Sanofi and Verily JV Onduo to develop comprehensive diabetes management platform

12 September 2016

French pharma major Sanofi (Euronext: SAN) and Verily Life Sciences (formerly Google Life Sciences), an Alphabet company, today announced the launch of Onduo, a joint venture created through Sanofi and Verily's diabetes-focused collaboration.

Onduo's mission is to help people with diabetes live full, healthy lives by developing comprehensive solutions that combine devices, software, medicine, and professional care to enable simple and intelligent disease management.

Under the leadership of Onduo's newly-appointed chief executive, Joshua Riff, the company will leverage Verily's experience in miniaturized electronics, analytics, and consumer software development, and Sanofi's clinical expertise and experience in bringing innovative treatments to people living with diabetes. Dr Riff joins Onduo from Optum, the health services company of UnitedHealth Group, where he was senior vice president of prevention and wellbeing.

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