Hovid (formerly known as Ho Yan Hor) carries with her years of invaluable experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
Dating back to early 1940s, when the business was first established, Hovid's only commodity was Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea, concocted by its founder, Dr Ho Kai Cheong. With the intention of helping people, Dr Ho Kai Cheong formulated a unique concoction of 24 specially chosen herbs and developed Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea. It was a popular alternative to western medicine during post World War II with its Cooling and Anti Viral properties. Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea was the most seek after solution during the Worldwide Flu Epidemic in 1950s. Since then, Ho Yan Hor has become a household name. After 74 years, Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea still remains as the favorite among many as a natural herbal beverage.
In the 1980s, along with his father's success, David Ho, as a well trained pharmacist, led Hovid into a new chapter of manufacturing excellence. Armed with expertise in pharmacy with strong passion of entrepreneurship, David ventured into mainstream medical approaches. From that point on, Hovid grew to become one of the Malaysia's leading pharmaceutical manufacturers of high quality and innovative medicinal preparations and health supplements with more than 400 products distributed over 50 countries globally.
Listed on the Main Board of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Hovid spells familiarity and quality among healthcare providers. With the various divisions in the organization that have been established through years of experience, we are able to deliver speed, excellence and above all, Continuous Innovation and Quality.
The company's reputation for pioneering and technological advancements has scored many firsts:
-FIRST in Malaysia and the world to have developed a commercial scale integrated process for extracting valuable carotenoids and tocotrienols (type of vitamin E with superior properties over tocopherols) from palm oil
-FIRST in the world to develop the self-emulsifying "SupraBio system" for improved absorption of tocotrienols in the human body.
-FIRST soft gelatin encapsulation plant in Malaysia with pioneer status from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
-FIRST in Malaysia to produce film-coated analgesic
-FIRST in Malaysia to produce softgel capsules
-FIRST in Malaysia to produce effervescent tablets
-FIRST in Malaysia to produce antibiotics in dispersible tablet form
-FIRST in Malaysia to have developed patented technologies in drug delivery systems
-FIRST in Malaysia to pack herbal tea in dried form and easy to use teabags
