PBI-Gordon Companies, Inc. Calls on Petspan to Cease and Desist False and Misleading Advertisement, Promotion and Sale of Compounded Rapamycin (Sirolimus) for HCM in Cats
PBI-Gordon Companies, Inc. the parent company of TriviumVet, which holds sole conditional new animal drug approval from the FDA for Felycin®-CA1 (sirolimus delayed-release tablets) under its affiliated brand company Pegasus, through its outside counsel issued a cease-and-desist demand letter to Petspan for falsely promoting a compounded version of rapamycin (synonymous with sirolimus) for the treatment and management of clinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in cats. Petspan’s evaluation and prescribing practices do not comply with established veterinary practice principles and places the health and wellbeing of cats in jeopardy.
