Sanofi and Verily Life Sciences LLC, (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 purpose 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 CEO, Joshua Riff, M.D., M.B.A., 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.
Says Riff, “My experience as a physician and in leading consumer health initiatives has shown me the daily burden of living with diabetes, from monitoring food intake to testing glucose levels to actively seeking medical care, the challenges both on the physical and mental well-being of a person living with diabetes are incredibly difficult. We want to develop solutions that allow people living with diabetes to focus on the things they love and enjoy in life by providing tools to make dealing with their diabetes less burdensome.”
Initially, Onduo will focus on Type 2 diabetes, specifically on developing solutions that could help people make better decisions about their day to day health, ranging from improved medication management to improved habits and goals. Over time, the company plans to expand its focus to include the Type 1 diabetes, and eventually to people at risk of developing diabetes with the goal of helping them better prevent the onset of the disease.
Onduo is in discussion with patient advocacy groups such as Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) to provide input on future product designs. Dr Steven Edelman, founder and director of TCOYD adds, “With Onduo, Sanofi and Verily are bringing forward a platform that is novel and critical in diabetes management. Onduo is a company focused on the improvement of health outcomes through the marriage of technology and medicine. Its information-based solutions align well with TCOYD’s mission to empower people with diabetes and their loved ones to effectively and easily take control of diabetes. We welcome and support Onduo’s efforts and look forward to their progress.”
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