With these innovative solutions covering the majority of animal species and diseases, Virbac contributes, day after day, to shape the future of animal health.
From a small biology research center established in 1968 in a three-room apartment in Nice to the world’s 7th largest laboratory, a look back at the beginnings of great human adventure.
价值 Values
培养创业精神,激励创新精神,展示我们的投入,培养以客户为导向的方法,注重以人为本,选择可持续性……
Nurture entrepreneurship, stimulate innovation, demonstrate our engagement, foster a customer-driven approach, pay attention to people and choose sustainability...
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1968
建立SARL维克生物研究中心。
Pierre-Richard Dick, a French veterinarian, creates the SARL Virbac biological research center.
1970
感谢在比利时、荷兰、卢森堡及德国的分销合作伙伴,维克开始在国际市场营销其产品。
We take our first steps internationally thanks to distribution partnerships in Benelux and the Federal Republic of Germany.
1970
维克为犬类研制了第一款除虫项圈,后来该产品成为公司旗舰产品之一。
We develop the first insecticide collar for dogs, which would later become one of our flagship products.
We take a new step forward with the construction of the building of our future headquarters in Carros, near Nice, quickly adding a production and storage unit and a loading dock.
We make available in France the first cephalosporin in veterinary medicine (for dogs, cats and cattle), thus providing an alternative to the cephalosporins derived from human pharmaceuticals.
In response to the viral gastroenteritis epidemic decimating dog breeding, we create the first parvovirus-based vaccine approved for dogs, thus entering the very exclusive club of innovative vaccine-developing laboratories.
1982
在收购了当地经销商VMG后,维克在德国开设了第一家子公司,这标志着维克在欧洲的进一步发展。
The opening of our first subsidiary in Germany, following acquisition of local distributor VMG, marks the beginning of our deployment in Europe.
1985
维克——法国第二大动物健康实验室,在巴黎证券交易所的二级市场上市。
Number-two French animal health laboratory, we start to trade on the secondary market of the Paris stock exchange.
With the acquisition of Allerderm Inc., we propel ourselves into the United States market. A specialist in the new veterinary dermatology market, we become the world leader a few years later.
By designing the first genetically engineered vaccine against feline leukemia made from a purified p45 FeLV-envelope retrovirus, we provide veterinarians with an effective solution against a disease in cats for which there was no cure at the time.
Our founder Pierre-Richard Dick, doctor of veterinary medicine, dies suddenly at the age of 55 while on a Central American sea voyage. Pascal Boissy, then financial director, succeeds him to head the company. Six months later, we adopt a new organizational structure made up of an executive board and a supervisory board, of which Jeanine Dick, wife of the founder, becomes chairwoman.
1992
维克继续其国际扩张,在亚洲建立了第一个子公司(与日本进出口公司丸安合作)。
We push our international expansion further with the creation of our first subsidiary in Asia (a partnership with Maruyasu, a Japanese import-export company).
1996
许多为了在法国领土上发展而创建的公司合并成一个子公司,维克法国,维克主品牌正式成立。
Numerous companies created to develop the company on French territory merge into a single subsidiary, Virbac France, formalizing the beginning of the Virbac umbrella brand.
1998
通过“爱宠物,就让它接种疫苗”的海报宣传活动,维克提高了法国公众对疫苗接种的认识。
Through its “I love my pet, I vaccinate it” poster campaign, we raise the general public’s awareness of vaccination in France.
1999
Eric Marée, 48岁,HEC毕业生,美国康奈尔大学工商管理硕士,现任维克执行董事会主席。
Eric Marée, 48 years old, graduate of HEC and holder of an MBA from Cornell University in the United States, becomes chairman of the Virbac executive board.
Thanks to the acquisition of Agri-Nutrition, a company based in St. Louis (Missouri), we acquire a range of dental care and hygiene products.
2001
维克为欧洲的犬、猫提供了第一种干扰素欧米茄。
We make available to European veterinarians the first interferon omega for dogs and cats.
2001
皮埃尔-理查德·迪克基金会(Pierre-Richard Dick Foundation)Pierre-Richard Dick Foundation成立于1993年,它在创始人去世后更改为维克企业基金会(Virbac Corporate Foundation)。该项目由他的儿子约翰-皮埃尔·迪克(Jean-Pierre Dick)担任主席,旨在提高公众意识,教育并告知(特别对于儿童),在城市中动物健康及人与动物相处的相关问题。
The Pierre-Richard Dick Foundation, created in 1993 after our founder’s death, becomes the Virbac Corporate Foundation. It aims to raise public awareness, educate and inform, especially children, about issues related to the integration and well-being of animals in cities.
