07 Nov

FDA Approves Elanco Cattle Drug, the First for Reducing Gas Emissions

A product that reduces emissions from farm animal waste? There’s now a drug for that.

The FDA has approved an Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) drug developed to reduce the ammonia gas released from cattle manure. The agency says its Tuesday decision on the product, lubabegron (Experior), marks the first time it has approved a drug that reduces gas emissions from either an animal or its waste.

Agriculture accounted for 9 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2016, the most recent Environmental Protection Agency figures available. The top two sources of U.S. greenhouse gases are transportation and electricity production, with… Read more »

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