Unilab

It specializes in a wide range of consumer healthcare, biotechnology, personal care, and veterinary products.

United Laboratories, Inc.

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Trade name	Unilab
Formerly	United Drug Company, Inc. (1945–1953)
Company type	Private
Industry	Pharmaceuticals
Founded	January 1, 1945; 79 years ago (1945-01-01)
Founders	Jose Yao Campos Mariano K. Tan Arsenio Ong
Headquarters	66 United Street, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila , Philippines
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jocelyn Campos Hess (Chairman) Clinton Campos Hess (President and CEO)
Products	Medicines Vitamins Herbal supplements Dietary supplements Energy drinks Pet foods Beauty products
Revenue	₱2 billion (2023)
Number of employees	6,000 (2023)
Divisions	Unilab Foundation
Subsidiaries	Amherst Laboratories Belmont Softgel Pharma Corporation Bio-ONCO Biofemme Biomedis Darya-Varia Laboratoria Dialaska LRI-Therapharma Medichem Mount Grace Hospitals, Inc. Pediatrica, Inc. RiteMed Philippines, Inc. UL Health Services UL Skin Sciences United American Pharmaceuticals Unilab Consumer Health United Home Univet Nutrition and Animal Healthcare Company Westmont Laboratories
Website	unilab.com.ph

Unilab is the largest pharmaceutical company in Southeast Asia in terms of market share. As of 2016, it accounted for 25.1% of the market share in the Philippines, ahead of foreign multinational companies Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer, Sanofi, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb, Taisho, Procter & Gamble and Unilever.

United Laboratories or Unilab started out in 1945 as a small drugstore at Santo Cristo Street in Binondo, Manila with the name United Drug Company, Inc. It was co-founded by Jose Yao Campos, Mariano K. Tan, and Arsenio Ong. With the aid of Howard Q. Dee, Yao Campos' brother-in-law, the company significantly grew within its first 14 years of operations and by 1959, the business was already exporting its products to Hong Kong.

Unilab benefitted from Yao Campos' close association with President Ferdinand Marcos, although the company already had had relative success prior to Marcos' presidency and the imposition of martial law in the 1970s. During the Marcos administration, Unilab was granted exclusive license to import pharmaceuticals.

From the 1960s to the 2000s, Unilab established presence in other countries in Southeast Asia including Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, and Myanmar, as well as in the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Macau, and Hong Kong.

In 2002, Unilab entered the generics drug industry by setting up RiteMed.

Unilab established Synnovate Pharma Corp. in 2013 marking the start of its involvement in plant-based medicine. In 2016, Unilab through its subsidiary RiteMed Philippines, Inc. fully acquired Pharex Health Corporation, a generic drug company under Pascual Laboratories, Inc.

In 2018, Unilab established its personal care unit, UL Skin Sciences.

Also in 2013, Unilab started the operation of Mount Grace Hospitals, Inc., a string of hospitals in key areas across the country which the company has shared ownership of. They call these health facilities as "partner hospitals," examples of which are Mary Mediatrix Medical Center in Lipa City, Batangas, HealthServ Los Banos Medical Center in Laguna, and Tagaytay Medical Center in Cavite, to name a few.

In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Unilab announced plans to set up a vaccine manufacturing plant by 2023.

Unilab's products include branded medicine such as Biogesic, Neozep and Alaxan and vitamin supplements such as Conzace and Enervon. Unilab also owns the generic drug brand RiteMed and Pharex, both of which are managed under its subsidiary RiteMed Philippines, Inc.

• Unilab, Inc.
  • Amherst Laboratories
  • Belmont Softgel Pharma Corporation
  • Bio-ONCO
  • Biofemme
  • Biomedis
  • Dialaska
  • LRI-Therapharma (formerly LR Imperial Inc. and Therapharma)
  • Medichem
  • Mount Grace Hospitals, Inc
  • Pediatrica, Inc.
  • United American Pharmaceuticals (UAP)
  • Unilab Consumer Health (formerly the Proprietary Business (Probus) division)
  • United Home
  • Westmont Laboratories
• RiteMed Philippines, Inc.
  • Pharex Health Corporation (acquired from Pascual Laboratories)
• UL Skin Sciences, Inc. (formerly Innovitelle and Myra)
• UL Health Services
• Univet Nutrition and Animal Healthcare Company (UNAHCO, formerly Univet Agricultural Products)
• PT Darya-Varia Laboratoria Tbk

Former subsidiary

• Myra (now a brand under UL Skin Sciences, Inc.)