September 30, 2010

USDA approves Aceto Corp to sell companion animal vaccine

Aceto Corporation, a global firm in the crop protection business, announced on September 29 that it has received the USDA approval to sell its suppliers companion animal vaccine in the US.

"We are extremely pleased that the USDA has issued Aceto Pharma a permit to import our supplier's canine vaccine with authorisation for its distribution and sale in the US. As most of you are all too well aware, the process to get the USDA to issue a permit for Aceto to import the 4 in 1 vaccine was extremely rigorous and took far longer than had been anticipated," Aceto chairman and CEO Albert Eilender said.

"Now, with our permit approved, discussions with our distribution partner can be accelerated and brought to a satisfactory conclusion. We anticipate beginning our marketing efforts with the vaccine to the veterinary users in the first half of calendar 2011. We view this approval as a first step towards our long term plan to develop and market a line of veterinary products," Eilender added.

Aceto Corporation, incorporated in 1947, deals with sourcing, quality assurance, regulatory support, marketing and distribution of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, specialty chemicals and crop protection products.

Present in 10 countries, Aceto distributes over 1,000 chemicals and pharmaceuticals used principally as raw materials in the pharmaceutical, crop protection, surface coating/ink and general chemical consuming industries.