Omega Alpha Pharmaceuticals Inc. was founded in 1992 by Dr. Gordon Chang, who holds a PhD in Physiology and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has also worked as a postdoctoral fellow for two years in the area of clinical Biochemistry looking at free radicals and antioxidants.
When he founded Omega Alpha, he realized that the majority of products that were being sold did not have a firm scientific basis. As a matter of fact, most of the supplement companies did not have anyone on staff with a proper science background. With his freshly-minted PhD he decided that he wanted to formulate and manufacture supplements that are based on firm scientific principles. He went through the trouble to obtain a pharmaceutical manufacturing licence for Omega Alpha Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Gordon Chang, founder and CEO of Omega Alpha Pharmaceuticals.
Initially, Omega Alpha focused on manufacturing human supplements using ingredients that were well researched with information obtained from the published medical and scientific literature. Around 1999, Omega Alpha launched a line of products for equine use, based on the same scientific principles. There are currently approximately 45 unique equine formulations sold under the Omega Alpha brand which range from supplements such as probiotics, herbal calmers, vitamins, minerals, gut health products, hormonal balancers, airway optimizers and more.