Cough and Cold, Allergy
Sanofi is seeking to partner with startups, research organizations and individuals on digestive health innovations for cough and cold and allergy treatments and medications. Colds are one of the most common illnesses experienced by both adults and children. While cough is the most common symptom of a cold, people can experience up to five symptoms during the life cycle of a cold. For the allergy sufferers, the situation is challenging and symptoms such as itchy eyes, sneezing and runny noses can be a burden to getting on with everyday life. Submit your ideas to Sanofi for cough and cold and allergy innovations today.
Innovative, user friendly packaging and dispensing of liquids
Functional primary and secondary packaging for a stable and easy to dispense liquid product.
What we are looking for
- Easy to ship, store and handle
- Pleasant appearance
- Sustainable materials
- Enable convenient dispensing (clean, easy and intuitive)
- Bottle size between 10 and 160 ml
- Dispenser (syringe, cup or innovative/disruptive solution)
- Child-resistant
- Minimum dispensing time and steps
- Freedom to operate worldwide
Targeting Customers and market
- Adults and Children
- OTC (non-prescription)
- Food supplement
What we are NOT interested in
Solutions that require application/interpretation by a medical professional
Solutions that do not provide marketed benefit over standard packaging
Innovative packaging
Transformational packaging solutions for all occasion use (home storage, travel, on the go, etc.) for a new consumer experience
What we are looking for
Areas of interest:
Our preference is for solutions that:
- Primary packaging: blister, bottle, dispenser
- Galenic form: Liquid, Oral, Solid, Nasal
- Secondary packaging: re-usable case, pack, etc.
- Preferred solution: environment friendly, easy to operate by consumers, good looking on shelf
- Patentable or patented solutions
- Child resistance for US market
Opportunities MUST have (where applicable):
- Freedom to operate
- Production line characteristics
What we are NOT interested in
- Common packaging on the market
- Opportunities that require extensive technical or clinical development
- Require application/interpretation by a medical professional
- Do not comply with resistant packaging criteria
Smart, passive and disruptive solution to track symptoms in allergy
Passive digital solutions, using disruptive technologies, and holistic solutions to allow allergy sufferers to better manage allergy symptoms
What we are looking for
- Facial recognition based symptoms tracking
- Voice recognition to capture symptoms
- Smart body sensor
- Early biomarkers for primary symptoms
- Patentable or patented solutions
What we are NOT interested in
- Solutions where a questionnaire or decision tree must be filled in
- Invasive methods
- Actively participative solutions
Machine learning Algorithm for personal allergy management
Solutions that can integrate different sources of data to allow personalized allergy management
What we are looking for
- Software
- Data acquisition, data analysis
- AI or machine learning and mathematical modelisation to develop robust predictive model
- Highly personalised and robust prediction
- Patentable or patented solutions
What we are NOT interested in
Apps, devices
Nasal Segment, Boosting Features
Solutions or technologies which can boost current allergy products features to allow faster onset action
What we are looking for
- Technology identification to solubilize corticosteroids for Nasal Spray.
- Contract Research organization or Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization to develop spray formulation with various experiences in packaging development
- Patentable or patented solutions
Opportunities MUST have (where applicable):
- Freedom to market
What we are NOT interested in
- Opportunities that require extensive clinical studies
- Opportunities with unknown regulatory path
- Require a prescription
Nasal Segment, develop natural nasal spray
Natural Nasal Spray development
What we are looking for
Areas of interest:
- Identify differentiated natural sprays in the market that can provide topical/location action.
- Identify differentiated natural sprays in the market that can provide systemic action.
- Identification of Contract Research Organization to develop nasal spray formulation containing natural ingredients
- Opportunities that require technical or clinical development can be considered.
Opportunities MUST have at least one of the following :
- New ingredients or composition
- Novel combination of natural ingredient
- New technology mode of administration.
What we are NOT interested in
Opportunities with unknown regulatory path
Require a prescription
Tracking Environment: "Seeing invisible particles"
Solutions and technologies that can monitor, track and diagnose the environment in indoor and outdoor surroundings
What we are looking for
- Sensors/methods for outdoor and indoor particle detection
- Identification in real time
- Data acquisition/analysis
- Paired with various digital interfaces: Apps, Chatbot, etc.
- Robust, accurate and scalable
- Wearable
- Highly personalised, geolocalisation
- Patentable or patented solutions
What we are NOT interested in
- Solutions where a questionnaire or decision tree must be filled in
- Manual or Invasive methods
- Actively participitative solutions
Innovative cough and throat soft capsule formulations
Solutions, technologies, products or differentiated ingredients that relieve cough and throat irritation.
What we are looking for
- A shell for a soft capsule that can be filled with an aqueous syrup or glycerol-based core. The shell is edible, it is chewed and will release the liquid content for treatment or relief of symptoms. The shell may then be dissolved in the mouth or chewed.
- The shell can incorporate ingredients to provide a pleasant taste for additional effect.
- The shell interacts with oral/pharyngeal mucosa
- Contributes to an immediate balming and soothing effect
- Calms the urge to cough and sooths the irritated throat
- Relieve sore throat, hoarseness, cough, and pain on swallowing
- Prevent irritations of mucous membranes
- The shell may be of natural or chemical origin
Targeting Customers and market:
- Adults and Children
- OTC (non-prescription)
What we are NOT interested in
Require application/interpretation by a medical professional