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Medical Injections are Steadily Growing
for Pets & Animal Companions
Pets get an estimated 500 million injections per year worldwide…but need many more;
ApiJect enables faster, safer, more convenient care and supports wider coverage.
As the world’s pet population grows, the future of pet care
is not more visits to the vet; it’s more home care.
“…pet owners [have] started seeing
their animals as family, and are
desperate to help these family
members live longer, healthier, more
comfortable lives…People lavish their
pets with love and concern like they
do other family members…”
MICHAEL HELMSTETTER
PRESIDENT, TECHACCEL
“The Future of Animal Health”
Forbes, Aug. 21, 2018 12
Around the world, people love their pets Keeping pets healthy can be expensive. The American
and animal companions…and it’s no wonder, Medical Veterinary Association reports the typical dog
considering how much pets add to human is taken to the vet’s office 2.6 times per year.3 Average
health and quality of life. visit cost: $257.4 Even 65% of veterinarians believe pet
care costs too much.5
As the U.S. National Institutes of Health has stated,
"Nothing compares to the joy of coming home to a loyal In 2017, U.S. pet owners spent an estimated $69 billion
companion. The unconditional love of a pet can do on acquiring, feeding and caring for their pets.6 This
more than keep you company. Pets may also decrease includes approximately $15 billion for supplies and
stress, improve heart health, and even help children over-the-counter medications.7 According to the American
with their emotional and social skills.”9 Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), Americans also
spent $35 billion on veterinary care in 2015.8
The global pet population is large and rapidly getting
larger. For example, around the world, an estimated 400 The world pet population expands as the population and
million dogs serve as animal companions to humans.1 incomes grow. Another factor driving demand for more
In the U.S. alone, the pet population includes more than pet healthcare: owners increasingly treat pets as family
120 million dogs, 130 million cats and 50 million other members, seeking the best available treatment, comfort
animals ranging from fish to reptiles, birds and horses.2 remedies and preventatives.13
Medical Injections are Steadily Growing for Pets & Animal Companions 1
Many owners do not vaccinate pets, in part due Pet injections could become easier to perform and
to high costs… but not vaccinating costs more. less costly with a Prefilled Injector like ApiJect’s.
Medical injections are a significant portion of Although animal vaccines are a rapidly growing Injection devices for humans have long included
pet health expenses, although statistics are industry, most of the vaccines administered to animals plastic “squeeze-bubble” syringes; now this
both rare and widely varied. goes to farm livestock (particularly on large industrial technology is also available for pets.
farms).
Some sources estimate 500,000 annual injections ApiJect Systems Corp. can help increase pet vaccination
worldwide drive sales of more than $8 billion/year in The situation for pets is markedly different, and offers coverage with our low-cost, easy-to-use injection
pet medicine and supplies.15 Other sources project cause for concern. A 2016 survey suggests 53% of U.S. device. A specialty version of the ApiJect System, called
China alone sees 100+ million annual injections for dog owners and 36% of cat owners don’t vaccinate their ApiJect/Vet, has been designed to serve the pet and
pets.16 pets at all, or somehow obtain vaccinations outside the animal companion market.
veterinarian’s office.20 Cost is one reason, yet skipping
Vaccines are key injectables for animals, with a global Like the original ApiJect “soft syringe” for human
vaccinations and waiting to treat an infection often costs
compounded annual growth rate of 7.4% thru 2022.17 patients, the ApiJect/Vet device for pets is a 1-dose,
far more. Canine parvovirus treatment costs begin at
Again, costs can seem high. For example, a parvo single-use, prefilled, soft plastic syringe. Thanks to
$600 and can amount to several thousand dollars.21
vaccination by an independent veterinarian in a advanced BFS manufacturing methods and materials, it
moderately priced Midwestern market typically costs Of greater concern, when animal population vaccination costs less than any other format on the market.
The ApiJect/VetTM
$35 to $50, plus office visit fees.18 A package of 3-4 rates dip below 70%, herd immunity can be lost, making Prefilled Injector
Because ApiJect/Vet is precisely prefilled at the time of
vaccinations plus testing for common diseases costs $99 widespread disease more likely.22
manufacture, there is no need for using a glass vial to
at a leading veterinary chain store.19
store medicine or vaccine until needed. And, there is no
All plastic elements.
need for the caregiver to fill the syringe from the vial. BFS Container Filled via low-heat
BFS process
ApiJect/Vet’s “squeeze bubble” design does not include
a barrel and plunger. Users simply squeeze the plastic
Sterile gas Vaccine/antigen
bubble to inject the medicine or vaccine into their pet. container
(sterile fill)
The process is easy, intuitive and non-threatening. .1 mL to 3.0 mL
Each ApiJect/Vet consists of: (1) a plastic bubble
container, prefilled with vaccine or medicine; (2) a
connector mount; and (3) a pre-attached sterile hub, Connector
including a double-ended needle of the correct length
with a safety cap. Key safety feature: each device can
only be used once and is then auto-disabled. Needle Assembly
can come in IM, SC
or ID sizes
Future versions of ApiJect/Vet will support variable
Needle Cap
doses, enabling owners of an estimated 1 million
diabetic U.S. dogs and cats to more easily administer
home injections to their pets.23
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Veterinarians will embrace a BFS Prefilled Injector because
References and Citations
it saves time and reduces costs, while lowering error rates.
