Vetoquinol - Universal Registration Document - 2021

1 18 Vetoquinol Universal Registration Document 2020 Financial report PRESENTATION OF THE GROUP Vetoquinol: an industrial Group 1.6 Vetoquinol: an industrial Group The purpose of the production units is to transform raw materials (active ingredients, excipients) into finished products, store and ship them, as well as to manufac- ture active ingredients. These processes are carried out under conditions that guarantee product quality, safety and efficacy. In 2020, Vetoquinol manufactured close to 27 million units in a variety of forms: • sterile injectable liquids; • drinkable liquids; • powders and pellets; • pastes and creams; • tablets; • drug premixes; • soft chews. As of December 31, 2020 Vetoquinol had six production units. Generally speaking, Vetoquinol’s international sales sub- sidiaries lease the buildings they occupy. All Vetoquinol plants have GMP approval for their spe- cific manufacturing operations, except for Tarare which only manufactures non-medicinal products. The Prince- ville plant in Canada is FDA-certified. In the case of products which it lacks the technical capacity to produce, Vetoquinol uses subcontractors, who are monitored and audited by the industrial department to ensure they apply the same standards of compliance as its own plants. Vetoquinol also distributes other companies’ products, which are regularly monitored and audited by the indus- trial and quality department. A systematic quality approach has been implemented throughout all Vetoquinol production lines, reflecting the importance of people in this respect: there is one person in quality (quality assurance or control) for every two people in production. In particular, quality control involves: • the inspection and release of raw materials and pac- kaging items; • the inspection and release of finished products; • water, air and environmental compliance. Quality assurance ensures that the Group’s plants and external manufacturers are in compliance with all phar- maceutical standards (GMP, FDA, PMDA, MAPA, FAMI QS, ISO), as well as the implementation of adequate resources (materials and equipment, personnel and organization, premises and flows) in terms of numbers and quality.