Health & Biotechnology
We’re a major center of health expertise, with internationally recognized research teams and top-quality healthcare infrastructures. Some of the biggest names in the industry have discovered that Northern France is an ideal environment—and so will you.
NO. 3 HEALTH REGION IN FRANCE
KEY FIGURES
- Over 1,000 businesses and 31,000 jobs
- Over 2,200 researchers
- Over €8 billion in sales
- No. 1 region in France for technical textiles with health applications
- No. 2 region in France for medical and hospital equipment
- Major international groups:
Bayer Healthcare is headquartered here;
GSK Vaccines has a European manufacturing platform in Northern France;
Tate & Lyle has an innovation center here
TOP COMPANIES
- Pharma-Biotech : Genfit, EFS – Etablissement Français du Sang, LFB – Laboratoire Français du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies, Diagast, AlzProtect, IBD, InnoBioChips, Genoscreen, AstraZeneca, GSK Vaccines, Bayer Healthcare, DCI Pharma, Laboratoires Boiron - Dolisos, Delpharm, Rottendorf Pharma, Super Diet, unither pharmaceuticals, amphastar pharmaceuticals, Cyclopharma, Giphar, Merck, BioV, West, DSM Food Specialties, Lesaffre, Roquette Frères…
- Nutrition : Nestle Healthscience, Ajinomoto, Hyet Sweet, ...
- Fine chemicals and active principles : Calaire Chimie, Synthexim, Minakem, Scora, Evonik, Tioxide …
- Medical devices and equipment : Ontex, MacoPharma, Biolume, HMS, Mölnlycke HealthCare, Horiba, Medtronic, Sofrigam, Cousin Biotech, Intech Medical, Arthrex, SGD Pharmaceuticals, Biorad, anios, Perouse medical, Gosselin (Dow Corning), Symmetry medical, PGI …
- Cosmetics & parapharmaceuticals : Sarbec, LOreal, Alkos cosmétique, Givenchy, Channel, Clarins, ...
ELITE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT
FIELDS OF EXCELLENCE
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Metabolic disorders including diabetes and obesity
- Nutrition
- Neurodegenerative diseases
- Infectious diseases
- Chronic inflammatory intestinal disease
- Oncology
- Hematology
- And more
CLOSE-UP: NUTRITION-HEALTH-LONGEVITY COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTER
- Treatment and nutrition-based prevention of cardiovascular diseases, metabolic disorders and age-related illnesses
- Almost 90 members from the food, biotech and pharmaceutical industries, training institutes and R&D centers
- Over 207 projects sponsored
- €401 million in R&D spending
LEADING RESEARCH CENTERS
- Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Lille — University Hospital Center
- Institut Pasteur de Lille — Lille Pasteur Institute
- Institut de Biologie de Lille — Lille Biology Institute
- EGID — European Genomics Institute for Diabetes
- Centre Oscar Lambret Cancer Treatment Center
- Oncolille — SIRIC integrated cancer research unit
- Université du Droit et de la Santé de Lille — Lille Law and Healthcare University
- More than 20 units of National science research center CNRS and the national health and medical research institute
- UniLaSalle Beauvais — center for higher education in earth, life and environmental sciences
- And many more
EUROPE’S MOST CONCENTRATED UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CAMPUS
KEY FIGURES
- 7 hospitals
- Over 15,000 health professionals, including 3,200 doctors
- 4 universities/schools
- 3rd-ranked hospital center in France for clinical studies
- Access to technological platforms and clinical investigation centers
CLOSE-UP: EURASANTÉ BUSINESS PARK
- Business complex designed exclusively for companies in the health sector
- Buildings and lots suitable for businesses at any stage of growth, including a bio-business incubator, office space, laboratories and greenfield sites
- Over 170 businesses
LARGE LABOR POOL
- 15,000 students in life sciences
- 2nd-ranked medical school in France: 11,000 students, with 400 graduates annually
- 3rd-ranked pharmacy school in France: 1,700 students
- School of odontology
- School of engineering and business offering programs in management and engineering techniques: 80 graduates annually
- And more
Useful Links
Eurasanté – A center of excellence for the health sector
Pôle Nutrition Santé Longévité – A competitiveness cluster dedicated to health and nutrition
Business briefing - Life Sciences – the presentation we have made in Dublin last April, 15th during the seminar organised in collaboration with the Dublin Chamber and the Ireland France Chamber of Commerce
UniLaSalle Beauvais — engineering and agrifood
