App for patients with Parkinson's wins Cannes Lions Pharma Grand Prix

“Scrolling Therapy” is the result of a partnership between Dentsu Creative and Eurofarma, with support from Associação Brasil Parkinson

Published in: June 19, 2023  and updated in: June 19, 2023
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NEW YORK, SÃO PAULO and BUENOS AIRES, June 19, 2023 – The “Scrolling Therapy” application, developed from the partnership between Dentsu Creative and Eurofarma, with the support of Associação Brasil Parkinson, has won a Grand Prix in the Pharma Category at The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2023. It is considered the largest honor awarded in this category, representing the pinnacle of creative excellence and innovation in advertising. The announcement was made on Monday, June 19, in Cannes, France. The creation and development of the application united efforts and collaboration between Dentsu Creative's teams in Argentina, Brazil and the USA, with specialists from Eurofarma and specialists from dentsu health.

The Pharma Lions celebrate creative communications for pharmaceutical clients and services with work that brings science and innovation to life. All work entered into Pharma Lions must be aimed at specific practitioners and patient groups in relation to the management of a disease or medical condition diagnosed and treated by a healthcare professional. Scrolling Therapy won in the category of Patient Engagement/User experience.

The new tool is an innovative application integrated with the social networks Facebook and Instagram, which using artificial intelligence, encourages patients to navigate through the feed using only facial expressions, such as smiles, mouth, nose, forehead and eyebrows movements, among others. The goal is to generate stimuli on the face and exercise the muscles, as a complementary tool to the clinical treatment. The idea is to turn a daily time drain of scrolling into valuable therapy.

It is available for free and globally on Google Play and Apple App Store, currently downloadable in three languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish. To download the app, click here to be directed to each online store.

About Eurofarma Group 

Founded in 1972, Eurofarma operates in the healthcare sector with the production and commercialization of products and services to improve people's quality of life. With a focus on shared value generation, it covers all major pharmaceutical segments, such as Prescription, Generics, OTC, Hospital, and Oncology. With broad coverage of therapeutic classes, the portfolio in the region comprises 2.8 thousand SKUs and serves 42 medical specialties.

Present in 22 countries, primarily in Latin America, Eurofarma also has operations in the USA and Africa. With more than 11 thousand employees, in 2022 it became a publicly traded company registered with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM). It reported R$ 8 billion in net revenue, a growth of 13.3% compared to the previous year, with R$ 2 billion in EBITDA, an evolution of 20%. In R&D, investments in the year totaled more than R$ 590 million, equivalent to 7.4% of net revenue.

About Dentsu Creative

A division of Dentsu Group, Dentsu Creative is a global creative network that transforms brands and businesses through the power of Modern Creativity. A Cannes Lions 2022 Agency of the Year recipient, the agency is made up of 9,000 experts across the globe who work seamlessly together to deliver ideas that create culture, shape society and invent the future. For more information visit www.dentsucreative.com

About Dentsu Health

A division of Dentsu Group, dentsu health is transforming the healthcare agency services model through a global teaming platform of 2,000+ experts. Across their agency brands and open ecosystem of external partners, they specialize in health, wellness, and pharmaceutical marketing. They create connections between healthcare brands and customers by leveraging the transformative power of modern creativity and best-in-class data-driven insights. For more information visit www.dentsuhealth.com

Eurofarma on social media

Facebook: @eurofarma | LinkedIn: @eurofarma

Instagram: @eurofarma | Youtube: @eurofarmalab

Eurofarma Press Contacts

G&A - Public Relations

Luciana Lima – 11 98596-9601 – luciana.lima@gaspar.com.br  

Guilherme Gaspar - 11 98285-6000 – guilherme@gaspar.com.br

Dentsu Creative on social media

Instagram: @dentsu.creative

Twitter: @DentsuCRTV

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Dentsu Press Contacts

Jess Zafarris, Brand Communications Director 

Jess.zafarris@dentsu.com 

Karina Okabatake, Director of Communications DC Brazil

Karina.okabatake@dentsu.com

11 3131-5050

Victoria Nicolini, Corporate Communications Coordinator, LATAM

Victoria.nicolini@dentsu.com

+5491130572102