Who owns Evra?
Evra is owned by Richter (Hungary, BSE: RICHTER).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Gedeon Richter Plc. Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Gedeon Richter Plc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇭🇺 Hungary, Budapest
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Healthcare & pharma › Drug makers › Pharmaceuticals
- Parent ticker
- BSE: RICHTER
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Evra
Evra is a once-a-week contraceptive patch and the first transdermal hormonal patch approved for contraception. Richter bought the assets for Evra outside the United States from Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, for 263.5 million US dollars under an agreement signed in December 2020. It was Richter's second-biggest product in 2025 with sales of 36,005 million forints, led by Mexico, Poland, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany.
Ownership timeline of Evra
Where Evra sits in Richter
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Richter
Richter controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in healthcare & pharma.
Also in healthcare & pharma
Other brands in pharmaceuticals, and who owns them
The 13 brands in pharmaceuticals on Brandtree belong to 5 owners. The largest is Teva, with 4; Richter has 2.
About the owner: Richter
Richter is a publicly listed company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary, founded in 1901. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as BSE: RICHTER.
Gedeon Richter is a Hungarian pharmaceutical company whose predecessor was founded in Budapest in 1901 when pharmacist Gedeon Richter bought a pharmacy. It discovered the antipsychotic cariprazine in the early 2000s and co-developed it with Forest, now AbbVie, for the United States. Women's healthcare is its stated growth focus, built through the 2016 purchase of Finox, the 2024 purchase of Estetra and Mithra assets, and the Evra contraceptive patch assets bought from Janssen. Its consolidated turnover in 2025 was 913,959 million forints.
🇺🇸 Evra and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Evra among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Evra?
The parent company of Evra is Richter, a publicly listed company headquartered in Hungary.
Is Evra American or Hungarian?
Evra originated in the United States, but it is owned today by Richter, which is headquartered in Hungary. So Evra is an American-origin brand under Hungarian ownership.
Is Evra still owned by Richter?
Yes. As of 8 October 2026, Evra is still owned by Richter. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Gedeon Richter Plc. Annual Report 2025 — Gedeon Richter Plc., Annual report; retrieved 8 October 2026.
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