World leading research to innovate the health sector

Cote d'Azur: a vibrant environment for science and industry

 

Lundbeck Executive Vice President, Supply Operations & Engineering, Lars Bang : "We are particularly pleased to establish a base in the Alpes-Maritimes and particularly within Sophia Antipolis, which has been a center for innovation for almost 40 years”. Read the full news

 

INDUSTRY LEADERS IN A PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT

 

The Côte d'Azur boasts international success stories in pharmaceuticals, medical instruments, imagery, biomedical technologies, veterinary medicine and agronomy. Today, it is home to innovative science clusters in ophthalmology, oncology and neurology.

The Côte d'Azur offers life sciences companies an unparalleled scientific and industrial setting. It is one of the few regions in the world with so much expertise in both the health sector and IT technologies.

 

With a wealth of talent in areas as diverse as the pharmaceutical industry, medical instruments, imaging, biomedical technologies, the veterinary industry and agronomics, companies find it easy to hire top engineers and researchers.

 

Some 2,000 researchers are based here at leading private and French state-run research institutes.

Investment in major projects

- The Nice Teaching Hospital is the largest hospital development project underway in France. The new facility will usher in a new generation of research and public health hospitals and will make space available to private research teams.
- The Head and Neck Cancer Institute is a leading center in head and neck oncology and surgery.
- The Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (IPCM) is adding a new pavilion for Neurology and Alzheimer's disease.
- The Claude Pompidou Foundation is building a pilot center for healthcare, research and prevention in Nice.

EUROBIOMED Biocluster

EUROBIOMED is one of France's 8 national competitiveness clusters in health and biotechnologies. It brings together key players in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Languedoc-Roussillon regions to work on 5 main themes:

- Fight infectious, tropical and emergent diseases
- Fight rare and orphan diseases
- Medical tequipments: Biomarkers, diagnosis in vitro
- Immunology and its therapeutic applications
- The neurological pathologies, ageing and disability

News

MEDIAN Technologies has signed a landmark contract with the top pharmaceutical company SANOFI

02/02/2012

The contract covers medical image interpretation and management in a new phase II study on small cells lung cancer

Grasse - CHEMINDESSENS: Art and technology helping Alzheimer's sufferers

01/02/2012

Founded in 2009, Chemindessens designs multimedia content using ICT in the field of healthcare and support

Talents: Launch of the 6th L'Oréal France - UNESCO National Fellowships

31/01/2012

Call for applications until 15th April. This year's fellowship organised with the support of the French National Commission for UNESCO & the Academy of Sciences

RESPIRE project: Developing a pulmonary drug delivery system

23/01/2012

TELEMAQ, the R&D company, under special contract for medical systems was selected by the ANR* to manage this project in 2008.

Guillaume DRIN awarded the CNRS Bronze Medal

17/01/2012

The biophysicist Guillaume DRIN is a member of the dynamics of lipid membranes and protein coats team at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

They chose the Côte d'Azur

"Sophia-Antipolis is a very attractive region for any semiconductor company, for several reasons. The first one is that in the technology park of Sophia-Antipolis there is a solid tradition of analog and digital design, which is due to the presence of other big companies working in the same or similar markets, like Texas Instruments, Intel, STM and others. The second reason is linked to presence in the technology park of the Polytech'Nice-Sophia and other important schools.

That will guarantee our future growth since the region will always offer both experienced design engineers and you talents to hire."

Interview with Paolo Cusinato, Design Director of MAXIM Sophia-Antipolis design center

Talents

"For me, Sophia Antipolis is unique in Europe because of its multicultural nature which is evident daily, but also the concentration of a multitude of companies from the computing world in a single location."

Interview with Davide NOARO, Computer Engineer, Ausy, Sophia Antipolis

Our Experts

Céline JACQUET

•Business Unit Manager

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Céline Jacquet is the Business Unit Manager for investments related to Health sciences, Environmental & green industries.
She joined Team Côte d'Azur in 2006 as international networks manager.
Prior to joining Team Côte d'Azur, Céline Jacquet worked 8 years as marketing and communication manager for Sandvik, the worlwide leader in the tungsten carbide cutting tools industry, with a 3-year experience in their subsidiary in South Africa.
Céline Jacquet graduated from Nantes University with a Master in International Business.

Key Facts & Figures

 

Annual turnover: 2.1 billion euros

Companies: 243

Jobs: 9,125

Fields of activity: Biotechnologies, Biomaterials, Chemistry, Cosmetology, Biomedical Engineering, Health Image and Software, Medical Instrumentation, Pharmaceutical & Veterinary Industrie, Pharmacology, Agronomy.

 

 

 

 

Leaders:  Arkopharma, Asepta, Bayer Cropsciences, CLL Pharma, Dow Agrosciences, Galderma, IRIS Pharma, Integra Neurosciences Implants, Laboratoires Boiron, Laboratoires Genévrier, Lundbeck/Elaiapharm, MXM, NicOx, Txcell, Virbac

Success Stories: Iris Pharma, Median Technologies, Neomah, Neurelec, Nicox, Quantificare, Senseor, Virbac, Theralpha, Txcell,  VenomeTech,...

Competitive Clusters : EUROBIOMED Biocluster

Who’s Who on the Côte d'Azur : Health and Life Sciences

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