Founded in 1968 in Carros, near Nice, by Doctor Pierre-Richard Dick, a veterinarian surgeon, Virbac is exclusively dedicated to animal health. With sales of 443.4 million euros in 2008, the company is placed eighth worldwide. Its large range of vaccines and pharmaceuticals prevent and treat the principal pathologies of companion and food producing animals.

Largest independent international pharmaceutical company, exclusively dedicated to animal health, Virbac provides products and services combining quality, efficiency and convenience for animal carers (veterinarians or owners).

In less than forty years, Virbac has become a world reference and recognized an expert in the animal health sector.

Employing nearly 2,900 people, Virbac is commercially present in more than 100 countries, and has been listed on the Euronext Paris Stock market since 1985.

Virbac has remained a family-owned company not only by the composition of its shareholders but also by its standards of management, its culture and company values.