Aurgwah Pharmaceuticals

Aurgwah Pharmaceuticals is conglomeration of fourteen medicinal research corporations based primarily in the Cyranatic Islands.

History
A biodiverity hotspot, the Aurgwah atoll in the Cyranatic Islands has long been seen as a source of healing energy by the native tribes. Recovered fragments of Oarspur poetry dating to 265 MEC seem to suggest that Aquitillan shamans were observed to dwell upon the banks of the water at sunset, ready to assist when the bloody twilight rituals and gruesome burial ceremonies associated with the atoll went awry.

During the widespread conflicts of the late 1200s, local governments established temporary military hospitals on the islands of the archipelago to treat the maimed and wounded, while keeping the infectious casualties of biological warfare segregated from the mainland. Three of these ancient stone war hospitals still stand amid more modern laboratories on the Aurgwah campuses.

Between 1485 and 1493 MEC, the persecuted alchemist Predah Druvwirn reportedly set up shop in an abandoned war hospital and began traveling the coastal mainland, selling mild tinctures of Azano gathered from the Cyranatics, using the proceeds to fund her personal laboratory on the Aurgwah Atoll and hire assistants from the local communities. Like-minded scholars and practitioners of medicine soon established their own laboratories elsewhere on the islands.

In 1670 MEC, the Natural Philosophers Association of Aurgwah was formed, an organization that encompassed all four war hospitals on the Aurgwah Atoll. By 1700 the association had expanded to include facilities and scientific communities on the surrounding islands as well.

In 1764 Aurgwah Research and Spirits Company was registered as a for-profit corporate entity in the international trade registry. A merger with Borray-Rahplur Medical Supply in 2030 resulted in the rebranding to Aurgwah Pharmaceuticals, as well as the adoption of the now familar green logo.

Controversy
In 3985, Aurgwah introduced its "Shirick the Shaman" mascot in a series of high-profile advertisement campaigns. Public backlash against the mascot, which was perceived as encouraging negative stereotypes of Aquitillans, caused Aurgwah to cease utilizing the mascot in 3987.

In 3991, Aurgwah came under fire for developing a highly addictive hallucinogenic variant of its military-grade Hyperazanone product, which it was allegedly distributing to black market vendors in the Carirzh Badlands. An intergovernmental investigation in 3991 and another in 3993 found the claims unsupportable and the accusations were dismissed.

In 4043, a class action lawsuit was brought against Aurgwah after a series of worker deaths in its Raidricin synthesizing laboratory on the island of Ghalardri. Although the suit made global headlines, the parties reached a settlement out of court.

Pharmaceutical Patents

 * Drayoprai - An over-the-counter aphrodesiac.
 * Raidricin - A toxin marketed both as dermitopical insect repellant and poison. Raidricin at higher concentrations has been weaponized for military application.
 * Hyperazanone - A potent hallucinogenic serum marketed exclusively to government agencies for use in intelligence and military operations.
 * Zherythis - A pill-based treatment for epilepsy.

Botanicals

 * Uaslur Extract - A gummy substance derived from Uaslur root sap and used in everything from tires to candy
 * Erwi Extract - Marketed for its nutritional value and ingested directly or mixed into food or animal feed.
 * Aberwash Wine - A sour, syruppy juice which, despite the name, is non-alcoholic. It is purported to have healing properties, and has been shown to reduce the occurence of mouth sores in at least two clinical studies.

~Professor Emeritus Hargallon Botunar