Who owns Lulu?
Lulu, a consumer-health brand, is owned by Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare (Japan).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare: History (沿革), Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1951
- Category
- Consumer health › Over-the-counter medicine › Cold
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Lulu
Cold medicine launched in 1951 as the first over-the-counter medicine in Japan to wrap several active ingredients in a sugar coating, which the company says made a bitter medicine easier to take. The line has grown to include Lulu A tablets and liquid cold remedies, and its Shin Lulu A cold tablets reached Taiwan in 2015.
Ownership timeline of Lulu
- Current owner Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare [1] reported
Where Lulu sits in Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare
Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in consumer health.
Also in consumer health
- Daiichi Sankyo Stomach Medicine (1957)
- Gaster 10 (1997)
- Loxonin (1986)
- Makiron (1971)
Other brands in cold, and who owns them
The 31 brands in cold on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Krka, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Herbion | Krka | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
| Breathe Right | Prestige Consumer Healthcare | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Lemsip | Reckitt | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Dimestil | Birzeit Pharmaceutical | 🇵🇸 Palestine |
| HealthCareAisle | Dr. Reddy's | 🇮🇳 India |
| Tukol | Genomma Lab | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Benadryl | Kenvue | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Allergosan | Sopharma | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria |
About the owner: Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare
Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare is a privately held company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2005. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
Japanese self-care and over-the-counter health company, incorporated on 16 December 2005 and trading from 2006, when the healthcare businesses of Sankyo and Daiichi Seiyaku were combined. Zepharma joined in 2007. Its head office is in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and it reported sales of 90.7 billion yen for the year to March 2026. Its site is in Japanese only; the brands below come from its launch history and brand list.
Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Lulu and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Lulu is not one of them.
- Air Salonpas — Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical 🇯🇵
- Ammeltz — Kobayashi Pharmaceutical 🇯🇵
- Biofermin — Taisho Pharmaceutical 🇯🇵
- Jelly Monster — Okamoto Industries 🇯🇵
- "K" Line — K Line 🇯🇵
- ABEMA — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Lulu?
The parent company of Lulu is Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare, a privately held company headquartered in Japan.
Is Lulu Japanese?
Yes. Lulu originated in Japan in 1951 and its owner, Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Lulu still owned by Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Lulu is still owned by Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare. 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] Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare: History (沿革) — Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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