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Medical Injections are Steadily Growing
for Pets & Animal Companions
Pets get an estimated 500 million injections per year worldwide…but need many more;
ApiJect enables faster, safer, more convenient care and supports wider coverage.
As the world’s pet population grows, the future of pet care
is not more visits to the vet; it’s more home care.
“…pet owners [have]
started seeing their
animals as family,
and are desperate to
help these family
members live longer, healthier, more
comfortable lives…People lavish their
pets with love and concern like they
do other family members…”
MICHAEL HELMSTETTER
PRESIDENT, TECHACCEL Around the world, people love their pets Keeping pets healthy can be expensive. e American
“The Future of Animal Health” and animal companions…and it’s no wonder, Medical Veterinary Association reports the typical dog
Forbes, Aug. 21, 2018 12 considering how much pets add to human is taken to the vet’s office 2.6 times per year.3 Average
health and quality of life. visit cost: $257.4 Even 65% of veterinarians believe pet
care costs too much.5
As the U.S. National Institutes of Health has stated,
"Nothing compares to the joy of coming home to a loyal In 2017, U.S. pet owners spent an estimated $69 billion
companion. e unconditional love of a pet can do on acquiring, feeding and caring for their pets.6 is
more than keep you company. Pets may also decrease includes approximately $15 billion for supplies and
stress, improve heart health, and even help children over-the-counter medications.7 According to the American
with their emotional and social skills.”9 Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), Americans also
spent $35 billion on veterinary care in 2015.8
e global pet population is large and rapidly getting
larger. For example, around the world, an estimated 400 e world pet population expands as the population and
million dogs serve as animal companions to humans.1 incomes grow. Another factor driving demand for more
In the U.S. alone, the pet population includes more than pet healthcare: owners increasingly treat pets as family
120 million dogs, 130 million cats and 50 million other members, seeking the best available treatment, comfort
animals ranging from fish to reptiles, birds and horses.2 remedies and preventatives.13
Medical Injections are Steadily Growing for Pets & Animal Companions 1
Many owners do not vaccinate pets, in part due Pet injections cost less and are easier to perform with
to high costs… but not vaccinating costs more. ApiJect/Vet, a prefilled, single-use “so syringe.”
Medical injections are a significant portion of Although animal vaccines are a rapidly growing Injection devices for humans have long included
pet health expenses, although statistics are industry, most of the vaccines administered to animals plastic “squeeze-bubble” syringes; now this
both rare and widely varied. goes to farm livestock (particularly on large industrial technology is also available for pets.
farms).
Some sources estimate 500,000 annual injections ApiJect Systems Corp. can help increase pet vaccination
worldwide drive sales of more than $8 billion/year in e situation for pets is markedly different, and offers coverage with our low-cost, easy-to-use injection
pet medicine and supplies.15 Other sources project cause for concern. A 2016 survey suggests 53% of U.S. device. A specialty version of the ApiJect System, called
China alone sees 100+ million annual injections for dog owners and 36% of cat owners don’t vaccinate their ApiJect/Vet, has been designed to serve the pet and
pets.16 pets at all, or somehow obtain vaccinations outside the animal companion market.
veterinarian’s office.20 Cost is one reason, yet skipping
Vaccines are key injectables for animals, with a global Like the original ApiJect “so syringe” for human
vaccinations and waiting to treat an infection oen costs
compounded annual growth rate of 7.4% thru 2022.17 patients, the ApiJect/Vet device for pets is a 1-dose,
far more. Canine parvovirus treatment costs begin at
Again, costs can seem high. For example, a parvo single-use, prefilled, so plastic syringe. anks to
$600 and can amount to several thousand dollars.21
vaccination by an independent veterinarian in a advanced BFS manufacturing methods and materials, it
moderately priced Midwestern market typically costs Of greater concern, when animal population vaccination costs less than any other format on the market. The ApiJect/VetTM
Demonstration use only.
0.5 mL Single Dose
Prefilled Syringe RFID/NFC tag
$35 to $50, plus office visit fees.18 A package of 3-4 rates dip below 70%, herd immunity can be lost, making
DRUG NAME
(Lorem ibsum dolor)
Because ApiJect/Vet is precisely prefilled at the time of Shown at actual size is embedded at time
vaccinations plus testing for common diseases costs $99 widespread disease more likely.22 of manufacture with
manufacture, there is no need for using a glass vial to a unique
at a leading veterinary chain store.19 electronic ID#
store medicine or vaccine until needed. And, there is no
need for the caregiver to fill the syringe from the vial. All plastic elements.
