Prince Louis de Polignac Prize
French Academy of Sciences · 1999
For our research into polymers.
Our history · Auvergne · Since 1994
A scientific ambition.
A family story.
Founded by Dr Ravi Shrivastava, Vitrobio is a French family laboratory driven by one ambition: developing medical devices to meet patients' needs.
An unexpected inspiration
What connects us to
a shoe?
Vegetable tanning uses tannin interactions to make leather more resistant. This expertise inspired our research into natural polymers and formulation stabilisation: an idea from another field became a research direction for our medical devices.
Understand our technology
From research to medical devices
Turning a scientific idea
into a practical solution.
Research into multi-target polymers is at the heart of Vitrobio's approach. It takes shape in medical devices for different indications.
Research, formulation, regulatory documentation and manufacturing: our laboratory brings these stages together to take an idea through to a finished product.
The dual-acting polymers can associate with glycerol while binding to targeted pro-inflammatory compounds: two functions combined within the same film.
International patents
From film-forming glycerol to dual-acting polymers, two milestones in our research.
Read the dual-acting polymer patent publication ↗Scientific publications
Research into formulations and their evaluation, complemented by product-specific clinical studies.
Key milestones
A story still being written.
Vitrobio founded
The beginning of our family laboratory's journey in Auvergne.
French Academy of Sciences Prize
Prince Louis de Polignac Prize for our polymer research.
European PAEXA Prize
Recognition for research into alternatives to animal testing.
Film-forming glycerol
International patent dedicated to film-forming glycerol.
First medical device
Aphtacare marks the transition from research to our first medical device.
Dual-acting polymers
Filing of the second generation of patents: dual-acting polymers.
MDR certification
Range certified under European Regulation (EU) 2017/745.
- Coming next
New premises in Issoire
Planned new factory and premises in Issoire (63500).
Scientific recognition
Award-winning research.
These awards highlight three dimensions of our work: polymers, alternatives to animal testing and migraine.
European PAEXA Prize
2001
For research into alternatives to animal testing.
Booster Prize
For our research into migraine.
French roots, international presence
From Auvergne
to more than twenty countries.
Vitrobio medical devices are marketed under our partners' brands, including UPSA, Sanofi and Urgo.
This private-label activity gives products from our French laboratory an international reach.
Discover our medical devices
A family journey
Two areas of expertise.
One shared commitment.
The founder's pharmacology expertise is complemented by the current president's neuroscience background. Ravi and Rémi Shrivastava embody Vitrobio's scientific and family continuity.
The founder
Dr Ravi Shrivastava
PhD in pharmacology · MBA
Founder of Vitrobio and its research into multi-target polymer technology.
The president
Dr Rémi Shrivastava
PhD in neuroscience · MBA
He continues to develop the laboratory, combining research with the regulatory requirements for medical devices.
Let's write the next chapter together