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Zoetis Inc

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 13, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Feb 13, 2024

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Over the course of our history, we have focused on developing a diverse portfolio of animal health products that deliver solutions across the continuum of care. We refer to all different brands of a particular product, or its dosage forms for all species, as a product line. We have approximately 300 comprehensive product lines, including products for both companion animals and livestock within each of our major product categories.

Our companion animal products help extend and improve the quality of life for pets; increase convenience and compliance for pet owners; and help veterinarians improve the quality of their care and the efficiency of their businesses. Growth in the companion animal medicines, vaccines and diagnostics sectors is driven by economic development; related increases in disposable income; and increases in pet ownership and spending on pet care. Companion animals are also living longer, deepening the human-animal bond, receiving increased medical treatment and benefiting from advances in animal health medicines, vaccines and diagnostics. Companion animal products represented approximately 65% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Our livestock products focus on predicting, preventing, detecting and treating diseases, with the understanding that veterinarians and farmers must have the tools at their disposal to treat disease expeditiously, which in turn enables the sustainable production of safe, high-quality animal protein. Human population growth and increased standards of living continue to drive demand for increased production of quality animal protein. Population growth leads to greater consumption of natural resources, driving a need for innovative solutions to increase sustainability and productivity. As global food security takes on heightened importance, producers are tasked with facilitating a high quality, safe and reliable food supply. Livestock products represented approximately 34% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023.

In addition, our CSS organization, which provides contract manufacturing services to third parties, and our human health products, together represented approximately 1% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Our major product categories are:

parasiticides: products that prevent or eliminate external and internal parasites such as fleas, ticks and worms;

vaccines: biological preparations that help prevent diseases of the respiratory, gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts or induce a specific immune response;

dermatology: products that relieve itch associated with allergic conditions and atopic dermatitis;

other pharmaceutical: pain and sedation, antiemetic, reproductive, and oncology products;

anti-infectives: products that kill or slow the growth of bacteria, fungi or protozoa;

animal health diagnostics: testing and analysis of blood, urine and other animal samples and related products and services, including point-of-care diagnostic products, instruments and reagents, rapid immunoassay tests, reference laboratory kits and services and blood glucose monitors; and

medicated feed additives: products added to animal feed that provide medicines to livestock.

Our remaining revenue is derived from other non-pharmaceutical product categories, such as nutritionals, as well as products and services in biodevices, genetic tests and precision animal health.

As part of our growth strategy, we focus on the discovery and development of new chemical, biopharmaceutical and biological entities, as well as product lifecycle innovation, primarily through our research and development (R&D) group. Historically, a substantial portion of our products and revenue has been the result of product lifecycle innovation where we actively work to broaden the value of existing products by developing claims in additional species, more convenient formulations and combinations, and by expanding usage into more countries. For example, the first product in our ceftiofur line was an anti-infective approved for treating bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in cattle that was administered via intramuscular injection. Through follow-on studies and reformulations, we have expanded the product line into additional cattle claims and administration routes, as well as other species and regions. The ceftiofur product line currently includes the brands Excede®, Excenel®, Naxcel® and Spectramast®.

The following are examples of our first-in-class and/or best-in-class products that we have launched in recent years and products that we believe may represent platforms for future product lifecycle innovation (listed alphabetically):

Apoquel®, the first Janus kinase inhibitor for use in veterinary medicine, was approved in 2013 for the control of pruritus associated with allergic dermatitis and the control of atopic dermatitis in dogs at least 12 months of age. Since January 2014, we have launched Apoquel in many key markets globally. In 2021, a chewable version of Apoquel was approved in the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (U.K.), and has since been approved in other key markets globally, including the U.S. in 2023;

Core EQ Innovator®, the first and only vaccine for horses to contain all five core equine disease antigens - West Nile, Eastern and Western Equine encephalomyelitis, tetanus and rabies - in one combination, was approved in the U.S. in 2018 and in Canada in 2019;

Cytopoint®, the first canine monoclonal antibody (mAb) to help reduce the clinical signs of atopic dermatitis (such as itching) in dogs of any age, was licensed in the U.S. in 2016 (and was later granted an expanded indication to treat allergic dermatitis in 2018). The product has since been approved in many key markets globally. An injection given once every four to eight weeks, Cytopoint neutralizes interleukin-31, a protein that has been demonstrated to trigger itching in dogs;

