Patrick Meeus

Patrick joined Dechra in July 2022, and has over 30 years’ experience in animal health covering vaccine, small molecule and diagnostics product development across all animal species, large and small. He also brings substantial international experience having lived and worked in academia and industry on four different continents. Prior to moving into industry he spent time doing research and teaching at the University of Zambia, the Tropical Institute of Antwerp (Belgium) and the University of Florida (US). In 2004 Patrick joined Pfizer Animal Health, now Zoetis, where he led a wide range of teams, projects and strategic initiatives from early discovery through product development and launch. He also led regional R&D hubs in Latin America and APAC for Zoetis, before joining Elanco in 2018 as the Senior/Executive Director of Companion Animal Product Development.

Patrick has a Veterinary Degree from the University of Gent (Belgium), a PhD in Infectious Diseases from the University of Florida (USA) and was a founding Diplomate of both the European Veterinary Parasitology College and the American College of Veterinary Microbiologist-Parasitology.

Patrick is currently based in Basel Switzerland within close proximity of Dechra’s UK, Croatian and Netherland’s teams.