Pierre Fabre launches unique project giving access to its huge plant library

Pharma companies looking to developing innovative treatments from natural products will be given access to the world’s largest private collection of plants thanks to a unique project launched by French company Pierre Fabre.

From today, Pierre Fabre will allow access to its plant library – Nature Open Library - to help its partners boost innovative projects which involve the development and formulation of plant active ingredients. The library houses more than 15,000 dry plant samples from 7,000 species, some of which are very rare.

François Sautel, project manager for Nature Open Library, said: “We own the biggest private collection of plants in the world which has allowed us to develop numerous treatments dedicated to cancer research and dermatology. We have become aware of the far greater potential this collection has if we make it available to others. We wish to offer our partners the chance to take advantage of this opportunity in their research by using our collection of plant samples and to help them develop or even industrialize any of their findings.”