Kansas City Business Journal
Feb. 17, 2009

A veterinary research company that specializes in pulmonary treatments for horses is relocating from West Seneca, N.Y., to Lawrence, the Kansas City Area Development Council said Tuesday.

The company, ANOxA Corp., expects to start operating in Lawrence early this year.

“Considering the Kansas City area’s concentration of animal health companies, universities excelling in veterinary research and potential animal health collaborators, we find this environment very appealing,” said Herman Haenert, president of ANOxA, in a statement.  “We know this is where we need to be.”

Area economic development officials have said that the region between Manhattan and Columbia represents the largest concentration of animal health companies in the world, accounting for roughly 34 percent of the $16.8 billion global animal health industry.