Wrap up: Dechra announces new canine otitis externa medication, and other news

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• Dechra announced earlier this week that it has received FDA approval for marbofloxacin, terbinafine, and dexamethasone otic suspension (Ostiserene; Dechra). This new medication is to treat canine patients with otitis externa through a single dose of medication administered by a veterinary professional.
• Cronus Pharma issued a voluntary recall of a prescription sedative and analgesic for companion animals as a precautionary measure due to the presence of visible particulate matter in one lot each for 2 products containing dexmedetomidine hydrochloride injection 0.5 mg/mL (Dexased, Aspen; and Dexmedvet, Cronus Pharma).
• On this week’s episode of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, Tyler Carmack, DVM, CVA, CVFT, CHPV, CTPEP, and Chelsea McGivney, DVM, from Caring Pathways, join our host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, to discuss end of life care and how to make this process as comfortable and easy for clients, patients, and veterinary teams.
• A 9-year-old golden retriever named Lola was referred to the UC Davis William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital after she was diagnosed with an oral melanoma that spread to her lungs for a clinical trial.
• In an interview with dvm360 that took place on-site at the 2025 Fetch Charlotte Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, Steven Ringold, DVM, DACVR, shared the significance of pulmonary patterns in thoracic radiology. If you want to learn more from Ringold, his lecture from Fetch Charlotte is now available on demand.
• And more!