Fostera® PCV MH was introduced in November 2013 in the U.S. and has since been approved in many key markets globally. It was developed to help protect pigs from porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD) and enzootic pneumonia caused by M. hyopneumoniae (M. hyo). Fostera Gold PCV MH, the only vaccine to contain two PCV2 genotypes and long-lasting M. hyo coverage, was approved in the U.S. and Canada in 2018 and has since been approved in many key markets globally. The Fostera franchise also includes Fostera/Suvaxyn® PRRS, which was approved in the U.S. in 2015 and has since been approved in many key markets globally. This vaccine offers protection against both the respiratory and reproductive forms of disease caused by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus;

Librela™ (bedinvetmab), the first and only injectable mAb therapy for monthly alleviation of osteoarthritis (OA) pain in dogs, was approved in the EU in 2020 and has since been approved in other key markets globally, including the U.S. in 2023;

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Poulvac® Procerta® HVT-ND, our first vector vaccine that helps protect against Marek’s disease and Newcastle disease, highly contagious viral infections affecting poultry, was approved in the U.S. in 2019. In 2020, we expanded our line of recombinant vector vaccines with the launch of Poulvac Procerta HVT-IBD, which helps protect against Marek's disease and provides early protection against the contemporary infectious bursal disease (IBD) viruses. We have since expanded Poulvac Procerta HVT-ND into other key markets globally. In 2022, we further expanded our line of recombinant vector vaccines with the launch of Poulvac Procerta HVT-IBD-ND in the U.S., which is an advanced trivalent vector vaccine that delivers powerful early protection against Marek's disease, infectious bursal disease and Newcastle disease in one dose;

ProHeart® 12 (moxidectin), a once-yearly injection to prevent heartworm disease in dogs 12 months of age and older, was approved in the U.S. in 2019;

Protivity®, a modified-live bacterial vaccine that is effective in protecting healthy beef and dairy cattle against respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis), was approved in the U.S. and Canada in 2022 and in the EU and Mexico in 2023;

Simparica® (sarolaner) Chewables, a monthly chewable tablet for dogs to control fleas and ticks, was approved in the EU in 2015 and has since been approved in other key markets globally, including the U.S. Simparica Trio®, a triple combination parasiticide for dogs, was approved in the EU and Canada in 2019 and has since been approved in other key markets globally, including the U.S., and received approval in 2023 in other key markets globally for new claims related to the prevention of eyeworms, Otodectes cynotis, flea tapeworms and efficacy against sarcoptic and demodectic manges. This product is a key internal lifecycle innovation that combines flea and tick treatment (sarolaner) with the prevention of heartworm disease and treatment of gastrointestinal parasites;

Solensia® (frunevetmab), the first injectable mAb therapy for monthly alleviation of OA pain in cats, was approved in Switzerland in 2020 and has since been approved in other key markets globally, including the EU and the U.S.;

Stronghold Plus® (selamectin/sarolaner), also referred to as Revolution® Plus in certain jurisdictions, a topical combination product that treats ticks, fleas, ear mites, lice and gastrointestinal worms and prevents heartworm disease in cats, received EU approval in 2017 and has since been approved in other key markets globally, including the U.S.; and

Vanguard®/Versican® is a market leading vaccine line for dogs intended to help prevent a range of diseases. Since 2016, Zoetis has added new and innovative enhancements to its Vanguard line in the U.S. with Vanguard crLyme, Vanguard Rapid Resp Intranasal, Vanguard B Oral, Vanguard CIV H3N2/H3N8 and Versican Plus Bb Oral.

We pursue the development of new vaccines for emerging infectious diseases, with an operating philosophy of “first to know and fast to market.” Examples of the successful execution of this strategy include the first SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) vaccine to help protect the health and well-being of more than 300 mammalian species living in zoos, aquariums, conservatories and other animal organizations around the world; the first equine vaccine for West Nile virus in the U.S. and EU; the first swine vaccine for pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in the U.S.; the first licensed vaccine against the pandemic H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. and EU, which we provided to the U.S. Department of Agriculture when it recommended our vaccine be used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help protect California condors; a conditionally licensed vaccine to help fight porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in the U.S.; and the first conditionally licensed vaccine to help prevent the H3N2 type of canine influenza that emerged in the U.S. In 2019, Zoetis established a research facility with Texas A&M University to develop vaccines for transboundary and emerging diseases in animals, including Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), a virus that can cause serious illness in cattle, pigs, and sheep. In 2020, the company opened a research lab at Colorado State University in a partnership to increase our understanding of the potential use of immunomodulators in livestock that could reduce the need for antibiotics, as well as advance our understanding of the biology of key diseases affecting companion animals which could lead to new therapies that can treat chronic health conditions in pets.