Press bubble to
Filled via low-heat
ApiJect/Vet’s “squeeze bubble” design does not include inject vaccine
BFS process
a barrel and plunger. Users simply squeeze the plastic Sterile gas
Vaccine/antigen
bubble to inject the medicine or vaccine into their pet. container
e process is easy, intuitive and non-threatening. (sterile fill)
.1 mL to 3.0 mL
Needle Hub
Each ApiJect/Vet consists of: (1) a plastic bubble pre-attached
container, prefilled with vaccine or medicine; (2) a
connector mount; and (3) a pre-attached sterile hub,
including a double-ended needle of the correct length
with a safety cap. Key safety feature: each device can Needle can come
only be used once and is then auto-disabled. in IM, SC or ID sizes
Future versions of ApiJect/Vet will support variable Needle Cap
doses, enabling owners of an estimated 1 million
diabetic U.S. dogs and cats to more easily administer
home injections to their pets.23
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Veterinarians will embrace ApiJect/Vet because it saves
References and Citations
time and reduces costs, while lowering error rates.
1
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201209/how-many-dogs-are-there-in-the-world
2
https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/Statistics/Pages/Market-research-statistics-US-pet-ownership.aspx
With a prefilled syringe, injection preparation with a prefilled syringe…nearly 50% faster with prefilled 3
Ibid.
4
2017-18 survey of U.S. pet owners by the American Pet Products Association (APPA); www.americanpetproducts.org/pubs_survey.asp
is 39% faster and actual injections are almost formats than with vials.26 5
www.americanveterinarian.com/news/fetch-2018-navigating-veterinary-industry-changes-for-success
50% faster 24 6
www.pbahealth.com/veterinary-medicine-independent-pharmacy
ApiJect/Vet is simple enough to use that in markets 7
How Pharmacies Can Gain a Share of the Profitable Veterinary Medicine Market, Mar 15th, 2018; www.pbahealth.com/veterinary-medicine-
ApiJect/Vet will be welcomed by veterinarians because where regulators choose to allow it, more owners can independent-pharmacy/ accessed Jan. 2019; and American Pet Products Association, op cit.
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prefilled syringes save time and reduce both costs and error inject their pets at home when their vets deem it www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-01-05/when-big-business-happens-to-your-pet
9
National Institutes of Health, “e Power of Pets,” NIH News in Health, Feb. 2018; https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2018/02/power-pets
Michael Helmstetter, “e Future of Animal Health,” Forbes, Aug. 21, 2018; https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelhelmstetter/2018/08/21/
rates. Studies on hospital nurses have demonstrated that appropriate. is will help owners provide more 12
using prefilled syringes on human patients creates consistent healthcare to pets and animal companions, the-future-of-animal-health/#5a232b1337ee; accessed 04/02/19.
13
Ibid.
meaningful time savings on preparation and actual increasing compliance while lowering cost since fewer 15
https://www.thebalance.com/of-the-largest-animal-pharmas-2663221
injections. office visits are needed. 16
AVMA, op cit.
17
Global Industry Analysist Inc., e Global Animal Medication Market, www.strategyr.com/market-report-animal-medication-forecasts-
Hospital staff can save 27% to 39% in preparation time An additional benefit of ApiJect/Vet is combatting the global-industry-analysts-inc.asp
18
American Pet Products Association, op cit.
with prefilled formats compared to vial formats, since it growing threat of counterfeit pet medications, especially 19
https://www.vetcoclinics.com/services-and-clinics/vaccination-packages-and-prices
obviously eliminates the task of filling syringes from vials.25 in overseas markets. Up to 93% of pet meds have been 20
American Pet Products Association, op cit.
21
found to be counterfeit or substandard in some world www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kc-pet-project-sees-rise-in-parvovirus-cases
As for actually giving an injection of medicine or 22
www.techtimes.com/articles/241465/20190414/pet-immunization-rate-drops-amid-growing-anti-vaxx-movement.htm
regions.27 ApiJect/Vet design features will enable vets and 23
Estimate based on figures from www.banfield.com/Banfield/media/PDF/Downloads/soph/Banfield-State-of-Pet-Health-Report-2016.pdf
vaccine, this task can take 46 to 65 seconds with a vial
pet owners to quickly and easily validate genuineness of and AVMA.org, op cit.
and traditional syringe, compared to 29 to 48 seconds 24
Guillermet, et al: “Acceptability and Feasibility of Delivering Pentavalent Vaccines in a Compact, Prefilled, Autodisable Device in Vietnam
medicinal contents. and Senegal,” PLoS One. 2015; 10(7): e0132292. Published online 2015 Jul 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132292.
25
Eur J Ophthalmol, op cit.
26
Guillermet, et al: op cit.
27
See “IFAH and FAO drive veterinary medicine standards to safeguard animals and farmers from counterfeit products,” Brussels, March 1,
2012. Cited by: Oxford Analytica and HealthforAnimals, “Innovation in Animal Health: Historic Successes, current challenges & future
opportunities,” Jan. 2016, p. 22; https://healthforanimals.org/resources-and-events/resources/papers/142-innovation-in-animal-health.html
28
https://www.lifescienceleader.com/doc/why-animal-health-is-the-next-big-growth-area-0001?user=C89F7196-FF9D-490C-A97C-
8358CE26C4FD&vm_tId=1951530 (edited)
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