Sharing Pierre Fabre private plant’s collection as well as its expertise of the phyto-industrial value chain ;
Opening to innovative partnerships.
Castres (France), December 8th 2015. Pierre Fabre Laboratories announced that they are launching Nature Open Library, a unique Open Innovation program that will allow them to share their expertise with industrial players and innovative projects initiators, for the research, development and industrialization of plant assets. In this context, Pierre Fabre Laboratories provide access to their private plants’ collection, one of the most important in the industry, numbering over 15.000 classified samples, including some rare species.
For over half a century, the exceptional ability to innovate from plants has allowed Pierre Fabre Laboratories to become the second dermo-cosmetic laboratory in the world and the third French pharmaceutical laboratory. As of today, 40% of its turnover derives from the therapeutic use of plants following the example of several chemotherapy treatments in oncology, based on active ingredients from the rosy Periwinkle ; dermo-cosmetics brand leaders (Klorane, René Furterer, Galénic...) ; and a broad portfolio of herbal remedies and aromatherapy products marketed under the brand Naturactive.
Through Nature Open Library, Pierre Fabre Laboratories will help its future partners to boost their innovative process by giving them access to their interdisciplinary teams mastering the entire phyto-industrial value chain (botanists, agronomists, chemists, phyto-chemists and legal specialists on international pharmaceutical standards and regulations). This scientific and technical expertise is associated with a cutting-edge industrial tool specialized in the development and production of active pharmaceutical, cosmetical and nutraceutical ingredients derived from plants (pilot and industrial plant extraction, purification and characterization, semisynthetic , plant cell culture).
The Nature Open Library program is not only aimed at project managers from the pharmaceutical industry - prescription medicines, consumer health products, biotechnology, animal health - but also at other sectors, including nutrition and agribusiness.
Besides this unique collection of plants and plant extracts, Nature Open Library stands as a useful tool for Pierre Fabre to share their responsible approach to the development of plant assets to environmental and social plans. Since 2010, they translated this approach in a process called Botanical Expertise Pierre Fabre. This approach for responsible development of safe and effective innovative botanical active is labeled EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management).
Pierre Fabre especially guarantees, to its partners in innovation, the implementation of environmentally friendly solutions, populations and international regulations regarding the access to biodiversity, which apply to any business that uses plant resources (Rio Convention, Nagoya Protocol).
“We are excited to share our impressive plant heritage and multidisciplinary expertise for the development and formulation of plant active ingredients with partners committed to innovative projects” stated Bertrand Parmentier, CEO of Pierre Fabre SA. “The Nature Open Library initiative perfectly illustrates our commitment to open innovation approaches, a major component of our innovation model.”
In order to give greater visibility to this new program, Pierre Fabre Laboratories have created an internet platform that would be used at first to collect our partners’ initial requests. Project initiators who are interested can as of now submit their innovation projects at http://nature-open-library-pierre-fabre.force.com
About Pierre Fabre
Pierre Fabre is the 3rd French pharmaceutical laboratory and the 2nd dermo-cosmetic laboratory in the world. Its turnover reached 2.1 billion Euros in 2014, with 55% in dermo-cosmetic and 55% made worldwide. Headquartered from the beginning in Midi-Pyrénées, Pierre Fabre holds subsidiaries in 44 countries and distributes its products in more than 130 countries. From prescriptions drugs to dermo-cosmetics and public health (family health, dental health and natural health), Pierre Fabre covers a vast array of products and numbers 10.000 employees across the world. In 2014, Pierre Fabre dedicated 17% of its turnover in prescriptions drugs, to research and development. Known for brand marks such as Eau Thermale Avène, Klorane, Ducray, René Furterer, A-Derma, Galénic, Naturactive, Elgydium, Eludril ou Drill, Pierre Fabre Laboratories are leaders on the French market for dermo-cosmetic products, hair products and oral and dental care products sold in pharmacy or parapharmacy. Commercialized across the world, Eau Thermale Avène is the leading brand mark in dermo-cosmetic care in Europe, Japan and China. Oncology represents 90% of Pierre Fabre’s turnover worldwide. Through the controlled company Pierre Fabre Participations, Pierre Fabre Laboratories are 86% owned by the Pierre Fabre Foundation, a recognized public-interest organization since 1999. Up to 7.8% of the remaining shares are held by the company’s employees and are self-monitored. AFNOR certification has favourably confirmed Pierre Fabre Laboratories’ social and environmental responsibility.