We partner with Jean-Pierre Dick, son of our founder and doctor of veterinary medicine, on his sailing adventure: through his involvement in epic races, the skipper helps to enhance the veterinary profession, promote animal health and our values in the four corners of the world.
We strengthen our presence with Indian veterinarians and farmers thanks to the acquisition of Agrivet Farm Care, the animal health branch of GlaxoSmithKline. A collaboration that allows us to become number 1 in this country.
2008
维克现有7个工业园,分布于五大洲(法国、美国、墨西哥、巴西、澳大利亚、南非和越南)。
With 7 production units, we currently have an industrial park on five continents (France, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, South Africa and Vietnam) to bring our health solutions ever closer to those who care for animals.
2008
维克为兽医师提供了第一种基于德舍瑞林的植入物,用于诱导雄性犬暂时性不育。
We share with veterinarians the first deslorelin-based implant, inducing a reversible neutering in male dogs.
We sign an agreement with Pfizer Inc. to acquire the Australian rights to a range of products for food producing animals, primarily parasiticides and vaccines for cattle and sheep.
Committed to the animal proteins of the future, we acquire a majority share of Centrovet, animal health market leader in Chile, expert in the development and production of innovative products for the protection and treatment of cold water aquaculture farms (salmon and trout).
We acquire Schweitzer Biotech Company, a Taiwanese company that is an expert in the development of cell culture banks serving as the basis for production of viral vaccines primarily for swine and poultry. This acquisition gives the impulse to the creation of a new biology R&D structure in Southeast Asia, a region recognized for the largest swine and aquaculture (warm water) markets on the planet.
The Virbac Corporate Foundation, aware of the challenges related to the interconnection between animal, human, and environmental health, initiates support for a screening, control, and prevention program for bovine tuberculosis and rabies in the Gonarezhou Park (Zimbabwe).
After the construction of VB8 in Carros in 2014, a production building dedicated to the manufacture of sterile injectables, Virbac continues to invest in quality and to strengthen its production capacities with Argo Navis, VB8’s alter ego in Mexico.
2017
2016年,维克为犬、猫推出了一系列宠物营养食品。其成分特别适合食肉动物的饮食需求。
After the physiological range in 2016, we provide dog and cat owners with a range of dietetic petfood. Their composition is particularly suited to the dietary needs of carnivores.
At the helm of St. Michel-Virbac, Jean-Pierre Dick wins his fourth Jacques Vabre Race (a first in the history of the Coffee Race). This victory marks a turning point in the life of the sailor and the most fitting closure to his 17 years of adventures around the world, flying the colors of our company.
Sébastien Huron, 47 years old, doctor of veterinary medicine, head of Global Business Operations, and member of the executive board since 2012, succeeds Éric Marée as chairman of Virbac.
In September, we celebrate our 50th anniversary. Along with the family of our founder, nearly 3,000 connected employees share in a two-day event that unfolds in an atmosphere of warmth, intercultural sharing and engagement in the service of animal health.
We win a Pharmapack Europe Award for the Smart Cap, a cap for safe extraction of liquid products (also recognized by the ADF Paris Awards in 2019). A great reward for our teams!
2018
维克在其洁齿片系列中添加了了第一种针对口腔和消化系统引起口臭的牙科技术(Fr3sh)。
We include in our range of chews the first dental technology that fights both the oral and digestive causes of bad breath in dogs (Fr3sh).
We make a food supplement available in several Asian countries (Taiwan, Vietnam, The Philippines, South Korea and Thailand) to improve the survival of piglets from birth to ten days old.
We make a jump in several Asian countries thanks to a preventive solution against porcine circovirus, a virus responsible for significant losses in farms. Developed by our teams with the genotype predominant in most regions of the world, this vaccine helps limit the impact of this disease in one of the world's most important swine production areas.
We offer to the European and North American veterinarians the first intratumoral injectable for canine mastocytomas, the second most frequently diagnosed cancer and the most common skin cancer. With this novel injectable solution, we are opening a new path in the treatment of canine skin tumors.
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