25/02/2026
History tells us that gave the world Erythromycin, but the credit went elsewhere. Never again. ๐
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We are incredibly honored to stand with the University of San Agustin C2B2 & CND3 and the pioneering work of Dr. Saludes and Dr. Dalisay. Through our partnership, GalenX is helping ensure that Filipino brilliance stays in Filipino handsโfrom the marine sediments of the Visayan Sea to the shelves of your local pharmacy.
From the discovery of Streptomyces carlesensis to our current work with Kadios seeds for Skivios and Marajon honey for Honelle, the future of medicine is being written in Iloilo. Proudly Pinoy, scientifically proven. ๐งชโจ Iloilo City Health and Wellness Tourism
In 2015, ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ did something their colleagues abroad couldnโt quite understand โ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ to return to their hometown of Iloilo. Their destination? ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ด๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป (๐จ๐ฆ๐), and a modest research lab with big, untapped potential.
The timing wasnโt random. ๐๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. About 70 years ago, a ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป and unknowingly laid the ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป โ one of the ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑโ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐. The discovery happened here. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
These two scientists are ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป.
โ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต,โ Dr. Dalisay said.
โ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ.โ
So they got to work. From ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ, the team ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ across the archipelago in ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
And they found something remarkable โ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐, a ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ that has shown ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐, one of the ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ.
๐ฆ๐ถ๐
๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ โ some showing potential against ovarian cancer โ are ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, including the first-ever patent filed by the University of San Agustin.
To support the research, the ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ, eliminating the need to ship samples all the way to Manila and dramatically speeding up the process of identifying new compounds.
Today, the ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ โ a growing archive that could fuel the next generation of medical breakthroughs.
The work isnโt staying in the lab either. Through a partnership with ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ซ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐๐ป๐ฐ., the university has already brought products to market โ including ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ยฎ, a skin care line derived from kadios seeds, and ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒยฎ, a wound gel made from Marajon Honey.
๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ธ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ and a ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
More than half a century after ๐๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ผโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐น ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒโ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐, the city is finally getting its due โ not as a source of raw material, but as a center of world-class science.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐
