Summary: 
    A small to medium French company is a leader in the connected drug delivery devices. The star device is a smart cap for disposable insulin pens which converts the conventional pen into a connected one. The company is looking for partners all over Europe, Latin America, United Sates, Asia Pacific region to work under distribution service agreement.
      Description: 
        This French company is based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in the center of the country. With an enriched and experienced R&D team and strong manufacturing capacity, the company has around 70 employees and is growing rapidly. The company is specialized in the development and manufacture of medical devices and innovative drug delivery solutions.
Over the years, the company innovated a connected product range to address the changing demands and unmet needs in the market. These devices are intended to help patients to better manage various chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma, or Rheumatoid  Arthritis,  by  providing  accurate  treatment delivery data.
The star product of the company is an add-on device developed to transform a conventional injection pen  into a connected one. It allows patients to automatically record treatment information (selected dose, date and time of  injection) and  real  time  data  is  sent  to a mobile application with the help of Bluetooth technology. It is currently the most robust and accurate connected solution for disposable insulin pen injectors and the only device in its category that has been classified as a class II-b CE medical device. The R&D team at the company has made tremendous efforts  to  reach  the highest level of accuracy for this device, given  the  importance  of  this  criteria  in  the field of diabetes.  
At present, the company has strong partnerships with major pharma companies as well as distributors in various countries for the star product and wants to expand this network. It looks for new partners under distribution service agreement. 
            Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought: 
    The company is looking for distributors in the mentioned regions and are ready to enter distribution agreement. The distributor should have strong hold in the country they are based in. Previous experience with connected medial devices/ diabetes medical devices is sought. the channels of their choosing, including, but not limited to: 
-	Hospitals and clinics
-	Pharmacies
-	Online Shopping malls 
-	Tenders
      Technical Specification or Expertise Sought: 
    The company is looking for distributors that have experience in most or of all of the following areas: 
-diabetes care
-medical device class IIb
-market authorization requests/regulatory aspects
-mobile application
      External code: 
    BOFR20210127002
      







