Call for closer ties between pharma and animal health

At the third One Health Congress in Amsterdam, animal health executives, academics and researchers agreed that a closer collaboration between animal health and pharma companies is needed to combat the threat of infectious diseases.

Over 60% of infectious diseases that affect humans originate in animals and 75% of emerging diseases are zoonotic – which means they can be transmitted from animals to humans. Ebola, influenza, tuberculosis and the West Nile virus are just a few of them.

Zoetis’ executive VP, Alejandro Bernal, spoke out about the issue. He claims controlling disease in animals should not occur only after human cases, it should start when outbreaks are fist seen in animals. He advocates for an integrated human-animal approach, rather than the current, separate approach.
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