And the winners are...

Merial and Pfizer led the corporate pack at Animal Pharm's inaugural Animal Health Industry Excellence Awards, held in London's Docklands last night.

Here's a very quick summary of the results:

Animal Health Company of the Year (Sponsored by Norbrook)
Pfizer

Best New Livestock Product (Sponsored by IfTA)
Merial's VAXXITEX HVT + IBD

Best New Equine Veterinary product (Sponsored by Doane Market Research)
Merial's EQUIOXX/PREVICOX

Best New Companion Animal Veterinary Product (sponsored by Klifovet)
Bayer's Profendor

Best Drug Delivery Advance (Sponsored by CF Grass Consulting)
Merial and Bioject's PureVax.

Licensing Deal of the Year award (sponsored by Wood Mackenzie)
Velcera Pharmaceuticals transmucosal oral spray drug delivery technology licence.

Best Supporting Role (sponsored by Dow AgroSciences)
Klifovet.

Achievement or Contribution by a Small Business (sponsored by Hogan and Hartson)
Genitrix Animal Health and Nutrition.

Best Manufacturing/Production Project Award (sponsored by MVP Laboratories)
Centaur Services for its application of 2D barcode technology.

Corporate Social Responsibility (sponsored by Informa Life Sciences)
Indian Immunologicals' remarkable program to make cattle vaccination affordable and accessible to rural Indian farmers, Operation Pratirodh.

The Lifetime Achievement Award (sponsored by iAdvantage)
Dr Peter Holdsworth, inaugural chief executive of the new Australian industry body, the Animal Health Alliance and a leading force behind the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology.

Congratulations to each of our winners.