The public awareness and expectations regarding animal welfare have grown tremendously both in North-America and Europe. This applies also to animals involved in biomedical research. Specialists in veterinary anesthesia can offer here effective solutions in optimizing research outcome by offering assistance in providing advanced anesthesia and analgesia care. We at NARKOVET CONSULTING® also have the expertise to consult industries on drug, biomedical device, and equipment development in the area of anesthesia, analgesia, and intensive care medicine and test pharmaceuticals and biomedical devices in animal models.