Additionally, the Pharmaq business of Zoetis is the global leader in vaccines and innovation for aquatic health products, with its leading Alpha Ject® vaccine line, Alpha Flux®, a parasiticide that helps salmon farmers in Chile control sea lice infestations, one of the major challenges in the aquatic health industry and Alpha ERM Salar, a water-based injectable vaccine that helps protect salmon from red mouth, a common bacterial infection.

Zoetis enhanced the portfolio of its diagnostic products with the acquisition in 2018 of Abaxis, Inc. (Abaxis), a leading provider of veterinary point-of-care diagnostic instruments. With this acquisition came the VetScan® portfolio of benchtop and handheld diagnostic instruments and consumables, which serves a large customer base of veterinary practices both in the U.S. and international markets. In 2019, the company acquired Phoenix Central Laboratory for Veterinarians, Inc. and ZNLabs, LLC marking its entry into reference laboratory services and building on a strategy to develop a more comprehensive diagnostics offering with enhanced value for veterinarians. In 2020, the company acquired a third veterinary reference lab business, Ethos Diagnostic Science. The Zoetis diagnostic portfolio also includes the Witness®, Serelisa® and ProFlok® lines of immunodiagnostic kits, which provide disease detection capabilities for various species, including dogs, cats, cattle, swine and poultry. In 2020, the company launched Vetscan Imagyst®, which uses a combination of image recognition technology, algorithms and cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver rapid testing results to veterinary clinics. In 2021, the company added digital cytology testing to the Vetscan Imagyst platform and in 2022 the company added AI blood smear testing to the Vetscan Imagyst platform. In 2023, the company added AI dermatology and AI fecal for equine to the Vetscan Imagyst platform. As Zoetis continues to develop additional innovative applications for Vetscan Imagyst, it plans to seamlessly integrate even more new capabilities into the platform, helping veterinarians provide the best possible care for animals. Also in 2023, the company added Vetscan Mastigram+ for rapid, on-farm mastitis diagnosis for dairy cows.

Zoetis also entered the field of animal nutritionals with the acquisition of Platinum Performance in 2019. The acquisition brings us premium nutritional product formulas and a unique approach to the field of scientific wellness for horses, dogs and cats.

In 2022, the company completed the acquisition of Jurox, an animal health company based in Australia, which brings the company a range of companion animal and livestock products and provides the company with future growth opportunities, manufacturing capacity and increased capabilities in Australia. Also in 2022, the company acquired Basepaws, a petcare genetics company that provides pet owners with genetic tests, analytics and early health risk assessments, which help pet owners and veterinarians understand an individual pet’s risk for disease and helps Zoetis identify solutions to complex diseases by informing our research and innovation.

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In 2023, the company completed the acquisition of PetMedix Ltd, a privately held research and development stage animal health biopharmaceutical company based in the U.K., which develops antibody-based therapeutics for companion animals. Also in 2023, the company completed the acquisition of adivo GmbH, a privately held research and development stage animal health biopharmaceutical company based in Germany.

In 2023, our two top-selling products and product lines, Simparica/Simparica Trio and Apoquel/Apoquel Chewable, contributed approximately 13% and 10%, respectively, of our revenue. Combined with our next three top-selling products and product lines, Cytopoint, Revolution/Revolution Plus/Stronghold and ceftiofur line, these five products and product lines contributed approximately 37% of our revenue. In 2023, our ten top-selling products and product lines contributed approximately 49% of our revenue. In 2023, we had 15 products and product lines with revenues of $100 million or more.

