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British Dispensary Group is a Thai pharmaceutical and cosmetics group of companies, best known for its 
Snake Brand line of products. It was established as the 
British Dispensary in 1892 by Western doctors Peter Gowan and 
Thomas Heyward Hays, and was later acquired by 
Luan Vongvanij in 1928. The business has since grown under the ownership of the 
Vongvanij family, and the group now consists of the following companies: The British Dispensary Co., Ltd.; The British Dispensary (L.P.) Co., Ltd.; British Dispensary Consumer Public Co., Ltd.; British Dispensary Health Care Co.,Ltd. and The British Dispensary (L.P.) Sai 5 Co., Ltd.