AMHERST LABORATORIES, INC.

(ALI) is a pharmaceutical toll manufacturing company that started

operations on March 2007 with its Solids Plant and expanded with a new Liquids Plant on April 2010.

This new pharmaceutical plant is a state-of-the-art facility, designed to produce a variety of products
including prescription medicines in major therapeutic categories in tablet, capsule, powder,
ointments, and non-steroidal creams format and liquids products in syrup, suspension, and drops
format. Many of these products are leading brands in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia,
Singapore, Hongkong, Vietnam and Myanmar.

ALI stands as a testament of the commitment of its late founder, Mr. Jose Y. Campos, to provide
affordable health care to all Filipinos. It is also the company’s response to a rapidly changing
landscape due to globalization and harmonization of regulatory standards in pharmaceuticals.

Amherst Laboratories Inc. is the latest addition to the manufacturing network. The company broke
ground last October 2004 inducting the Pharma Campus located in Mamplasan, Biñan, Laguna.
Construction started in earnest in March 2005.

This new pharmaceutical plant is a state-of-the-art facility, designed to produce a variety of

prescription products in major therapeutic categories. Many of these products are leading brands in
the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hongkong, Vietnam and Myanmar.

Amherst stands as a testament of the commitment to provide affordable health care to all Filipinos. It
is also the company’s response to a rapidly changing landscape due to globalization and
harmonization of regulatory standards in pharmaceuticals.

The company was inaugurated on March 15, 2007. In 2010 it has expanded with a new plant
catering to liquid products such as syrup, suspension and drops.
 Unilab Plant Tour: Visiting Amherst
Laboratories in Laguna
I was one of the few bloggers who were invited by Unilab to visit Amherst Laboratories.
As we all know, United Laboratories is the country’s largest and leading pharmaceutical
and healthcare company that’s behind trusted brands like Alaxan, Ceelin, Appebon,
Enervon, Myra E, Skelan, Solmux, pH Care, Solmux, among many others.

The Unilab Plant tour is for anyone who's ever wondered how their medicines were
made. Also, it is a unique opportunity for us to hear about its fascinating manufacturing
process and see its ultra modern production facilities and machines. The tour tells the
history behind the country’s largest pharmaceutical and healthcare company and takes
visitors through its plants—that create everything from a single pill to massive production
of safe, effective and affordable medicines.

Located in Mamplasan, Binan, Laguna, Amherst Laboratories, Inc. is Unilab's state-of-

the-art toll manufacturing pharmaceutical plant that is involved in making pharmaceutical
products on a large scale.This 2.4 hectares pharmaceutical plant has advance
manufacturing facilities designed to produce a variety of ethical or prescription drugs
most common in the market today.

As a trusted brand in healthcare for more than 60 years now, I salute Unilab's
commitment and dedication to continuously raise the standards in the pharmaceutical
industry. As for me, the plant tour was like a breath of freh air and it's nice to know how
Unilab manufactures and ensures the quality of the products that we've been using for
years. Some of Unilab’s well-known consumer brands that we are using at home are
Ceelin, Enervon, Biogesic, Alaxan, Solmux, Neozep, Diatabs, Tuseran, pH Care, and
Myra E.
The plant tour started with a hearty breakfast and a brief orientation at the conference
room. The facilitators who conducted the tour also explained the plant tour guidelines.
Then, we went to its Solids Plant (EU-GMP certified), and then, the Liquids Plants.

The whole facility is extremely clean and tidy. The staff members work in a safety-
conscious manner using the appropriate protective equipment, such as face masks, lab
gowns, and laboratory gloves. The doors and rooms are color-coded, and even the
employees' clothes are number-coded.
We were also asked to put on lab gowns and wear plastic cover for our shoes. Cameras
are prohibited during the tour and we were not allowed to take photos. The photos below
are provided by Unilab.
During the tour, I've learned that all medicines undergo thorough testing and validation
before being distributed to the stores. There's quality assurance and quality control from
manufacturing to delivery of goods. I also learned that before a new medicine can be tried
in humans it must undergo a clinical trial and extensive testing in the laboratory, to assess
its safety and biological activity. It is tested over and over in many different ways to
make sure the medicine is safe for people to take. Also, when approved, all the products
are manufactured according to the standards of current good manufacturing practice.

What really struck me during our visit was that the staff were so passionate and seemed
to really care about their work. And that may be partly due to how experienced the
workforce is. Some of them seemed not to care while we were watching them work. And
then I really understood why they don't just seem to care. They do care! And you can see
that care and quality in every medicine from Unilab that we use at present.

That being said, I'm pretty sure the local community in Laguna is grateful for the jobs
that Unilab supplies, and the company is grateful for the highly skilled and experienced
workforce they have.

We had a sumptuous lunch, then we were treated to an afternoon of relaxing 2.5-hour

massage at Asian Secrets Whitening Spa, located at SM North Edsa. We tried the
"Signature White Indulgence" that comes with a body scrub, whitening body mask and an
extremely relaxing body massage. Pure bliss. :)
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What I've learned:

I've learned a lot about Unilab's operations and its dedication to quality of standards in its
processes and production to ensure the delivery of high quality healthcare. Indeed,
Unilab's quality medicines and consistently delivered promise makes it the most "trusted
quality healthcare" brand today.
Thank you, Unilab, for the opportunity to visit Amherst Laboratories. I appreciate the
hospitality and heartwarming reception by the facilitators of the tour, Ms. Daisy, Ms.
Anne Grace Apostol and Ms. Rochelle del Callar. Also, thanks to Mommy Blogger,
Divine Caraecle. It's a truly wonderful experience to be a part of it.

Visit Unilab's website here and like them on

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Unilab
Twitter: https://twitter.com/unilab_ph
Instagram: http://instagram.com/unilab

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