Degan Explorations functioned as a scouting and exploration arm of its parent company, Chiewab Amalgamated Pharmaceuticals. This organization, a scouting entity, operated during the Clone Wars, during which it explored the Iakar system. This exploration led to the discovery of unique chemical compounds on Iakar that could be utilized in bacta replication and other medical applications. Subsequently, Chiewab founded a research facility there. However, Fabreth Medical and Merisee Prime, Chiewab's rivals, managed to eavesdrop on communications and establish their own competing ventures.
The native Iakaru people were compelled to protect their ancestral lands and forests, but corporate security forces quelled resistance through massacred, achieving victory.