Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Association of the Philippines - Manila

The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) was first established on July 3, 1946 as the Philippine Wholesale Druggist Association. The fledgling Association was founded by 10 men, each representing a leading pharmaceutical wholesaler. At the time, the pharmaceutical sector , the rest of the country , faced the hard task of recovering from the ravages of the World War II.The association's founders were John Magda of the Philippine American Drug Company (BOIE), who had invited nine colleagues to meet at his office in San Vicente, Manil; Elias Picker of Oceanic Commercial; Ciriaco A. Santiago of Hermoso Drug Store; Armando L. Villila of Marsman and Company ; Horacio Guanzon of Pharmacia Oro; Leon Dolor of Dolor’s Pharmacy; Yu Siu Tek of Yucuanseh Drug Company;  

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Jose Teehankee, Jr of Pharmacia Central; William ty of Pharmacia Oriental; and Manuel Galatas of Metro Drug Corporation.As the association's original name indicate, It was an organization consisting of wholesalers, reflecting the state of industry then. During that period, it is said that an entrepreneur like Mariano Que , who went on to build the country's leading pharmaceutical retail chain, started out selling medicines from a pushcart in Bambang, Manila.