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