Taisho Pharmaceutical: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Taisho Pharmaceutical is a privately held company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that owns 7 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Japanese pharmaceutical and over-the-counter health company, founded in 1912 and based in Toshima-ku, Tokyo. Its shares were delisted from the stock exchange on 9 April 2024, so it is now unlisted. Outside Japan it bought Bristol-Myers Squibb's Asian OTC trademarks in 2009 and took control of Vietnam's Duoc Hau Giang (DHG) and France's UPSA in 2019; Taisho also sells some brands in Japan under licence from other owners (for example Vicks and Claritin), which are not listed here.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (also Taisho, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
- Founded
- 1912
- Website
- www.taisho.co.jp/en/
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Taisho Pharmaceutical in numbers
- Taisho Pharmaceutical owns 7 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is consumer health with 6 brands.[1]
- 3 of its brands originated outside Japan.
Everything Taisho Pharmaceutical 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, 7 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Taisho Pharmaceutical own?
Taisho Pharmaceutical owns 7 consumer brands tracked here, including Pabron, Lipovitan D, Hapacol, Biofermin, Dafalgan and Efferalgan.
Is Taisho Pharmaceutical a Japanese company?
Yes. Taisho Pharmaceutical is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 1912.
Who owns Taisho Pharmaceutical?
Taisho Pharmaceutical is privately held. Japanese pharmaceutical and over-the-counter health company, founded in 1912 and based in Toshima-ku, Tokyo.
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] Taisho Pharmaceutical: History — Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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