Dr. Pedersen

Dr. Pedersen has updated the “FIP Treatment” article found in the “About FIP” category. There are two new articles posted in the “About FIP” category – one titled “Black-Market Production and Sale of GS-441524 and GC376” and the other titled “Neurological FIP”. To the numerous owners of cats with FIP that contact us daily: I am sorry but our Read more…

UC Davis is no longer accepting cats with FIP for treatment. No exceptions will be made and no drugs can be provided. Two different drugs have been tested against naturally occurring FIP and both show promise and will hopefully be commercialized.  This is a complex process that ultimately involves identifying Read more…

We have completed phase 1 of our study with the GC376 protease inhibitor. This study is being done in collaboration with colleagues at Kansas State University.   We have been inundated with requests from owners around the world to have their cats treated, many on the presumption that we have a cure Read more…

We are currently almost two months into a field trial to test the efficacy of a protease inhibitoragainst 13 cats with naturally occurring FIP of wet, dry and mixed types with and withoutneurologic disease. The trial has been closed at this time to allow us time to study this initialgroup Read more…

Dear supporters: Your support of FIP research at the Center for Companion Animal Health (CCAH) over this last year has been tremendous and much appreciated. This last year has seen a number of advances in our knowledge of FIP and eventual cures. We documented that many cats have a natural Read more…

Some of our members have been interested in the research that has been done in my laboratory concerning FIP. The following is a list of all of the papers that have been published in peer-reviewed journals, as well as two textbooks that contain important information on FIP as well as Read more…

Dr. Pedersen believes that a vaccine for FIP is not possible. Husbandry practices that can reduce the incidence of the disease have been implemented by many catteries and shelters, but will only have a limited effect. Therefore, his laboratory has concentrated on identifying anti-viral drugs that may prolong life, or Read more…