Sleep Products and Technologies

Background
What we're looking for
What we can offer you
Who we are
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Background

We are interested in opportunities (i.e. products and technologies) that complement our Sleep portfolio (ZzzQuil and PURE Zzzs) and are capable of delivering any or all of the following benefits:

• Providing new, or augmenting already established health claims • Increasing consumer satisfaction • Enhancing consumer compliance • Enabling greater convenience

What we're looking for

Areas of INTEREST are: o Technology Delivery methods (e.g. targeted, faster, delayed, etc.) o Devices and Apps that enable good sleep health o Products with claimable health benefits o New and novel product forms o New packaging (e.g., portable, convenient, etc.)

Our must-have requirements are:

Opportunities MUST have (where applicable): o Human clinical data o Human safety data, New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) designation, or GRAS status o Stability data o Freedom to market

What's out of scope:

• Opportunities that require extensive technical or clinical development • Opportunities with unknown regulatory path • Opportunities that require significant investment to complete their development

Acceptable technology readiness levels (TRL):

Levels 6-9

What we can offer you

Eligible partnership models:

LicensingFee-for-serviceSupply/purchaseCo-developmentPilot or trial engagementEquity investment

Benefits:

Expertise

Partners will have access to industry experts in clinical development, execution, and data analysis; regulatory submission expertise.

Who we are

At P&G, innovation is what we do best. We love finding solutions to problems. With the heart of a start-up and the resources of a global corporation, we are always looking for ways to reinvent every aspect of our business. As we innovate, we find inspiration in people - their needs, values, desires, and passions. The people of P&G R&D know that collaboration is key to unlocking visionary thinking. Our experts seamlessly work together with our external partners in the pursuit of the new, the next, the impossible. Read more here: https://www.pgconnectdevelop.com/

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Reviewers

Allison Walsh

Communications Specialist

Pete Ellingson

Director / Open Innovation

Matt Wagner

Director, New Technology & Product Development

Guhan Balan

Manager C+D, North America Personal Healthcare

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