Veterinary Pharmaceutical Consultants
Comprehensive guidance from licensed veterinarians and professionals with industry, clinical, research, academic, and start-up experience.
Our animal health consultants work with a broad range of clients including biomedical companies, veterinary companies, veterinary laboratories, medical device companies, veterinary contract research organizations, universities, and animal health investors.
We have started multiple veterinary companies and bring real-world, hands-on experience in developing and commercializing various veterinary products, veterinary regulations (FDA, USDA), veterinary clinical studies, technology licensing, and veterinary distribution strategies.
Veterinary Consulting Services
Veterinary Clinical Studies
Veterinary clinical trials (e.g., veterinary clinical studies) are the most relevant form of translational research, leveraging the sophistication of veterinary medicine and naturally occurring veterinary diseases which share molecular, cellular, physiological and clinical disease homology to humans. In this capacity, veterinary clinical studies provide companion pets with access to novel therapeutics and diagnostics that may be otherwise unavailable, while gathering valuable information to advance human and veterinary medicine in parallel. Our veterinary clinical studies are performed in a manner consistent with human clinical studies, where we review each study with the pet owner before consenting the patient into the study.
Business Development
Our veterinary consultants can conduct veterinary market analysis, create forecastes, financial models, research & development plans, commercialization strategies, and support technology licensing & negotiations. We also can assist with veterinary company formation and interim management.
Veterinary Regulations
Our team can provide guidance on veterinary regulations for veterinary drugs, veterinary biologics, veterinary diagnostics, and veterinary medical devices. Our animal health consultants can prepare product development plans, serve as regulatory liaisons, and make submissions to FDA-CVM and USDA-CVB.
Data Analytics
Through our network, we provide large scale data analytics and bioinformatics services, dataset cleaning, statistical analysis, advanced data analytics, visualization, and interactive web-based tool development using natural language processing (NLP), unsupervised machine learning, and traditional statistical modeling.
additional information from our veterinary consultants
Craig Woods DVM, MS, MBA formed Woods Consulting, LLC (d/b/a Animal Health Consulting) in 2007. Craig is a licensed veterinarian and holds an appointment as Director of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity Projects at Arizona State University’s Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative. His recent academic projects involve biosurveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza, next generation bioweapons risk analysis and biomarker detection of human cardiac amyloidosis (joint ASU-Mayo Clinic). Craig has served as investigator on human clinical studies, complimenting his 20+ years experience as an investigator on veterinary clinical studies to develop antivenoms, immunotherapeutics, orthopedic implants, cancer therapeutics, and intraocular implants. Craig’s One Medicine philosophy and comparative medical research has facilitated the commercialization of human medical devices and numerous veterinary products. Prior to academia, Craig spent >15 years in the pharmaceutical industry holding clinical, regulatory and business development positions.
veterinary market – animal health market
The following are recent estimates of the animal health market
Sales: global ex-manufacturer sales of animal health products: ~$40B USD
Region: 33% US and 30% Europe
Products: 60% pharmaceuticals, 30% biologics, 10% medicated feeds.
Species: 60% livestock, 40% companion animal
Veterinary Company Types: Veterinary manufacturers, veterinary distributors, veterinary reference laboratories, and veterinary corporate hospitals.
Other Animal Health Links
veterinary regulations – updates and links
Animal health products in the US fall under the oversight of the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics or the Environmental Protection Agency. Animal health product purview largely depends on its intended use and mechanism of action, and each agency has different requirements for research and development of animal health products.
FDA-Center for Veterinary Medicine Updates
USDA-Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB)