MOVING HEALTH FORWARD THROUGH MICROBIOTA
The Microbiota, a major health topic yet to be fully explored and considered
The role played by the microbiota in human health has been of growing interest for the last decade. Ground-breaking research about this topic is booming. It has led to a better understanding of how over a trillion microorganisms, which live in our gut (bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi), interact with the digestive system and form a complex ecosystem that plays a fundamental role in human health and diseases.
However, there remains a lot to be explored.
Biocodex Microbiota Foundation for sciences advance and better care of human microbiota
As a world-renowned leader in microbiota research and a pioneer in probiotic treatments, Biocodex launched in 2017 a Foundation dedicated to enhancing scientific knowledge about the human microbiota, improving our understanding of microbiota, disseminating this knowledge as widely as possible and eventually, contributing to improving human health.
Each year, the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation awards annual grants to innovative scientific research projects that explore the role of microbiota and, in particular, the impact of its imbalance on the occurrence or evolution of various pathologies. To do so, the Foundation gathers both international and national boards of independent experts who select the most innovative fundamental or applied research projects to be awarded grants.
In 2021, Biocodex Microbiota Foundation launched Henri Boulard Award
To foster its commitment to improving global health, the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation launches in 2021 the Henri Boulard Award.
Henri Boulard is the famous French microbiologist who discovered the yeast Saccharomyces boulardii in the 1920s in Indochina and its virtues against diarrhoea. The Henri Boulard Award honors this memory, and it is dedicated to improving the management of disorders associated with microbiota.
This award supports projects initiated at a local level through education, new infrastructure, awareness campaigns, farming projects, etc. From water purification projects to health education programs, the project has to address a local unmet medical need in the country and improve a population’s health.
About Biocodex
Founded in France in 1953, Biocodex is an independent multinational pharmaceutical company that studied and demonstrated the beneficial effects of a probiotic yeast, Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745® in the field of gastroenterology.
For more information, please visit https://www.biocodex.fr/
Our values
Independence
To enable the Foundation to effectively fulfill its role and responsibilities, Biocodex and Biocodex Microbiota Foundation are two separate and legally unrelated entities whose operations are completely independent.
Trust
Trust in the scientific community, which guarantees that Biocodex Microbiota Foundation’s ambition is built exclusively on the authority of knowledge.
International
The projects we support aim at moving health forward for everyone, everywhere.
Long-term vision
The Foundation has a long-term vision, investing in the abilities and potential of scientific people to improve human health.