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Health & Life Sciences
The Côte d’Azur boasts international success stories in pharmaceuticals, medical instruments, imagery, biomedical technologies, veterinary medicine and agronomy... -
Health & Life Sciences: Leaders and innovative SMEs
Arkopharma, CLL Pharma, Elaiapharm, Ermoptics, Galderma, Immunosearch, IRIS Pharma, Integra Neurosciences, Laboratoires Genévrier, Median Technologies, Neurelec, NicOx, Quantificare, Senseor, Skinethic, Txcell, Virbac,... -
OTOlogics, a unique expertise in Europe
American implant specialist sets up its R&D center on the Côte d’Azur to develop a cutting edge implantable solution for the hearing impaired...
- Areas of Excellence
- Information Technology (ICT)
- Environmental Sciences
- Aeronautics & Space
- Health and Life Sciences
- Fragrances
- Services and Corporate Functions
- Call Centers
- Tourism
- Clean Technologies
- ITER
- Competitive Clusters
World leading research to innovate the health sector
Cote d’Azur: a vibrant environment for science and industry
OTOLOGICS
US firm OTOlogics is banking on the Côte d’Azur for the European deployment of the first fully implantable hearing device. Its Sophia Antipolis R&D center is expected to create some twenty jobs over the next
three years."The Côte d’Azur is undoubtedly the most attractive inward investment destination in France. The factors that carried the most weight with OTOlogics when reaching its decision were the proximity to an inexhaustible pool of competencies, and the presence of two major competitive clusters. It is no accident that so many active implant manufacturers, like Austria's Med-El, have been relocating here for years."
Laurent Badih, CEO, OTOlogics France
www.otologics.com
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
Côte d'Azur: VIRBAC enters into an alliance in food-producing animals vaccines
08/03/2010
Virbac has entered into a strategic alliance in food-producing animals vaccines by taking a 30% shareholding in the Uruguayan laboratory Santa Elena
Sophia Antipolis: Nicox and Bausch + Lomb announce Worldwide Licensing Agreement
08/03/2010
The licensing agreement which grants Bausch + Lomb exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize NCX 116
INRA is recruiting 220 executives, engineers and technicians in France
24/02/2010
The PACA Region centers (Sophia Antipolis, Avignon) participate to this recruitment campaign
Eurobiomed: Strengthening the international strategy for the region Health Cluster
24/02/2010
Eurobiomed signs a strategic agreement with FABA and opens a representative office in India.
Sophia Antipolis: MEDIAN Technologies innovates in the field of imaging related to cancer treatment
11/02/2010
OSEO supports the Lesio innovative project, developed by MEDIAN Technologies to accelerate its development and launch onto the market
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TEAM EXPERT
Business Unit Manager
- Your Contact: Céline JACQUET
- Phone : + 33 (0)4 92 17 51 56
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Bio
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.
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Key Facts & Figures
Annual turnover: 2.2 billion euros
Companies: 246
Jobs: 9,460
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, Elaiapharm, Galderma, IRIS Pharma, Integra Neurosciences Implants, Laboratoires Boiron, Laboratoires Genévrier, MXM, NicOx, Skinethic, Stryker, Txcell, Virbac
Success Stories: Iris Pharma, Median Technologies, Neurelec, Nicox, Quantificare, Senseor, Virbac, Txcell
Competitive Clusters : EUROBIOMED Biocluster
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