Innovation Incubation

List of innovators we have supported and incubated at PHARMBIOTRAC

Pearl Jelly, a purified ghee based product innovated for skincare. Ghee, an excellent skin ingredient with long history of use in Western Uganda but in crude form. The invention of a purification method by the team and blending the purified oil with shea butter and other natural ingredients has become a perfect natural formula for cosmetics in Uganda.

Products: Pearl Jelly and Pearl Cream, NovaCap, Pharmaceutical grade starch and cellulose.

Novel Medicinal Formulations Ltd (NMFL)

Innovator – Jimmy Angupale

HEB Lip balm, a natural blend of shea butter and coconut oil with essential oils for lip care.
Other products: Lip gloss, skin moistures, jelly, herbal nail polish remover. We are adding value to mango seeds by processing them into butter. This butter is used to manufacture cosmetics that are very good for the lips. The cosmetics include lip balm and lip gloss. These help to solve the problem of cracking, drying and inflammation of the lips. We train young women in manufacturing their own organic products. This improves their standards of living and enable them to provide for their families. We are providing employment opportunities to the youths.

HEB’S ORGANIC LIMITED

Innovator – Hellen Birungi

Songa Energy Drink, a natural beverage free from caffeine for energy boosting. Effective and safe natural energy drink with no adverse side effects like other caffeinated stimulants. It has extra benefits like sexual strengths, flue and cough relief indigestion Songa Fine drink has excellent taste.
Other products: ProStavitis, Respirox

PRONEN Health Products Ltd.

Innovator – Richard Onenchan

Coconut & Avocado Hair Oil, a natural blend of selected oils for hair cosmetic. It is useful for maintaining natural hair, keeping it strong and smooth.

Other products

Beard balm, Avocado Hair Pomade, Avocado seed powder

Milz Cosmetics Ltd

Innovator – Emily Musimenta

Hillaos Spray, based a traditional knowledge of usage of fresh lemon in saloon as aftershave. It is now a standard natural formula for saloons. Active Living Uganda Ltd. is a registered Ugandan based company that manufactures personal care and public health products of the plant origin with a natural lemon Aftershave being the flagship product. We are located in Uganda Investment Authority Industrial Park, Mbarara City, Uganda. The Company manufactures personal care and public health products of the plant origin with our flagship product being the Lemon aftershave. Our other products include; Hand sanitizers, Hand wash, Mosquito repellant candles, Mosquito repellant glass cleaners, Mosquito repellant liquid soap and Toilet cleaners

Active Living (U) Ltd.

Innovator – Hillary Nuhurira

Amazing Nature Oils, formulated as topical infusions for pain and other conditions

Other Products are Get your Natural Sweeteners: Sugarcane powder, Date powder, Stevia green powder & Tigernut powder, BAOBAB fruit powder and a collection of herbal teas.

Pharmacy Informatics Consult

Innovator – Ms. Chioma Njideka Adeyemi

Lin-Rayon Cosmetics, for natural management of acne. This product is targeting acne which is a disorder characterized by hormonal changes, excessive sebum production, micro-organisms and dead skin cells that build-up in pores. The innovation therefore embarks on development of a safer and effective product from a combination of three (3) selected plants.

LIN-RAYON General Trading Company Ltd.

Innovator – Prof. Lina Mathew Alonga

T2-Diabetes Care

for treatment of type 2 diabetes

Other products for treatment of Ulcers, blood pressure, stomach ache and STI infections

Unai Research Co. Ltd.

Innovator – Charles Muzahura

RheumaHeal, a herbal powder formulation effective for joint pain and arthritis.

“Kivanwoods Herbal Products is a business entity that deals with the preparation and production of herbal medicines. The entity is composed of a team of experts led by a Pharmacognosist with vast experience in herbal medicine. We have a range of products. These include; Rheumaheal, JANREN (renal system), Mal-Relief (malaria fever), Menovoid (menopause and perimenopause symptoms), DIAZENIX (blood glucose levels), LiverProtect (liver health), Dysvan (Dysmenorrhea), Aphrodisiac Powder (sexual vitality in men), FibroDrop (preventing and treating uterine fibroids)”

KIVANWOODS HERBAL PRODUCTS

Innovator -Ivan Kahwa

Insotab Teabags, A herbal formulation presented in form of tea bag a relief to insomnia patients, without necessarily causing long-term side effects associated with conventional treatments of Insomnia like stress and depression.

Other Products: Assortment of Herbal Medicines, Cosmetics, Beverages and spices.

Aloesha Organic Natural Health Products Ltd.

Innovator – Mr. Don Patrick Bugingo

Coffee Cream, coffee bases cosmetic line including skin cream, body lotion, bar soap and hair oils.

Other Products: Coffee based hair oil, soap, lotion and fresh roasted ground coffee.

Barista House Ltd.

Innovator – Annet Nakisiki

Videx Herbal Tincture for pain management. A potent herbal tincture through skilled combination of herbs with strong analgesic effect, fast physical pain relief. The tincture is used to manage headache, Musculo-skeletal pain, menstrual pain, nerve pain, urinary tract pain and toothache.

Kamba Connatural Herbal Products Ltd.

