Mercury Drug began from a bottle of sulfathiazole, which was considered a wonder drug after the war. It was 1945, and Manila had just been liberated from the Japanese occupation. The city was devastated and medicines were scarce and expensive. Mariano Que, who worked in a drugstore before the war, saw the need. He went to Bambang St., Manila, where …

Mercury Drug began from a bottle of sulfathiazole, which was considered a wonder drug after the war. It was 1945, and Manila had just been liberated from the Japanese occupation. The city was devastated and medicines were scarce and expensive. Mariano Que, who worked in a drugstore before the war, saw the need. He went to Bambang St., Manila, where …