What Laboratoire XO does

Laboratoire XO is a privately held French pharmaceutical laboratory headquartered in Saint-Cloud, France, founded in 2015 and operating as a for-profit entity with 11-50 employees. The company's stated business is the manufacture of three distinct product categories: medical devices, medications, and cosmetics. This multi-category scope implies a regulated manufacturing operation subject to French and EU frameworks covering pharmaceuticals (AMM-equivalent authorizations), medical devices (CE marking under MDR), and cosmetic product compliance. The company is led by co-founder and General Manager Karine Pinon, the only individual named in the available leadership data.

The business model is not disclosed in the input: pricing models are not publicly disclosed, no go-to-motion, customer segment, distribution channel, technology stack, or product-level detail is available, and the company's own website (laboratoirexo.fr) was inaccessible at the time of data capture — the primary third-party source returned a loader/verification page rather than substantive content. As a result, the revenue model, customer mix, and channel strategy cannot be characterized from the evidence. Operationally, the company is presumed to sell into regulated distribution channels typical of its category — pharmacies, healthcare providers, and potentially retail/DTC for cosmetics — but this remains inferred rather than documented. No funding rounds, investors, M&A activity, partnerships, customers, patents, certifications, or AI/technology capabilities are recorded in the supplied data, leaving most operational and financial attributes unresolved.

Name

Laboratoire XO

Website

https://laboratoirexo.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Laboratoire XO is a privately held French pharmaceutical laboratory founded in 2015 in Saint-Cloud, France, that manufactures medical devices, medications, and cosmetics, operating with 11-50 employees under co-founder and General Manager Karine Pinon.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-cloud

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Laboratoire XO is a pharmaceutical laboratory that manufactures medical devices, medications, and cosmetics. Products are produced at its Saint-Cloud, France facility for distribution into healthcare and consumer channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical devices Manufactured medical devices produced at the Saint-Cloud laboratory for healthcare buyers and distributors.
• Medications Pharmaceutical medications manufactured at the laboratory for distribution to pharmacies and healthcare channels.
• Cosmetics Cosmetic products formulated and manufactured at the laboratory for retail, brand, and beauty channel buyers.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Servier: Major French independent pharmaceutical group with branded medications and consumer healthcare. Operates in the same pharmaceutical manufacturing category as Laboratoire XO but at incumbent scale.
• Sanofi: Largest French pharmaceutical company with broad pharma, vaccines, and consumer healthcare businesses. Overlaps with Laboratoire XO across medications and consumer health, but operates at vastly greater scale.

Direct peers

• Pierre Fabre: French pharmaceutical and dermo-cosmetic laboratory headquartered in the Toulouse area. Highly comparable to Laboratoire XO given its combined pharmaceutical, medical device, and cosmetics activities.
• Laboratoires Urgo: French laboratory producing medical devices (wound care) and healthcare products. Comparable to Laboratoire XO on the medical-device and pharmaceutical manufacturing overlap.
• Mayoly Spindler: Independent French pharmaceutical laboratory with operations in pharma, dermo-cosmetics, and medical devices. Closely mirrors Laboratoire XO's three-pillar portfolio.
• Expanscience: French family-owned laboratory with pharmaceutical and cosmetic product lines. Comparable as a mid-sized French lab operating across regulated health and beauty categories.
• Boiron: French pharmaceutical laboratory specializing in homeopathic medicines. Comparable to Laboratoire XO as a France-based pharma manufacturer selling through pharmacy channels.
• NAOS (Bioderma, Institut Esthederm): French dermo-cosmetic and skincare laboratory. Comparable to Laboratoire XO on the cosmetics manufacturing side and on the regulated skincare/pharma crossover positioning.
• Caudalie: French cosmetics laboratory with pharma-grade positioning. Comparable to Laboratoire XO's cosmetics manufacturing and pharmacy-channel go-to-market.

Regional players

• Laboratoire Arrow: French generic pharmaceutical manufacturer. Comparable to Laboratoire XO as a domestic French pharma manufacturer serving the French market through pharmacy distribution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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