The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
For over 50 years, Philusa Corp. has been bringing high-quality, yet affordable pharmaceutical and consumer products that Filipinos use every day at every stage of their lives.
Philusa provides a 360-degree approach in helping you manage and take care of your home, from the bathroom to the kitchen. Apollo-repacked chemicals, including muriatic acid and naphthalene balls, fall under this category. Its home-care products include Albatross bathroom deodorizer, Albatross closet freshener, and shoe-cabinet deodorizer.
The company also offers baby-care products under the Babyflo brand. These safe, hygienic and gentle products make each special moment spent with babies more memorable. Products under the brand include feeding bottles; pacifiers; nipples; brushes; teethers; and the new Babyflo Oatmeal and Soap-Free bath for babies with dry and sensitive skin, respectively.
Philusa has a personal-care line that has you covered, from your soles to the tip of your head, with these products: Apollo Petroleum Jelly; Babyflo cologne, baby oil, powder and petroleum jelly; Eliana cologne; and Cleene cotton, alcohol, tissue, the new Cleene Clio toothbrush, and the new Cleene Antibacterial Foaming Hand Soap with moisturizer.
With more Filipinos traveling to different parts of the country and beyond, Philusa makes that activity worry-free anytime, anywhere. Its Mediplast brand offers handy first-aid kits, complete wound-management kits and emergency kits perfect for backpackers and traveling families.
The First Aid Kit contains gauze pads, burn ointment, Rhea Povidone Iodine and plasters for treating wounds, and Rhea Spirit of Ammonia, and medicines for diseases commonly encountered when traveling. It also contains Babyflo cotton buds and Rhea cold rub.
Meanwhile, the Wound Management Kit includes gauze pads, plastic strips, gauze bandages and Rhea Isopropyl Alcohol, Povidone Iodine and Hydrogen Peroxide that protect wounds from infection and make them heal faster.
Last, the Emergency Kit contains items for treating minor wounds, such as Mediplast gauze pads, bandages and plastic strips; Meditape Paper Tape; Cleene Absorbent Cotton and Rhea Isopropyl Alcohol; Hydrogen Peroxide; and Povidone Iodine. It also has the Mediplast Face Mask, flashlight with whistle; and Aquatabs Water Purification Tablets that are perfect when traveling in exotic and isolated places.
Keeping Filipinos’ health in mind, Philusa provides affordable, yet high-quality health care products similar to traditional or home remedies through its Rhea Generics brand. Rhea gives more Filipinos access to quality health care by producing generic vitamins, such as Vitamin E and non-acidic Vitamin C with Zinc.
Rhea also partners with global pharmaceutical leaders like Pfizer and Sanofi to produce generic medicines for hypertension maintenance, high cholesterol, chronic pains and antibiotics.