Voluntis and AstraZeneca Win Prestigious Prix Galien MedStartUp Award for ‘Best Patient Engagement
Technologies’ for eCO
Regulatory News:
Voluntis (Euronext Paris, Ticker: VTX - ISIN: FR0004183960) (Paris:VTX), a company specialized in digital therapeutics, and
AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) announced that they have been awarded the 2018 Prix Galien – MedStartUp Award for Best Patient Engagement
Technology for eCO. The award recognizes outstanding partnerships between French and North American entities to improve health
care. It was presented at a ceremony in New York City on October 25, 2018.
Pierre Leurent, CEO of Voluntis: “We are honored to receive this prestigious award, which recognizes eCO as a
significant achievement in improving patients’ lives. It is also an acknowledgement of the strength of our partnership with
AstraZeneca and the National Cancer Institute. We have been delighted to work with them in developing eCO as we bring our
respective expertise and passion for patients. As they say at Prix Galien, ‘Actors win Oscars, innovators win the Prix
Galien.’”
eCO is a companion digital therapeutic developed by Voluntis, in partnership with AstraZeneca and the National Cancer Institute,
for women undergoing treatment for recurrent platinum-sensitive high-grade ovarian cancer in clinical trials of Cediranib plus
Olaparib. It aims to help these women manage symptoms sometimes associated with their treatment in collaboration with their care
teams via a patient app and clinician web portal. In a feasibility study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO®)
Clinical Cancer Informatics, patients had statistically significant, positive responses to the use of the eCO application. Patients
indicated that using eCO made them feel more involved in their care and better connected to their healthcare team.
About Voluntis
Voluntis creates digital therapeutics that empower people suffering from chronic conditions to self-manage their treatment every
day, thus improving real-world outcomes. Combining mobile and web apps, Voluntis’ solutions deliver personalized recommendations to
the patient and the care team that so that they can, for example, adjust treatment dosage, manage side effects or monitor symptoms.
These real-time recommendations are based on digitized clinical algorithms. Leveraging its Theraxium technology platform, Voluntis
has designed and operates multiple digital therapeutics. These include Insulia® and Diabeo® in diabetes as
well as eCO and ZEMY in oncology. Voluntis has long-standing partnerships with leading life science companies such as Roche,
AstraZeneca, Sanofi and Onduo. Based out of Boston and Paris, France, Voluntis is a founding member of the Digital Therapeutics
Alliance.
About AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation
of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of diseases in three therapy areas - Oncology, Cardiovascular, Renal &
Metabolism and Respiratory. The Company also is selectively active in the areas of autoimmunity, neuroscience and infection.
AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide.
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