Dechra
Pharmaceuticals is a public limited company operating in the healthcare
/ pharmaceuticals and related markets.
It is the only listed pharmaceutical company which derives a substantial part of it's income from the UK and international veterinary and animal health care markets.
The Group manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals for
both the veterinary and the human ethical pharmaceutical markets. Dechra
also markets veterinary equipment and related goods and services in the
UK and in many overseas territories through it's subsidiary companies.
National Veterinary Services
Arnolds Veterinary Products
Dales Pharmaceuticals
Nationwide Laboratories
Cambridge Specialist Laboratory Service
NVS
The UK market leader by market share (as measured by turnover) in the
supply to the veterinary profession of pharmaceuticals and pet products
and a leading supplier of instruments, consumables, accessories and IT
business services to veterinary practices.
Arnolds
A supplier of licensed branded pharmaceuticals, instruments and equipment
used by the veterinary profession worldwide; focusing mainly in the small
animal (pet) and equine markets.
Arnolds customer base in the UK comprises veterinary practices and wholesalers
supplying the veterinary profession together with laboratories and universities.
In addition to the UK business, there is a growing export operation which,
in the last financial year, exported products to over 50 countries. The
development of Arnolds web site has helped to develop the Group's export
business by making the Group's product portfolio more accessible overseas.
Arnolds continues to develop its own pharmaceutical portfolio. The product
development programme is focused on delivering branded pharmaceutical
products for cats, dogs and horses.
The
clinical areas targeted are:
Feline Cardiac
Canine and feline
thyroid
Equine respiratory
Canine urinary
www.arnolds.co.uk
Dales
A licensed manufacturer of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals for Arnolds
and third party customers, including major companies such as Reckitt-Benckiser
Healthcare, Goldshield Pharmaceuticals plc and Martindales Pharmaceuticals
Limited.
www.dalespharma.com
The Directors believe that the combination of these vertically-integrated operations provides the opportunity to retain maximum margin from any manufactured branded pharmaceutical. In addition to this, the Directors believe that each business has good growth prospects.
Nationwide
Laboratories
Nationwide Laboratories Laboratories was established in 1983 as an independent
veterinary laboratory providing diagnostic and clinical pathology services
for veterinary surgeons throughout the UK, Europe and beyond.
Nationwide
Laboratories is a multi-disciplinary laboratory with a commitment to quality
of service through proficiency testing and rigorous quality assessment
and assurance. Nationwide Laboratories is a UKAS accredited testing laboratory
No. 1733. The laboratory offers over 500 test options across the full
range of clinical pathology disciplines.
www.nwlabs.co.uk
Cambridge
Specialist Laboratory Service
Cambridge
Specialist Laboratory Services was established by a group of laboratory
scientists who have worked in the specialist field of veterinary endocrinology
and biochemistry all of their working lives.
A hallmark of the assay services provided by the laboratory is the use of gold standard technology and methodology. For example, radio-immunoassay methods are still considered to provide the most precise and accurate results for many hormone assays. Many laboratories do not have the skills or facilities to undertake radio-immunoassay. All assays are run in duplicate and are subject to strict quality assurance
Cambridge
Specialist Laboratory Services provides veterinary surgeons in practice
with a hormone and specialist biochemistry assay service of unsurpassed
quality. The accuracy and quality of our results is assured. You can have
confidence in your diagnosis.
www.cslabs.co.uk
History and Development
The businesses of the operating companies have been part of the same group
for more than 20 years. These companies were brought together under the
Dechra Group as a result of the management buy-out from Lloyds Chemists
plc in 1997.
The Directors believe that the close relationship between
the three operating businesses which has been established over the past
20 years has contributed to the Group's success to date.