From the pharmacy bench to
modern patented formulation.
Bridge Street, 1949
The pharmacy on Bridge Street in Ballina opened in 1949. Michael McLoughlin grew up above it.
He became a pharmacist and master compounder, built an independent pharmacy chain, and spent half a century making formulations by hand. In those fifty years he discovered a relationship between key ingredients that nobody had made into a commercial product.
A patented formulation
Epitheal was founded to evolve that formulation and bring it to market: non-steroidal, antibiotic-free, and protected by a granted US patent.
The market has moved Epitheal's way since. Antibiotic resistance has clinicians looking for alternatives, and so has concern about repeated steroid use.
A portfolio to build on
Epitheal is building three lines from that formulation. Skin recovery. Advanced wound care. Regulated medicines for human and veterinary use. That's where the Epitheal story, and the future of skin recovery, begins.
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