Who owns XL-3?
XL-3 is owned by Genomma Lab (Mexico, BMV: LAB), which has owned the brand since 2012.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Genomma Lab Internacional — Reporte Anual 2025 (Anexo N, BMV), Genomma Lab Internacional, S.A.B. de C.V. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Genomma Lab Internacional, S.A.B. de C.V. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇲🇽 Mexico, Mexico City
- Origin
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Category
- Consumer health › Over-the-counter medicine › Cold
- Parent ticker
- BMV: LAB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About XL-3
XL-3 is an oral cold and flu remedy that Genomma Lab acquired in 2012 as part of a package of Mexican personal care and over-the-counter brands. The company has since widened it into a full range of formulations for adults and children, and says it gained more than 230 points of market share in four years. It was 5.4 per cent of group sales in 2025.
Ownership timeline of XL-3
- 2012 – present Genomma Lab [1] reported
Where XL-3 sits in Genomma Lab
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Genomma Lab
Genomma Lab controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in consumer health.
Also in consumer health
Other brands in cold, and who owns them
The 36 brands in cold on Brandtree belong to 21 owners. The largest is Krka, with 5; Genomma Lab has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Herbion | Krka | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
| Breathe Right | Prestige Consumer Healthcare | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Lemsip | Reckitt | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Covonia | STADA | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Dimestil | Birzeit Pharmaceutical | 🇵🇸 Palestine |
| HealthCareAisle | Dr. Reddy's | 🇮🇳 India |
| Benadryl | Kenvue | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Allergosan | Sopharma | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria |
About the owner: Genomma Lab
Genomma Lab is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico, founded in 1996. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as BMV: LAB.
Genomma Lab Internacional is a Mexican over-the-counter medicine and personal care company that began in 1996 as a direct-response advertiser making its own television infomercials, moved into developing products of its own from 1997, and floated on the Mexican stock exchange as LAB on 18 June 2008. It sells more than 50 active brands in Mexico and eighteen countries beyond it, and puts its share of the Mexican over-the-counter market at 5.9 per cent and of the personal care categories it competes in at 5.0 per cent. Much of the portfolio was bought rather than invented.
🇲🇽 XL-3 and other Mexican brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 113 brands that began in Mexico. 28 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; XL-3 is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of XL-3?
The parent company of XL-3 is Genomma Lab, a publicly listed company headquartered in Mexico.
Is XL-3 Mexican?
Yes. XL-3 originated in Mexico and its owner, Genomma Lab, is also headquartered in Mexico.
Since when has Genomma Lab owned XL-3?
Genomma Lab has owned XL-3 since 2012.
Is XL-3 still owned by Genomma Lab?
Yes. As of 23 September 2026, XL-3 is still owned by Genomma Lab. 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] Genomma Lab Internacional — Reporte Anual 2025 (Anexo N, BMV) — Genomma Lab Internacional, S.A.B. de C.V., Annual report; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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