Resident Evil Wiki
Advertisement
Resident Evil Wiki
Prime universe
(Capcom's primary storyline)


Umbrella Pharmaceuticals (アンブレラ製薬 anburera seiyaku?) was a pharmaceutical company[1] founded on Europe in 1968. It later became the parent company for newly-created Konzern - Umbrella Corporation.[2][3][4]

Background[]

PURPOSE

From its inception, Umbrella Pharmaceuticals was intended serve as a tool for Spencer's "utopia"[5][note 1], masked under the image of a -clean- pharmaceutical company[6], the experiments with the various progenitor-based strains[note 2] were hidden from the general public. Eventually one of Umbrella's founders Dr. James Marcus managed to stabilize and weaponize Progenitor, naming it the "t-Virus".[7]

ROLE WITHIN THE GROUP

Umbrella Pharmaceuticals worked on the production of pharmaceuticals, such as Adravil, Safsprin, Aqua Cure and so on, with factories all over the globe, Raccoon City included, the company's grown was so massive that it later become a leading member of the Federation of Pharmaceutical Companies.[8]

UMBRELLA'S DARK SECRET

Unbeknownst to the general public, Umbrella Pharmaceuticals was also responsible for the development of B.O.W.s, with the U.S. Military buying their "products" so often that they became Umbrella's biggest customer.

History[]

Founding[]

The founding of Umbrella Pharmaceuticals traces its origins to the writings of Henry Travis, author of the 19th century encyclopedia Natural History Conspectus. Drs. Oswell E. Spencer and James Marcus were intrigued by his account of the Ndipaya of West Africa, whose folklore described a flower which could imbue unto them great powers. Heading out on an expedition with Marcus' student Brandon Bailey, the three obtained the flowers, which they found to contain a mutagenic virus later known as Progenitor.[9] Spencer made it his life goal to ensure the genesis of a new race of humans through this virus,[10] and established Umbrella Pharmaceuticals in 1968 alongside Marcus and their mutual friend Dr. Edward Ashford.[11] The main goal of the company was to ensure Spencer's goal through Progenitor research by Marcus and Bailey; the secondary goal was to create bio-weapons as a proof-of-concept and then sell them for research money.[10] The public face of Umbrella Pharmaceuticals was as an ordinary medicines manufacturer.

Early existence[]

In the late 1970s, the Arklay Laboratory acquired samples of the Ebola virus as part of international research into finding a cure for Ebola virus disease. Unofficially, however, it was actually using their research findings to strengthen the virus for better use as a bioweapon.[12]

Internationally, Umbrella Pharmaceuticals contracted fellow leading pharmaceutical corporations to develop medicines for them, which they would then use for bioweapons research. Umbrella made sure to only contract so many chemicals with each company to keep them in the dark.[8]

Products[]

Sources[]

  1. I, Ozwell E. Spencer, founder of Umbrella as well as its chief executive officer, hereby proclaim myself as ruler of all mankind. Everyone shall prostrate themselves before me as they once did for the ancient false gods.
  2. Tyrant Virus Project
  1. Resident Evil 2, file: "Want AD"
  2. biohazard Kaitai Shinsho
  3. biohazard 0 Kaitai Shinsho
  4. BIOHAZARD OUTBREAK FILE 2 OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK
  5. Resident Evil 5, file: "Spencer's Memoirs 1"
  6. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, file: "City Guide"
  7. Resident Evil 5, file: "Telegram from James Marcus"
  8. 8.0 8.1 Resident Evil 5, file: "BSAA".
  9. Resident Evil 5 (2009), file: "From Chief Researcher Brandon's Journal - No. 1".
  10. 10.0 10.1 Resident Evil 5 (file), file: "Albert Wesker".
  11. Resident Evil 5 (2009), file: "History of RESIDENT EVIL".
  12. Wesker's Report Ⅱ.
Advertisement