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Pet Medication Innovation Watch

NexGard PLUS

NexGard PLUS / afoxolaner, moxidectin, and pyrantel chewable tablets

Recently FDA-confirmed FDA-confirmed FDA-confirmed

This supplement provides for the addition of the indication for the treatment and control of Haemaphysalis longicornis (longhorned tick) infestations in dogs and puppies eight weeks of age and older, weighing four pou...

FDA-confirmed status means Roxee found public approval or market-status evidence. Ask your veterinarian whether this option applies to your pet.

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What this means

Owner summary

This is a public veterinary medicine update Roxee is tracking with source-backed evidence and availability labels.

  • Do not start, stop, or switch medicine without your veterinarian.
  • Development-stage products are not shown as available unless FDA approval or marketed evidence is public.
  • Ask your veterinarian about currently approved options for parasite prevention and treatment.

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Technical note

No vet-facing summary has been approved for this innovation record yet.

Regulator
FDA/CVM
Pathway
NADA/ANADA/CNADA
FDA application
141554

Regulatory timeline

Public stage evidence

Only supported or current stages are highlighted.

  1. 1 Early research signal
  2. 2 Company-disclosed development
  3. 3 FDA-CVM development path disclosed
  4. 4 Protocol concurrence disclosed
  5. 5 Pivotal study planned
  6. 6 Pivotal study recruiting
  7. 7 Pivotal study completed
  8. 8 Technical section submitted
  9. 9 Technical section complete
  10. 10 All major technical sections complete
  11. 11 Administrative NADA/CNADA submitted
  12. 12 FDA approved
  13. 13 Conditionally approved
  14. 14 Available / marketed

What changed

Latest public update

Date detected
May 19, 2026
Stage
FDA approved
Reason
MIW source adapter refresh

Owner-safe interpretation

Availability

FDA-confirmed status means Roxee found public approval or market-status evidence. Ask your veterinarian whether this option applies to your pet.

Expected availability: FDA approved, launch unclear

Evidence

Source-backed record

2 items shown

NexGard PLUS FDA recent animal drug approval FDA approval / Animal Drugs @ FDA · Primary source 100/100
Source
FDA Recent Animal Drug Approvals
Observed
May 19, 2026
Supports
FDA approved

This supplement provides for the addition of the indication for the treatment and control of Haemaphysalis longicornis (longhorned tick) infestations in dogs and puppies eight weeks of age and older, weighing four pounds of body weight or greater, for one month. This supplement also provides for the addition of labe...

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NexGard® PLUS FDA recent animal drug approval FDA approval / Animal Drugs @ FDA · Primary source 100/100
Source
FDA Recent Animal Drug Approvals
Observed
May 19, 2026
Supports
FDA approved

This supplement provides for the addition of the indication for the prevention of Borrelia burgdorferi infections as a direct result of killing Ixodes scapularis vector ticks.

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