Advil is owned by Haleon (the United Kingdom, LSE: HLN), which was separated from GSK on 18 July 2022.[1][2] Before Haleon, Advil was owned by GSK from 2019 to 2022.[2]
Evidence: Haleon plc Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-13, SEC EDGAR, 13 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Advil was the first ibuprofen sold over the counter in the United States, launched in 1984, and it competes directly with Tylenol on a different active ingredient. Haleon acquired it through the Pfizer consumer health business.
Sentences about Advil from Haleon's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
For example: In 2025 our Advil brand in the US reduced the amount of plastic in its bottles by over 100 tonnes, using sustainable plastic technology which enables reduced bottle wall-thickness while maintaining barrier properties.
Advil's That's Real Strength' campaign (US) educated consumers on how strength is about acknowledging pain and treatment.
Organic revenue growth reflected the resilience of categories such as Oral Health as well as an improved performance in Advil.
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Haleon controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in consumer health.
Haleon has more brands in pain relief on Brandtree than any other owner: 3 of 37.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Salonpas | Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Motrin | Kenvue | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dafalgan | Taisho Pharmaceutical | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Nicotex | Cipla | 🇮🇳 India |
| Mentho Plus | Emami | 🇮🇳 India |
| Bufferin (United States) | Genomma Lab | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Doril | Hypera | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Daleron | Krka | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
Haleon is a publicly listed company headquartered in Weybridge, United Kingdom, founded in 2022. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: HLN and NYSE: HLN.
Haleon is the consumer health business demerged from GSK in July 2022, having earlier absorbed Pfizer's consumer health portfolio through a joint venture. It is the largest standalone consumer health company in the world, built on oral health, pain relief, respiratory health and vitamins.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,550 brands that began in the United States. 479 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Advil among them.
GSK demerged its consumer healthcare business as Haleon, listing it in London and New York in July 2022. The business already contained Pfizer's consumer health portfolio, contributed to a joint venture in 2019, which is how Advil and Centrum came to sit alongside Sensodyne and Panadol.
The parent company of Advil is Haleon, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Advil originated in the United States in 1984, but it is owned today by Haleon, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Advil is an American-origin brand under British ownership.
Haleon has owned Advil since 18 July 2022.
Before Haleon, Advil was owned by GSK from 2019 until 2022.
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Advil is still owned by Haleon. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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