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The End of 2025, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Most Downloaded Story
• Big Move of the Year
• Corner Office Reset of the Year
• In Memorium
• New Heavyweight of the Year
• Showdown of the Year

Helpful links:

• The Bird Bath substack
• Pearl AI: Veterinary AI Platform

Fourth week of December, what’d you miss in vet med?

• DOJ Releases Statement on LMU v. AVMA suit
• Another offer for PetMeds
• Innovetive’s New COO
• TVB’s New Editor-in-Chief
• Pet Supply Plus and Wag N Wash break free
• Prosites Acquires Genius Vets

Helpful links:

• The Bird Bath substack
• Pearl AI: Veterinary AI Platform

Third week of December, what’d you miss in vet med?

• NAVLE to undergo audit
• Offer to acquire PetMeds
• MI:RNA closes Series B
• HelloVets closes Series B
• Indiana bill to entice practitioners

Helpful links:

• The Bird Bath substack

Second week of December, what’d you miss in vet med?

• The Farmer’s Dog Study under Fire
• Instinct launches GP PIMS
• Wagmo studies Employees and Pets
• Mars to complete Kellanova Acquisition

Helpful links:

• The Bird Bath substack

First week of December, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Ethos welcomes new President
• Petco sees signs of Turnaround
• Serenity Vet launches subscriptions
• Canada VMA calls for Help

Helpful links:

• The Bird Bath substack
• Pearl: Hybrid Intelligence - Veterinary AI platform

Last week of November, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Inspire Vet Partners Appeals Delisting
• LatinxVMA Calls for NAVLE Audit
• Animal Health International’s Software
• Photos with Santa
• Happy Thanksgiving!

Helpful links:

• The Bird Bath substack
• Pearl: Hybrid Intelligence - Veterinary AI platform

Third week of November, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Tuskegee’s wild week versus AVMA COE
• OK State and Cornell search for new Deans
• Launching a OneHealth Studio
• Zoetis grows domestically and abroad

Helpful links:

• The Bird Bath substack
• Pearl: Hybrid Intelligence - Veterinary AI platform

Second week of November, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Digitail closes $23M Series B
• Cencora moves MWI to Other
• Medivet embraces Partners
• Chewy Claus is ready
• A New Study of Perception of Access to Care

Helpful links:

• The Bird Bath substack
• Pearl: Hybrid Intelligence - Veterinary AI platform
• Сhewy Сlaus
• Frontiers - U.S. residents’ self-reported access to veterinary care and implications for care-seeking decisions

First week of November, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Western Vet Partners sticks with TDP and adds new Partner
• Secret Shoppers, “No trouble getting vet appointments”
• Chewy Acquires SmartEquine from Covetrus
• SKU’s CPG Accelerator

Helpful links:

• The Bird Bath substack
• Pearl: Hybrid Intelligence - Veterinary AI platform
• AVMA Publications - Secret shopper survey
• SKU Spring '26 Track Application
• SKU Mentor Interest Form

Last week of October, what’d you miss in vet med?

• Mars Petcare Biobank pays off
• HT Vista and Clinician’s Brief Lumps Study
• Royal Veterinary College back in Good Graces
• Live at VetTogether!

Helpful links:

• The Bird Bath substack
• Snout Demo
• HT Vista - Clinician's Brief 2025 Survey Results: What's Your Approach to Lumps & Bumps?