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France Complementing the Lyon region’s strong industrial footprint is a dense network of hospital facilities, only bettered by Paris on the national level. Across 13 hospitals in the Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL) network, the region hosts 12 percent of all hospital beds in France and makes a core contribution to…

France The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with Lyon at its heart, is France’s industrial heartland. Hosting over 500,000 manufacturing and manufacturing-related jobs, AURA is also the nation’s top destination the production of biologics, vaccines, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and medtech. It offers potential investors a fully integrated value chain from early-stage R&D through…

France European biotech’s recent struggles are well documented. Deep-pocketed investors with sufficient risk tolerance to fund potentially breakout companies are thin on the ground, and Europe is losing touch with both the US and China every year; recent data from ING shows that the percentage of global new drug approvals originating…

France Lyon’s leading biotechs have caught the eye of global pharma in recent years, with two major acquisitions attesting to the quality and sophistication of the ecosystem and laying a path for others to follow.   Amolyt Pharma When AstraZeneca’s rare diseases arm Alexion acquired Lyon-based Amolyt Pharma in a deal…

France Lyon – recently announced as the host of BIO-Europe Spring 2027 – has long played a vital role in global health and, in 2026, it stands as one of Europe’s most investable life sciences hubs. While less well-known internationally than Basel, Barcelona, London, or Paris, Lyon stands out from the…

France In recent times, French pharma industry associations have been arguing vociferously about the need to proactively ‘re-industrialise’ French pharma to counter the distortionary impact of protectionist policies and massive state subsidies in rival markets.   “France’s industrial fabric risks being systematically hollowed out if we don’t act fast to mitigate…

France France’s historical contribution to medical research is almost unparalleled globally, with 13 winners of the annual Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, and even more for Chemistry. Most famously, Louis Pasteur’s work on germ theory and pasteurisation in the 19th century laid the groundwork for much of what we know…

France As global vaccine development grows more complex and capital more selective, Valneva is sharpening its identity and returning decisively to its roots. The company’s decision to close its Nantes site and re-centralise French operations in Lyon is more than operational streamlining; it signals a strategic recommitment to one of Europe’s…

France As metabolic liver disease rises rapidly up the global health agenda, Professor Cyrielle Caussy stands at the intersection of clinical care, translational research, and therapeutic innovation. A Professor of Nutrition at Lyon 1 University and endocrinologist-diabetologist at Hospices Civils de Lyon, Caussy is a leading voice in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic…

France Stéphane Legastelois has spent 35 years bridging science and business. After founding Indicia, he transitioned to healthcare investing, backing 30 early-stage companies, mainly in Lyon, and now heads up 33 Californie, a boutique investment firm which combines capital with strategic guidance, de-risking start-ups before Series A financing. As he explains,…

France Raymond Le Moign leads one of Europe’s largest university hospital centres at a moment when healthcare systems are being forced to rethink how they organise care, innovation, and accountability. Drawing on experience that spans national health policy, oncology, regulation, and frontline hospital leadership, he lays out a long-term vision that…

France Erick Lelouche has served as President of Lyonbiopôle since February 2025, bringing more than 35  years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry across Pfizer and Boehringer Ingelheim, spanning human and animal health in France, Germany, and the US. Together with General Manager Teddy Breyton, whose background lies in regional economic…