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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 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 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…

France Christophe Cizeron, president of Lyonbiopole, discusses the important economic and industrial position of the research cluster in the Rhone-Alps Region as well as the challenges posed by domestic and international competition.   Between 2007-2016, the number of biotech companies doubled in the Lyon region and there was a sharp increase…

Pharma Lyonbiopole was established in 2005 as a cluster designed to support the local business community focused on infectious diseases and microbiology. Philippe Archinard, the Biopole’s president, traces the evolution of the cluster over the last decade while underscoring the critical importance of transparency and collaboration between government, industry and academia.…

Lyonbiopôle As a majority of our readers are American that may be used to a different model of clusters can you explain the unique characteristics of the pôles de compétitivité?  The biggest differentiating point is that the clusters have been founded on government initiative to create competitive zones across multiple industries.…