Sanofi Consumer Healthcare calls for collaboration on self-care issues

Sanofi’s Consumer Healthcare Business Unit has launched a new Open Innovation Portal, in an effort to allow the wider supply chain community to submit their creative, disruptive and game-changing solutions to meet the challenges of an ever-evolving consumer healthcare landscape.

Startups, entrepreneurs, research institutions, accelerators, universities and more can now respond online to challenge areas that have been identified by Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, from creating sustainable packaging to developing new products and technologies.

Pointing out that the healthcare landscape is evolving rapidly and, post-COVID, with an ever-increasing recognition of the importance of self-care, self-diagnosis and self-treatment, Sanofi said that the launch of the Sanofi Consumer Healthcare Open Innovation Portal "will facilitate the commercialization of the very best self-care innovative solutions by uniting the boldest and brightest external ideas with Sanofi’s marketing expertise, science infrastructure, scale and consumer reach."

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Successful submissions will be given the opportunity to drive innovation forward together as collaborative partners on projects with Consumer Healthcare at Sanofi. Innovators can visit online (here) to learn more and submit ideas.

"A problem shared is a problem halved and the Open Innovation Portal is part of our mission to unlock science to bring health in the hands of millions of consumers and patients. The Open Innovation Portal will also serve as an opportunity to partner with the brightest and the best to bring some truly transformative ideas to life for our consumers,” said Josephine Fubara, chief science officer of consumer healthcare at Sanofi.

Sanofi shared that it will continue to add new challenges to the Open Innovation Portal in the areas of digestive wellness, cough, cold & flu, physical & mental wellness, allergy, pain care, personal care and sustainability.

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The Open Innovation Portal is part of the company's wider mission to unlock science to empower consumers to take health in their hands, while also meeting sustainability goals of achieving carbon neutrality, reducing waste, protecting ecosystems and increasing ingredient transparency.