The Filipino Entrepreneur

The inauguration of Amherst Laboratories, Inc, was led by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the most recent manufacturing subsidiary of United Laboratories, Inc. (Unilab)and the country’s biggest and well-known pharmaceutical and healthcare company. Amherst Laboratories, Inc. occupy a 35,000 square meters of land in the Unilab Pharma Campus in Mamplasan, Binan, Laguna. It is complete with new accommodations that are at equality with the world’s best, which makes it the most modern plant for pharmaceutical and healthcare products manufacturer in the Philippines today. Amherst is a P1.7-bllllon venture dedicated to produce high quality and affordable medicines to help elevate the health and fitness of millions of Filipinos. With this advanced technical competence, Amherst stringently compass with both local and international standards of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), as well as with the tight regulatory provisions brought about the ongoing regulatory to be consistent in Southeast Asia.

Amherst has established a building automaton system that controls and monitors the important support systems for best operation and energy effectiveness. The building, structures, equipment, and critical support systems life cycle has been enhanced for utmost long-term cost effectiveness. It is as well designed to aid growth projections and new technologies in the future. Amherst manufactures mostly prescription medicine in tablet, capsule, and powder form, as well as ointments and non-steroidal creams. Its planned yearly capacity is more than one billion tablets.

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