Opella: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Opella is a privately held company headquartered in France that owns 1 consumer brand.[1]
Opella is the consumer healthcare business that Sanofi carved out. On 30 April 2025 Sanofi and CD&R closed the transaction: CD&R took a 50.0% controlling stake, Sanofi kept 48.2% and Bpifrance holds 1.8%, so Sanofi no longer controls it. Opella is headquartered in France, has more than 11,000 employees, and lists 16 brands on its own site. Only the brands whose origin and market its own pages show are recorded here; Dulcolax, Buscopan, Enterogermina, Essentiale, Pharmaton, Allegra and others on its list are left out because no document opened gives their origin.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Opella Healthcare Group SAS
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇫🇷 France
- Website
- www.opella.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Opella in numbers
- Opella owns 1 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 1 brands.[1]
- 1 of its brands originated outside France.
Everything Opella owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Opella own?
Opella owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including Cenovis.
Is Opella a French company?
Yes. Opella is headquartered in France.
Who owns Opella?
Opella is privately held. Opella is the consumer healthcare business that Sanofi carved out.
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] Sanofi and CD&R close Opella transaction, create global consumer healthcare leader — Sanofi, Official press release, published 30 April 2025; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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