
not be allowed back into the UK until 6
months have passed from
the date of blood sampling. You are free to take your
pet abroad before this date but your pet is not
allowed back until after this date.
Please
refer to our fees page for
the prices for the procedures involved.
Your
pet will require to be treated for ticks and
tapeworms, with certification in the passport,
by a vet in outside the UK in the period 24-48
hours of your return to the UK.
It
is important to make sure that your Passport is valid
- if it is not your pet will spend 6 months
in quarantine. The commonest reasons for
failure to gain entry back into the UK are:
expired passport, the microchip
failing to read properly and failing to get
certified treatment for ticks and
worms within the specified period.
The latter scenario will mean you will have to stay
abroad for an extra day, the former
will mean that your pet will be quarantined
for 6 months. It is possible to hire
or buy microchip readers.
In
the UK the period between rabies vaccination is no
more than 3 years (Intervet's Nobivac
Rabies - other vaccines last 2 years!). If
you qualify as resident in a foreign country (eg if
you live in France for more than 3 months per year),
then you will be required to fulfill the vaccine regulations
of that country. This usually means annual injections.
The
Passport does not expire
if you have the rabies boosters done
within 3 years (see paragraph above).
There is no need for further blood tests. If you allow
the booster due date to pass (even
by one day), your pet will require
another vaccination and another
blood test. The blood test will involve extra cost.
It
is very important to consider the
diseases which your pet could acquire
while abroad. Most of these are caught
via biting insects (ticks, sand flies
and mosquitos). We strongly recommend
that you give your pet treatment /prevention
for these diseases before you leave
the UK and during the time you are
abroad as well as at the statutary time before returning
to the UK. Available products include the Scalibor
Collar, Advantix and Frontline.
Fees and prices clarity policy.
We have published a complete list of all the drugs we stock on
this web site, showing the price to you. We have no
hidde charges for drugs (ie no dispensing fee). Our
injectable drugs have an in-built injection fee -
see below. The waiting room has a list of our Top
Ten POMs (a Statuatory requirement!). Our general
policy over the last, and next, few years is one of
reducing the price of drugs, but to increase our professional
fees. This is in line with the recent Competition
Commission Report, the Order of the Office of Fair
Trading and as a result of the Marsh Report.
Automatic
fees.
All
injectable drugs are disposed of 28 days after first
opening. This has meant an increase of expenditure
in drugs for the practice- £2255.29 worth of
injectables was discarded in 2003 and £2700.32
in 2004. The figure for 2005 was £3146.64! We
recoup this loss by charging an extra £3.00
per injection for drugs for which a full bottle is
not used within 28 days. Our standard injection fee
is £3.00 plus VAT. This is applied to all injectable
drugs automatically. Injectables with the 28-day-rule
applied are therefore charged out at £6.00 plus
VAT (excluding the drug cost). There is now no automatic
(hidden) fee with drugs.
|  MONTHLY SNIPPETS
|
|
| December
2006
As
you may have noticed from ths web site, we reduced
the price of drugs last January. Drug companies continue
to increase the cost to us (see column on the left)
- sometimes more often than once a year. We are under
pressure to keep our drug prices down despite this.
Our professional fees went up in January - look out
for another rise in January 2007 to buffer the presssure
from drug companies.
November
2006
Viruses
- now then! Most of us protect our animals with regular
vaccinations and our computers with anti-virus programmes.
Two weeks ago, our computer system was infected with
a near-fatal virus which bypassed our excellent and
up to date vaccination programme. So, even with the
best protection available, our pet system became very
ill - imagine how bad it would have been with NO protection!
October
2006
During
a very busy Saturday morning surgery, a well known
client brought in a cat he had found near the Esso
petrol station. Luckily the cat had an identity microchip
and we were able to contact the owner immediately
- in Horsepath on the east side of Oxford! The cat
was back home again within 90 minutes (it took the
driver an hour to find us - he had to be directed
here by his passenger on the phone to us!!). The morals
of the story: 1) check your car for cats before you
leave home and 2) get your cat microchipped!
| |
