Thursday, October 16, 2014

FDA cracks down on Little City Dogs' compounded copies of popular pet meds October 15, 2014 | By Arlene Weintraub

October 15, 2014 | By 

The website of pet supply retailer Little City Dogs in the Bronx, NY, makes some rather compelling sales pitches to consumers who want to treat their dogs and cats for common ailments without having to pay the high prices charged by their local veterinary clinics. "Try our Little City Dogs Flea Killer. It contains nitenpyram, the same active ingredient as in Capstar at 75% off the regular price!" said the scroll running atop Little City Dogs' homepage recently.
Turns out it's not exactly legal for pharmacies like Little City Dogs to mass-market cheap copies of veterinary drugs like Capstar, which is made by Novartis ($NVS) Animal Health. Now the FDA has informed the company of the violation, via a harshly worded letter the agency posted recently on its website. Because the company has formulated the medicines under its own brand names, they are technically new drugs, the letter explains, but "the products are unsafe" because they haven't been through the normal FDA review process.
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