Innovator – Mr. Ivan Kambugu

Gashom skincare jelly for skin care

Jelly with herbal extracts containing phenolics, flavonoids & tannins with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal & skin-tissue regeneration activities.

Gashom Cosmetics

Innovator – Gershom Muganga

Victor Painfree, for management of acute and chronic pain. A liquid herbal product which has been pre-clinically tested for efficacy and safety. It’s administered orally for some acute pain e.g. menstrual pain, stomach upsets. Chronic pain e.g. Low back pain, joints’ pain, general body pain, and cancer pain except headache.

Other products are: Samora Soft Drink, Blood Cleanser

Millionstars Health Products Co. Ltd

Innovator – Victor Kansiime

Black jack herbal tea, for management of type 2 diabetes. Useful in the treatment; Respiratory infections, Ulcers, Joint inflammations and abdominal complaints, Headache & Fever. Black jack herbal tea is free from caffeine and additives compared  to other teas.

Other Products: Rosemary herbal drink

Safari Health Products Ltd

Innovator – John Businge

PLECTINC, a herbal based formula for growth promotion in animals especially chicken and pigs. Essential oil based growth promoters
 is a key solution to antibiotics characterized of antibiotic resistance, residual effects in food chains and detrimental side effects to animals.

BALUSON LIVING PRODUCTS LTD.

Innovator – Noah Waisindye

NovaCAP, an innovation for production of empty capsule shells

Novel Formulation Uganda Ltd

Innovator – Alex Nuwamanya

BIG HEN, a natural growth promoter for chicken. Organic feed additives, that are essential for life of their birds. Grow promoter for chicken, Organic feed additives, that are essential for life of their birds and  delivered in the most flexible and tailored way

Bio-Labs

Innovator – Evas Kato Tusubira

Biden Spray, for wound healing, Formulated as a micro emulsion hence enhanced drug delivery.

Other Products: OYR Antiperspirant spray

OYR PHYTO PHARMACEUTICALS Ltd

Innovator -Dr. Amos Oyuru

Kafresh, a natural herbal product for post-harvest management.

Developer of edible coating technology intended to offer plant extracts to solve food waste in Africa. The company specializes in using extracts from fruit and vegetable peels to create soluble formulations which are sprayed on fruits and vegetables, protecting them from drying and rotting at room temperature, enabling farmers to avoid harvesting their products before they are fully ready, thus ensuring they supply the markets with good-quality produce.

Sio Valley Technologies

Innovator – Jean Paul Nageri

Kibeho Health Products (Teeth Dr.)

Teeth Dr, an effective for tooth pain and has antimicrobial activities. Made from natural ingredients mainly selected herbal materials.

Kibeho Health Products (Teeth Dr.)

Innovator – Dr. Kintu Mugagga

Wellwound, a fish peptide based ointment for wound management. This innovation exploits the proven effectiveness of fish peptides extracted from fish skin mucus for development of a biopharmaceutical product for chronic wound management. Active compound produced in a tank-based African lungfish rearing unit from which peptides have been isolated.

WellFish Uganda Ltd.

Innovator – Dr. Hedmon Okella

Antidiabetic Powder, a blend ofselected plants for type 2 diabetes.

Other products are: Aloe capsules, Sea Moos capsules, Senna capsules, Oesto Capsules, and herbal drinks.

MWANGUIRE HERBALISTS INNOVATIVE CENTER LTD

Innovator – Mr. Eric Lubuulwa

Kachic’s Formula, a herbal capsule for diabetes. Natural Preventive Solution to Amputations In Diabetic Patients. Treating “non-healing” ulcers (diabetic wounds) that are infested with drug-resistant microbes.

Kachiks Natural Products Company CO (SMC Ltd

Innovator – Geoffrey Kachiko

BeetFresh Yoghurt, a beet root favoured yoghurt, naturally free from synthetic additives and preservatives utilizing available natural sources like natural green sugar (stevia) as a sweetener, beetroot as natural colorant/preservative and essential oils for flavour and aroma. Winner of the 2022 Hi-Innovator award of 20.000USD an initiative by NSSF in partnership with Mastercard Foundation

Katall Kankiiza Dairy Enterprise Ltd.

Innovators

  • James Don Katumba
  • Allan Muhumuza

NEEM plus a herbal pesticide that is effective in 2-3 days and can easily be accessible. NEEM plus contains a mixture of scientifically extracted actives from 3 different plants and this synergistic effect improves its performance

Hills Bio Solutions Ltd

Innovator -Dr. Hilda Ikiriza

ANKORA Coffee natural energy drink made out of freshly roasted arabica coffee and honey giving the body a natural energy booth, best served chilled.

ANKORA NATURALS LIMITED

Innovator – Dr. Anyase Ronald Amaza

A polyherbal Syrup, for management of uncomplicated malaria

Cathy Herbals Ltd

Innovator – Dr. Catherine Nuwagira

Kirimani Sorghum Opaque Beer, Sorthum based fermented beverage

Creative Child International

Innovator – Ghad Atuhaire

Nunu Intimate Spray

A herbal solution for prevention of UTIs in women

Ineeza Herbals Ltd.

Innovator – Ms. Doreen Nzaire Kalimba