Digital innovation in e-health

As time goes on, health and beauty needs are constantly changing and becoming more complex. And that is exactly why we need to come up with innovative responses. To achieve our goal, we stay true to our founder’s vision: to pool our knowledge and resources for the benefit of our patients and customers.

Sharing to improve the way we innovate

At Pierre Fabre, innovation is a collective exercise and reflects a sharing approach in line with our founder’s vision: pool our in-house creativity and combine it with external technological resources and a business-wide, multi-disciplinary approach at Group level, for the benefit of patients and consumers. This approach, based on partnership and open innovation, means that new therapeutic and cosmetic solutions are brought to market more quickly.

100% Digital, 100% Human: the Digital Innovation

To develop digital innovation in the health care and dermo-cosmetics sectors, as well as within the company’s own support functions, Pierre Fabre group launched the Digital Innovation in 2015, a team whose top priority is to accelerate projects in the field of e-health, connected cosmetics and Industry 4.0.
This in-house service is a privileged partner of the brands that make up the Pierre Fabre Group, but it is also a key stakeholder in local innovation ecosystems.
Through an in-house incubation program, the Digital Innovation teams are focusing on digital service-based innovations within the fields of health and dermocosmetics. They are also looking at initiatives to optimize our processes and business lines in the age of Industry 4.0.

The world's first smart mirror

In partnership with startups with Care OS and Revieve, late 2019 saw Pierre Fabre launch a smart mirror capable of personalized skin diagnosis. This new and revolutionary tool is available for use, free of charge, to visitors of Le LAB, Pierre Fabre's concept store that opened in Toulouse, France, at the end of 2019.

Digital analysis of your skin to find the best skincare routine for you? The smart mirror developed by Pierre Fabre and its partners now makes that possible.

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TAVIE Skin: An app for patients with metastatic melanoma

Developed for Pierre Fabre by 360MedLink, TAVIE Skin is the first digital solution dedicated to patients who have advanced melanoma involving BRAF V600 mutation and who are being treated with targeted therapy. It was designed by patients and healthcare professionals, for patients.

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HypnoVR©: the first virtual reality medical hypnosis solution for reducing patient anxiety during dental treatment

Committed to well-being and peace of mind for patients and doctors alike, Pierre Fabre, in partnership with startup HypnoVR, offers a virtual reality hypnosis software solution designed for dental surgeons and their patients. Its goal is to reduce stress and anxiety during dental treatment.

Partnering with startup HypnoVR, Pierre Fabre offers a drug-free alternative to pharmacological sedation techniques: hypnosis using virtual reality. Pierre Fabre Oral Care saw a promising solution in this innovative device to relieve the stress and anxiety felt by patients in the treatment room.
With its user-friendly software platform, dental professionals can select a suitable hypnotic text based on the procedure they are going to perform. They choose the length of the session and offer their patient a choice of different visual universes and original music therapy compositions. The final step is to start the session by fitting the headset on the patient, who is free to let his or her mind wander, isolated from the anxiety-inducing stimuli of the treatment room.

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E-health: open, win-win partnerships

For many years, innovation in the field of health care focused on molecules. We now look beyond prescription drugs to develop the most comprehensive therapeutic solutions. The huge rise in service-based digital solutions means we must adopt an open partnership approach to shape the way we will care for patients in the future.

BioSerenity and Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals invent connected fabric for urinary disorders

By offering patients treated for urinary incontinence the option of wearing a non-invasive medical device that fits smoothly into their daily routine, Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals and BioSerenity are restating their patient-centric approach to diagnosis and health care, thereby reinventing the patient-urologist relationship.

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In parallel to our prescription drugs, it is important to develop services that improve patients’ comfort during their treatment, and make life easier for prescribers

Dominique Authié

Director of Operations France, Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals

Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals and SALVUM create FEELCAPS

By offering patients (chronic illnesses, cancer, etc.) a fun, scalable digital service that promotes the benefits of regular physical exercise, Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals works alongside health care professionals to support their decision to prescribe an adapted physical activity.

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Hackathons, challenges: explore new ideas

Foster creativity and a scientific mindset, promote collective intelligence and stimulate entrepreneurship…

The Pierre Fabre Group invites students, startups, patients and others to co-create the digital innovations of the future, from health to beauty.

Since 2015, Pierre Fabre has organized 6 hackathons to design digital solutions for health care, with a single goal: improving the daily life of patients.

Each year, the group organizes student challenges with its partner schools and universities: a chance for students and Pierre Fabre staff to interact.

Innovation means being open to the world around us. Take a closer look at the co-creation projects championed by the Pierre Fabre Group.