Ego Pharmaceuticals: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Ego Pharmaceuticals is a privately held company headquartered in Australia that owns 15 consumer brands.[1]
Ego Pharmaceuticals is an Australian-owned skincare and dermatology products company. Its own history page says it began in 1953, when the chemist Gerald Oppenheim and his wife Rae, a nurse, developed Pine Tar Bath Solution (now Pinetarsol) in the laundry of their Melbourne home. Their son Alan Oppenheim is Managing Director, and his wife Dr Jane Oppenheim is Chief Executive Officer. Its site lists manufacturing and support centres at Braeside and Dandenong South, Victoria, and regional offices in the Middle East and Asia. The brand list below is the one on its Our Brands page; no sun-care brand is on that list.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd (also Ego Pharm, Ego)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Founded
- 1953
- Website
- www.egopharm.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Ego Pharmaceuticals in numbers
- Ego Pharmaceuticals owns 15 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is personal care & beauty with 15 brands.[1]
Everything Ego Pharmaceuticals owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Full portfolio, 15 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Ego Pharmaceuticals own?
Ego Pharmaceuticals owns 15 consumer brands tracked here, including DermAid, QV Skincare, Egoderm, EgoPsoryl TA, Pinetarsol and Elucent.
Is Ego Pharmaceuticals an Australian company?
Yes. Ego Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Australia and was founded in 1953.
Who owns Ego Pharmaceuticals?
Ego Pharmaceuticals is privately held. Ego Pharmaceuticals is an Australian-owned skincare and dermatology products company.
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] History - Ego Pharmaceuticals Australia — Ego Pharmaceuticals, Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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