SWEDESBORO, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2024--
Since its strategic merger with Blue Rabbit in June 2023, Wedgewood has evolved its position as the nation’s leading veterinary compounding pharmacy to become a comprehensive veterinary pharmacy solutions provider. Today, the combined company announces the full integration of Wedgewood’s extensive compounded formulary on the Blue Rabbit home delivery platform, marking a significant milestone in the merger.
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Blue Rabbit launched in January and has become a cornerstone of Wedgewood’s offering. The platform provides veterinarians with a white-labeled online storefront that now includes Wedgewood’s vast formulary of compounded medications, as well as commercial medications, pet food, preventatives, and supplements—all integrated with the practice PIMS and delivered to animal owners’ homes with just a few clicks. Blue Rabbit also helps veterinarians compete with online pet stores by bringing their own clients an exceptional and convenient shopping and delivery experience.
Antoinette Osswald, office manager at Reidville Road Animal Hospital, stated, “We have had awesome customer service through the whole transition process. We have used previous online pharmacies in the past but none compare to the ease and professionalism of Blue Rabbit. Our clients also find it easier to navigate.”
Wedgewood’s CEO, Marcy Bliss, stated: "Veterinarians told us they needed a home delivery platform that would allow them to easily and quickly prescribe and deliver comprehensive care to their patients—including commercial medications, diets, supplements, and, of course, Wedgewood’s trusted compounds. We merged with Blue Rabbit last year to bring such a platform to the market. Now, everything a veterinarian needs to ensure their patients receive the medications and diets that meet their unique needs is at their fingertips all on one platform.”
By adding Wedgewood’s compounds to the Blue Rabbit platform, veterinarians and their clients gain access to compounds with extended Beyond-Use Dates (BUDs), thanks to strategic investments Wedgewood made in anticipation of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) changes that went into effect on November 1, 2023. The new USP standards significantly reduced the BUDs of many compounded medications unless they went through extensive testing. Understanding the challenges these changes would pose for veterinarians and their patients, Wedgewood invested in a 503B outsourcing facility in 2020 (operating under FDA registration and cGMP standards), acquired its own private analytical testing laboratory, and conducted stability and sterility tests that allow them to assign the longest possible BUDs in compliance with the new standards.
Veterinarians are invited to discover the benefits of Blue Rabbit and Wedgewood through a free 30-minute demo to learn how this platform can boost practice profitability and enhance patient care.
Schedule a demo [HERE] to see how Blue Rabbit and Wedgewood can help drive optimal outcomes for your patients and your practice. Learn more at BlueRabbit.vet.
Wedgewood is the nation’s largest and most trusted provider of compounded veterinary medication and clinical pharmacy services. Its recent merger with Blue Rabbit enables the company to provide veterinarians with a next-generation platform to streamline patient care and marks a significant evolution in services. Together Blue Rabbit and Wedgewood serve more than 70,000 veterinary professionals and over one million animals annually.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa will end on Friday after nearly two weeks and with 19 people still unaccounted for, authorities said.
At least 33 people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of the unfinished five-story apartment complex in the city of George on the country's south coast on May 6.
That death toll is expected to ultimately increase to over 50 as it changes to a recovery and clear-up operation. The decision, announced by the George municipality and its disaster response unit, means rescuers don't expect to find anyone else alive in the debris and are presuming that the remaining 19 workers who have been missing for 12 days are dead.
The tragedy was one of South Africa's worst building collapses. Authorities say there were 81 workers on the site when the building came down. They say that 29 survivors were pulled from the rubble, with some of those still hospitalized.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the collapsed building on Thursday to show support for the victims' families, emergency workers and others who have been on the site for more than 250 hours, working night and day in shifts to try and find survivors.
More than 600 emergency responders and other personnel were part of the search in the days after the collapse, although that had been scaled down.
There were some remarkable stories of survival amid the thousands of tons of concrete that collapsed, including a man who was found alive after being trapped for six days without food and water. Rescuers said he incredibly had only minor injuries.
As the rescue operation ends, the building will be handed over to the national department of employment and labor to conduct an investigation into the collapse, city authorities said. There will be multiple other investigations, including by police and the provincial Western Cape government.
Many of the workers were foreign nationals from Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
The construction contractors responsible for the building have come under scrutiny and the investigations will probe whether they adhered to safety standards. The building was due to be completed in July or August.
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Rescue teams at the site of a building collapse in George, South Africa, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Rescue teams are into a third day searching for dozens of construction workers buried in the rubble of an unfinished five-story apartment building that collapsed in South Africa. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
Rescue personnel search the site of a building collapse in George, South Africa, Thursday, May 9, 2024. Rescue teams searching for dozens of construction workers missing after a multi-story apartment complex collapsed in the coastal city have not brought out more survivors in the past 24 hours. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
The scene of a collapsed building in George, South Africa, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Five workers have been killed with 49 still trapped after the building under construction collapsed Monday. (AP Photo)
Residents watch rescue workers search the site of a building collapse in George, South Africa, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Rescue teams are searching for dozens of construction workers missing after a multi-story apartment complex collapsed in the coastal city have brought out more survivors as the operation entered a second night of desperate work to find anyone alive in the mangled wreckage. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Emergency workers on the scene of a building collapse in the city of George, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Rescue teams trying to find dozens of construction workers missing since a multi-story apartment complex collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa have made contact with 11 people buried alive beneath the mangled wreckage, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
A survivor is bought to the surface at the scene of a building collapse in the city of George, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Rescue teams trying to find dozens of construction workers missing since a multi-story apartment complex collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa have made contact with 11 people buried alive beneath the mangled wreckage, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
