UNITED GUARDIAN INC

United-Guardian, Inc. ( Company ) is a Delaware corporation that, through its Guardian Laboratories division, manufactures, markets and develops specialty cosmetic, personal care and sexual wellness ingredients and a line of healthcare products including pharmaceuticals and medical lubricants. We conduct various research and development ( R&D ) activities. Our R&D department primarily develops new and unique specialty cosmetic and sexual wellness ingredients. We develop new products using natural and environmentally friendly raw materials, which is a priority for many of our cosmetic customers. The R&D department also modifies, refines, and expands the uses for existing products, with the goal of further developing the markets that our products are used in. All the products that we market, except for Renacidin , are produced at our facility in Hauppauge, New York. Renacidin, a urological product, is manufactured for us by an outside contract manufacturer. Our predecessor entity, United International Research, Inc. ( UIR ), was founded and incorporated in New York in 1942 by Dr. Alfred R. Globus, our Chairman and Director of Research until his death on April 9, 2009. On February 10, 1982, a merger took place between UIR and Guardian Chemical Corporation ( Guardian ), an affiliate of UIR, whereby Guardian was merged into UIR and the name was changed to United-Guardian, Inc., a New York corporation.