United Laboratories
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| Pharmaceutical company | |
| Industry | Health care |
| Founded | January 1, 1945 |
| Founders | Mr. J.Y. Campos and Mr. M.K. Tan |
| Headquarters | 66 United Street, Mandaluyong City, Philippines |
| Subsidiaries | UAP Biomedis Bio-oncology Unilab Nutritionals Biofemme Innovitelle LRI-Therapharma Medichem Pediatrica RiteMed Unilab Consumer Health Westmont Myra |
| Website | www.unilab.com.ph |
United Laboratories Inc. (UNILAB) is a Filipino pharmaceutical company based in Mandaluyong City.
It was founded by Mr. J.Y. Campos and Mr. M.K. Tan in 1945 as a small corner drug store in Binondo, Manila. Since then, the company has grown to have a significant market share in the Philippines and in the Asia-Pacific region.
After surviving World War II as buy-and-sell trader, in 1945, Jose Yao Campos and Mariano K. Tan started a small corner drugstore on Sto. Cristo Street in Manila’s Chinatown district (Binondo), calling the venture United Drug Co. A few years later, the drugstore had evolved into a pharmaceutical company, with a simple manufacturing setup at Campos residential compound. By 1959, fourteen years after its founding, Unilab had the largest market share in the Philippine pharmaceuticals industry.
Unilab develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of prescription and consumer health products covering all major therapeutic categories. Many of these products are leading brands in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Unilab has facilities throughout Southeast Asia. Its major manufacturing complex is in Manila. It is the largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in the Philippines, with Philippine revenues comparable to its top three largest multinational competitors, combined. According to the company website, Unilab has also consistently maintained a 20-percent market share. Today, Unilab has affiliates in 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Unilab is governed by Campos eldest daughter Jocelyn “Joy” Campos Hess, and Wharton-educated eldest grandson Clinton Campos Hess, vice chairman.
In the 1950s, while enrolled in a three-month course by the American Management Association, Campos attended a seminar by the president of McCormick, who explained how the giant food company never had labor problems in the decades of its existence due to its “Junior Board,” composed of managers and employees. This body was tasked to look after the welfare of employees and their families. Upon his return to the Philippines, Campos immediately organized a Junior Board for Unilab, with all members chosen by him and with the goal of ensuring workers’ welfare. It eventually became the Unilab Employees Council. Its labor force has never had a labor union like other large industrial firms in the Philippines or Southeast Asia.
All employees at Unilab receive a meal subsidy for lunch, and those who work overtime receive a free meal. As malnutrition is a concern in Manila, Unilab hires a dietician to ensure that the canteen meals are nutritionally balanced.
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