Our products and product lines that represented approximately 1% or more of our revenue in 2023, which comprise approximately 62% of our total revenue, are as follows (listed alphabetically by product category):

Companion animal products

Product / product lineDescriptionPrimary species
Vaccines
Vanguard® L4 (4-way Lepto) / Vanguard® lineHelps protect against leptospirosis caused by Leptospira canicola, L. grippotyphosa, L. icterohaemorrhagiae and L. pomona. Aids in preventing canine distemper caused by canine distemper virus; infectious canine hepatitis caused by canine adenovirus type 1; respiratory disease caused by canine adenovirus type 2; canine parainfluenza caused by canine parainfluenza virus; canine parvoviral enteritis caused by canine parvovirus; Lyme disease and subclinical arthritis associated with Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. Vanguard Rapid Resp is a group of three vaccines combating infections in dogs caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica, canine parainfluenza and canine adenovirus; canine influenza vaccines; and an oral vaccine for Bordatella bronchisepticaDogs
Anti-infectives
Clavamox® / Synulox®A broad-spectrum antibiotic and the first potentiated penicillin approved for use in dogs and catsCats, dogs
Convenia®Anti-infective for the treatment of common bacterial skin infections that provides a course of treatment in a single injectionCats, dogs
Parasiticides
ProHeart®Prevents heartworm infestation; also for treatment of existing larval and adult hookworm infectionsDogs
Revolution® / Revolution® Plus / Stronghold® lineAn antiparasitic for protection against fleas, heartworm disease and ear mites in cats and dogs; sarcoptic mites and American dog tick in dogs and roundworms and hookworms for catsCats, dogs
Simparica®/ Simparica Trio®A monthly chewable tablet for dogs to control fleas and ticks; Simparica Trio, also a monthly chewable tablet, is a triple combination parasiticide that delivers all-in-one protection from fleas and ticks, as well as heartworm disease, roundworms and hookwormsDogs
Other Pharmaceutical
Cerenia®A medication that prevents and treats acute vomiting in dogs, treats acute vomiting in cats and prevents vomiting due to motion sickness in dogsCats, dogs
LibrelaTMAn injectable monthly antibody therapy to alleviate osteoarthritis pain in dogsDogs
Rimadyl®For the relief of pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis and for the control of postoperative pain associated with soft tissue and orthopedic surgeriesDogs
Solensia®An injectable monthly antibody therapy to alleviate osteoarthritis pain in catsCats
Dermatology
Apoquel® / Apoquel® ChewableA selective inhibitor of the Janus Kinase 1 enzyme that controls pruritus associated with allergic dermatitis and control of atopic dermatitis in dogs at least 12 months of ageDogs
Cytopoint®An injectable to help reduce the clinical signs such as itching of atopic dermatitis in dogs of any ageDogs
Animal Health Diagnostics
VetScan®A portfolio of benchtop and handheld diagnostic instruments, rapid tests and associated consumablesCats, dogs

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Livestock products

Product / product lineDescriptionPrimary species
Vaccines
Improvac® / Improvest® / Vivax®Reduces boar taint, as an alternative to surgical castration and suppression of estrus in giltsSwine
Rispoval® / Bovishield®lineAids in preventing three key viruses involved with pneumonia in cattle (BRSV, PI3 virus and BVD), as well as other respiratory diseases, depending on formulationCattle
Suvaxyn® / Fostera®Aids in preventing or controlling diseases associated with major pig pathogens such as porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSv) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo), depending on formulationSwine
Anti-infectives
Ceftiofur injectable lineBroad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic active against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, including ß-lactamase-producing strains, with some formulations producing a single course of therapy in one injectionCattle, sheep, swine
Draxxin® / Draxxin KPSingle-dose low-volume antibiotic for the treatment and prevention of bovine and swine respiratory disease, infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis and bovine foot rot. This franchise also includes Draxxin KP/Draxxin Plus, an injectable for the treatment of bovine respiratory disease that combines the antimicrobial properties of Draxxin with the anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic properties of the non-steroidal Ketoprofen to rapidly reduce fever in a single doseCattle, sheep, swine
Spectramast®Treatment of subclinical or clinical mastitis in dry or lactating dairy cattle, delivered via intramammary infusion; same active ingredient as the ceftiofur lineCattle
Parasiticides
Dectomax®Injectable or pour-on endectocide, characterized by extended duration of activity, for the treatment and control of internal and external parasite infectionsCattle, swine
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