Rouen Innovation Santé – Services and Technology Hub

Health Innovation Hub in Rouen

“Rouen Innovation Santé” is a service and technology hub located in Rouen, Normandy.

Dedicated to innovation in the health, medtech and cosmetics sectors, the business park has become a truly innovative and high-performing health hub.

Accessibility of the business park

The “Rouen Innovation Santé” business park has fostered the emergence of an innovative ecosystem in the healthcare sectors at the heart of Rouen, in Normandy.

The Rouen healthcare hub is easily accessible:

• Close to the rapid public transport network (TEOR, buses)
• Directly linked to the A28 (Lille–Calais–Bayonne) and the A29 (Amiens–Reims)
• Quick access to the A13 (Paris–Caen)
• Rouen Vallée de Seine business airport 10 minutes away – serving the Lyon hub
• 1 hour from the major Parisian airports

Features of the business park

“Rouen Innovation Santé” aims to welcome and support innovative businesses in their establishment and/or development in Normandy.

The area’s healthcare ecosystem is driven by organisations and expertise focused on innovative healthcare (including Rouen University Hospital, the Becquerel Unicancer Centre, the CNRS and INSERM).

The business park, situated at the heart of a network of international players and global clusters within Cosmetic Valley and Pharmapole, benefits from well-structured R&D services and innovation support.

The high calibre of the workforce and the regional funding network are major assets for the success of businesses setting up here.

Commercial real estate and innovation support

The business park offers a range of property solutions tailored to businesses from start-up through to business development:

• Business incubator: Support for setting up innovative businesses
• Business nursery: Support for the development of innovative start-ups and young innovative businesses (< 2 years)
• Business centre: Support for business development and innovation ( over 2 years old)

Offices and laboratories are therefore available to rent at reduced rates to facilitate the start-up, growth or innovation of innovative businesses.

Industrial land is also available for purchase for established businesses wishing to set up a long-term presence in Normandy.

In addition to these property and financial incentives for innovation, the business park features a 3,000 m² training centre designed to maintain and/or develop skills and expertise in the healthcare sector.