Tag: Veterinarians

FTC Alters Final Consent Order in Response to Public Comments, Preserving Competition for Specialty and Emergency Veterinary Services in 10 U.S. Localities

Date

December 19, 2017

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Mars, Incorporated’s $9.1 billion acquisition of pet care...

Mars, Incorporated and VCA Inc., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

December 19, 2017

FTC Matter/File Number

171 0057

FTC Staff to Tennessee Legislature: Consider Making Permanent the Animal Massage Therapy Exemption from The Practice of Veterinary Medicine

Date

November 16, 2017

Federal Trade Commission staff submitted comments to the Tennessee General Assembly in support of a state law exemption that allows non-veterinarians to practice animal massage therapy in Tennessee...

Advocacy Filings

Federal Trade Commission Staff Comment Before the Tennessee State Senate Regarding the Regulation of the Practice of Animal Massage Therapy In Tennessee

Date

November 16, 2017

Matter Number

V170007

Text of the Federal Trade Commission Staff Comment (174.43 KB)

Federal Register Notice

Mars, Incorporated and VCA Inc.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment Proposed Consent Agreement

Date

September 8, 2017

FTC Requires Mars to Divest 12 Veterinary Clinics as a Condition of Acquiring Pet Care Company VCA Inc.

Date

August 30, 2017

Mars, Incorporated has agreed to divest 12 veterinary clinics around the United States that provide specialty and emergency services to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Mars’s $9.1 billion...

Steuart Laboratories (Steuart’s Pain Formula)

Date

February 23, 2016

Mary K. Engle, Associate Director

Text of the Letter (190.8 KB)

Farnam Pet Products

Date

July 31, 2015

Closing Letter to Ronald Y. Rothstein, Counsel for Farnam Pet Products (235.47 KB)

Plymouth Direct, Inc. (BeActive Brace)

Date

July 2, 2015

Mary K. Engle, Associate Director

Text of the Letter (190.93 KB)

FTC Report on Pet Medications Industry Finds Veterinarians Face Increasing Competition from Non-Veterinary Retail Outlets

Date

May 27, 2015

A Federal Trade Commission report on the pet medications industry noted fast growth and a changing landscape of suppliers – with veterinarians seeing increased competition from non-traditional sellers...

Report

Competition in the Pet Medications Industry: Prescription Portability and Distribution Practices

Date

May 27, 2015

Competition in the Pet Medications Industry: Prescription Portability and Distribution Practices (1.43 MB)

Intermax USA, Inc. (Bosom Max and GluteoMax)

Date

June 17, 2014

Text of the Letter (214.25 KB)

Letter from Mary K. Engle, Associate Director, Division of Advertising Practices, to Peter C. Marinello, Esq., Director, Electronic Retailing Self-Regulatory Program (39.98 KB)

Online Advertising for K9 TheraLight Products

Date

July 10, 2012

Mary K. Engle, Associate Director

Letter from Mary K. Engle, Associate Director, Division of Advertising Practices, to Henry M. Rubenstein, Counsel for Any, Inc., d/b/a Ketomist.com (370.42 KB)

Any, Inc. d/b/a Ketomist.com (hCG weight loss products)

Date

February 15, 2012

Mary K. Engle, Associate Director

Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd.

Date

November 30, 2011

Matter Number

102 3144

Letter to Lydia B. Parnes and Nathan Ferguson, Counsel for Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd. (49.85 KB)

Letter from Mary K. Engle, Associate Director, Division of Advertising Practices, to Courtland L. Reichman, Esq., Counsel for Merial LLC (43.41 KB)

Merial LLC (Frontline Plus)

Date

November 17, 2011

Mary K. Engle, Associate Director

Kent Nutrition Group, Inc. (World's Best Cat Litter)

Date

November 9, 2011

Matter Number

112 3161

Letter to Dwight D. Lueck, Counsel for Kent Nutrition Group, Inc. (68.67 KB)