1
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201209/how-many-dogs-are-there-in-the-world
2
https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/Statistics/Pages/Market-research-statistics-US-pet-ownership.aspx
With a prefilled injection device, preparation are nearly 50% faster than syringes and vials.26 3
Ibid.
4
2017-18 survey of U.S. pet owners by the American Pet Products Association (APPA); www.americanpetproducts.org/pubs_survey.asp
is 39% faster and actual injections are almost
The ApiJect Prefilled Injector is simple enough to use 5
www.americanveterinarian.com/news/fetch-2018-navigating-veterinary-industry-changes-for-success
50% faster 24 6
www.pbahealth.com/veterinary-medicine-independent-pharmacy
that in markets where regulators choose to allow it, 7
How Pharmacies Can Gain a Share of the Profitable Veterinary Medicine Market, Mar 15th, 2018; www.pbahealth.com/veterinary-medicine-
A Prefilled Injector like ApiJect’s that leverages the more owners can inject their pets at home when their independent-pharmacy/ accessed Jan. 2019; and American Pet Products Association, op cit.
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vets deem it appropriate. This will help owners provide www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-01-05/when-big-business-happens-to-your-pet
efficiency and flexibility of Blow-Fill-Seal will be 9
National Institutes of Health, “The Power of Pets,” NIH News in Health, Feb. 2018; https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2018/02/power-pets
welcomed by veterinarians because it can save time and more consistent healthcare to pets and animal 12
Michael Helmstetter, “The Future of Animal Health,” Forbes, Aug. 21, 2018; https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelhelmstetter/2018/08/21/
reduce both costs and error rates. companions, increasing compliance while lowering cost the-future-of-animal-health/#5a232b1337ee; accessed 04/02/19.
13
Ibid.
since fewer office visits are needed. 15
https://www.thebalance.com/of-the-largest-animal-pharmas-2663221
Studies on hospital nurses have demonstrated that using 16
AVMA, op cit.
prefilled injection devices such as prefilled syringes on An additional benefit of a prefilled device like ApiJect’s 17
Global Industry Analysist Inc., The Global Animal Medication Market, www.strategyr.com/market-report-animal-medication-forecasts-
human patients creates meaningful time savings on is that it combats the growing threat of counterfeit pet global-industry-analysts-inc.asp
18
American Pet Products Association, op cit.
preparation and the actual injection. medications, especially in overseas markets. Up to 93% 19
https://www.vetcoclinics.com/services-and-clinics/vaccination-packages-and-prices
of pet medications have been found to be counterfeit or 20
American Pet Products Association, op cit.
Hospital staff can save 27% to 39% in preparation time substandard in some world regions.27 A prefilled device 21
www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kc-pet-project-sees-rise-in-parvovirus-cases
22
www.techtimes.com/articles/241465/20190414/pet-immunization-rate-drops-amid-growing-anti-vaxx-movement.htm
with prefilled formats compared to vial formats, since makes it much easier for vets and pet owners to quickly 23
Estimate based on figures from www.banfield.com/Banfield/media/PDF/Downloads/soph/Banfield-State-of-Pet-Health-Report-2016.pdf
it obviously eliminates the task of filling syringes from and easily validate genuineness of medicinal contents and AVMA.org, op cit.
24
Guillermet, et al: “Acceptability and Feasibility of Delivering Pentavalent Vaccines in a Compact, Prefilled, Autodisable Device in Vietnam
vials.25 As for actually giving an injection prefilled formats be seeing if there are signs of tampering. and Senegal,” PLoS One. 2015; 10(7): e0132292. Published online 2015 Jul 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132292.
25
Eur J Ophthalmol, op cit.
26
Guillermet, et al: op cit.
27
See “IFAH and FAO drive veterinary medicine standards to safeguard animals and farmers from counterfeit products,” Brussels, March 1,
2012. Cited by: Oxford Analytica and HealthforAnimals, “Innovation in Animal Health: Historic Successes, current challenges & future
opportunities,” Jan. 2016, p. 22; https://healthforanimals.org/resources-and-events/resources/papers/142-innovation-in-animal-health.html
28
https://www.lifescienceleader.com/doc/why-animal-health-is-the-next-big-growth-area-0001?user=C89F7196-FF9D-490C-A97C-
8358CE26C4FD&vm_tId=1951530 (edited)
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