Sanofi and Google Partner on Digital Health and Real-World Evidence Analysis

Google and Sanofi are partnering to set up a new virtual Innovation Lab with a focus on data technologies and digital health. The goal is to change how Sanofi develops new drugs. It will have three key objectives: better understand patients and diseases, increase Sanofi’s operational efficiency and improve Sanofi’s patient and customer experience.

“We stand on the forefront of a new age for biology and human health, with the opportunity to transform healthcare through partnerships with pioneering technology and analytics companies,” stated Ameet Nathwani, Sanofi’s chief digital officer, chief medical officer and executive vice president, Medical.

Nathwani added, “Combining Sanofi’s biologic innovations and scientific data with Google’s industry-leading capabilities, from cloud computing to state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, we aspire to give people more control over their health and accelerate the discovery of new therapies.”