Pfizer consigns PMU horses to killing fields of Asia

"If anyone believes that the downsizing of the PMU industry here in North America is advantageous for the mares and foals who suffer at the hands of Big Pharma, they are sadly mistaken" -- Jane Allin The news in January 2009 of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s announcement to take over rival company Wyeth for $68 billion…

Where are the PMU farms?

by JANE ALLIN The year 2010 saw the reduction in the number of farms in the North American PMU industry dwindle to a mere 26 ranches housing approximately 40 horses each. This is a far cry from the once prolific industry that flourished in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota where at the peak of its…

Is GEM™ Make it Cool the jewel PMU horses need to save them?

An estimated 41 million women in the United States and 250 million women worldwide experience chronic and sometimes debilitating symptoms of menopause. Hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) drugs have been the common pharmaceutical remedy, particularly Premarin and the low dosage version, Prempro, manufactured by Wyeth, now a division of pharma giants Pfizer. Premarin and Prempro are made…