Veterinary Pharmaceutical Consultants
Scottsdale, Arizona (established in 2007)
Veterinary Drugs, Biologics, Medical Devices and Diagnostics
– veterinary regulatory submissions (FDA-CVM and USDA-CVB)
– veterinary clinical studies, protocol development and implementation
– business development and technology licensing strategies
– animal health market research and analysis
ABOUT animal health consultants
Craig Woods DVM, MS, MBA career has spanned industry, clinical practice and academia. In 2007, Dr. Woods established Animal Health Consultants to support veterinary clinical research, regulatory, and product commercialization for companies seeking to enter the animal health market. From 1998-2015, Dr. Woods held senior level positions in industry and from 2015-2024, he was a Director at research institutes with Arizona State University and Midwestern University where he managed human (Phase II-IV) and veterinary clinical study programs. Over his career, Dr. Woods has led numerous licensing transactions and R&D programs involving veterinary drugs, biologics (antivenoms), medical devices (bioscaffolds, glaucoma implants) and other technologies for human and animal health. He has also formed multiple start-ups, currently holds TS clearance with Dept. of Defense, and is a licensed veterinarian in Arizona. (linkedin profile)
Areas of Focus: development and commercial strategy, veterinary clinical studies, FDA-CVM and USDA-CVB regulations and submissions, technology transfer and licensing
OUR animal health consulting services
Animal Health Consultants (AHC) supports human and veterinary pharmaceutical companies, veterinary contract research organizations, and universities in developing and licensing technologies with dual applications for human and veterinary medicine. AHC’s veterinary consultants bring decades of industry, academic and clinical practice experience with expertise in technology and market assessment, human and veterinary clinical studies, and licensing negotiations. Our animal health consulting team has a deep understanding of veterinary regulations (FDA, USDA), the design and management of veterinary clinical studies, and forming strategic partnerships with veterinary companies and veterinary distributors.
veterinary clinical studies
We have extensive experience as veterinary clinical study investigators, developing veterinary study protocols and documentation, and managing pilot and pivotal veterinary clinical trials. Veterinary clinical studies give pets access to new veterinary therapeutics while gathering valuable data to advance human and veterinary medicine. We also have experience in human clinical research, giving us unique insight into comparative medicine and conducting veterinary studies in manner similar to human clinical studies.
veterinary regulatory
Our team has extensive experience in veterinary regulatory affairs and submissions to advance veterinary drugs (21 CFR), veterinary biologics and veterinary diagnostics (9 CFR), and other veterinary products. We can assist clients in understanding the various veterinary regulatory pathways; preparing and submitting product development plans, INADs, production outlines, blueprints, and other documents to the FDA-Center for Veterinary Medicine and USDA-Center for Veterinary Biologics; and serving as the Sponsor’s regulatory liaisons and responsible officials.
veterinary market analysis
Our veterinary consultants have assisted numerous clients in understanding the veterinary market including various companion animal market segments (e.g., canine, feline, equine), existing gaps in the veterinary market, and feasibility of animal health market adoption. We routinely conduct veterinary market research to veterinarians and pet owners to assess price points, demand, product attributes and other factors to guide and inform on potential market adoption for drugs, biologics, medical devices and other veterinary products. We also help clients with competitive analysis, veterinary sales forecasting, and target profile development.
veterinary business development
Our veterinary consultants have decades of leading veterinary business development activities ranging from business formation, performing comprehensive due diligence, structuring and negotiating animal health licensing partnerships, generating development and commercialization plans complete with clinical study costs, regulatory fees and other expenditures in bringing animal health products to market. We can also serve as interim management for veterinary start-ups, and help design and negotiate option, license, material transfer, and manufacturing agreements.
additional veterinary research consulting services
Translational Veterinary Research: We can coordinate the collection of veterinary clinical biospecimens (e.g., blood, urine, tissue) for comparative translational research purposes including multi-omics (genomics through proteomics), pharmacokinetic method development, cell based assays and a range of other laboratory based research with our academic and private sector collaborators.
Veterinary Bioinformatics: Through our network, we can provide large scale data analysis including cleaning, biostatistics, advanced data analytics, visualization, and interactive web-based tool development using natural language processing (NLP), R, Python and other programming languages for a customized approach to analyzing large datasets.
different types of veterinary consultants
There are various types of veterinary and animal health consultants. In general, the types of veterinary consultants can be broken down by the services they provide to the animal health sector.
- Veterinary Practice Consultants: Veterinary practice consultants routinely advise on financial or growth strategies for veterinary practices. These types of consultants are referred to as veterinary business consultants, veterinary financial consultants, veterinary marketing consultants, or veterinary practice management consultants.
- Veterinary Pharmaceutical Consultants: These types of consultants focus on veterinary pharmaceutical research and development and are often referred to as veterinary clinical trials consultants, veterinary clinical research consultants, and/or veterinary regulatory consultants.
- Veterinary Business Development Consultants: These types of veterinary consultants focus on veterinary business development and may assist with technology valuation and licensing negotiations, and assisting with technology licensing and distribution agreements and other contracts related to transactions in the veterinary industry.