Sneak peek: Elanco expands dermatology portfolio with launch of Befrena, and other news

Happy Monday dvm360 readers! We hope you all had a great weekend and are ready to tackle another week. For those who attended Fetch Encore, we hope you had as much fun as our team and speakers did! For those who missed it, do not worry, it will be available on dvm360’s continuing education platform soon, so stay tuned for that update.

Eager to learn more to learn more with the dvm360 team and our amazing speakers? You are in luck because Fetch Nashville is only 10 days away, and there is still time to sign up! You can learn more, including who will be there, lecture topics, networking opportunities, and how to register, on the Fetch Nashville website! This is one you do not want to miss, so we hope to see all of you in the Music City!

Now, here are the headlines you will see on dvm360.com this week:

• Elanco Animal Health announced the phased launch for its tirnovetmab (Befrena; Elanco Animal Health), a new anti-IL-31 monoclonal antibody injection for treatment of canine allergic and atopic dermatitis, and is now underway with the product being used by select Early Experience Program veterinarians in clinics.
• Since our May/June issue of dvm360 is now available online, our articles are also starting to publish, including this one from Wendy S. Myers, CVJ! In her latest installment of How do I say…?, she tackles how veterinary teams can launch, and sustain, twice-a-year exams for senior pets in your veterinary clinic.
• On this week’s episode of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, our host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA welcomes Coleen Ellis, CT, CPLP, to the show to talk about palliative care, and what clinics can to elevate their end of life care.
• In an upcoming Q&A with Lauren Thielen, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice) from an interview with dvm360, she shares more about avian respiratory disease, including the avian respiratory anatomy of physiology.
• A study by the American Association of Equine Practitioners has revealed that wearable biometric sensors show tremendous promise as an early-warning system for detecting musculoskeletal injuries in Thoroughbred racehorses.
• And more!