Why should you set up your business in Lyon?

Set up your life sciences company in Lyon in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

As a sector of excellence in the Lyon region, the field of life sciences brings together the application and development of scientific principles and cutting-edge technologies in the health sector. It covers a wide range of sectors including pharma biotech, medical technologies and dermocosmetics.

Lyon and its region are one of the most advanced pharmaceutical hubs in the world:

• Rhône-Alpes is the 1^st European region in terms of foreign direct investments, and 2^nd in the world
• The global market of life sciences represented 890 billion euros in 2015
• 4.1% annual global growth of the market between 2014 and 2020
• More than 300 companies in the leading sub-sectors of medical technologies in Lyon
• Largest vaccine company in the world (Sanofi Pasteur) and no. 1 in veterinary products (Mérial) and bacteriological diagnostics (bioMérieux)
• 9,000 researchers in the Rhône-Alpes region in life sciences
• 40 hospitals and 32,000 beds

Infrastructures in the health sector in Lyon

Lyon is one of France’s major players in the health sector

• Schools and higher education in health: 35 higher education establishments (9 universities, 650 centres, 13,3000 researchers, 25% in life sciences, 550 labs, 4 university health centres, 86 hospital establishments). 20% of R&D centres in France are in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
• Lyonbiopôle: global excellence cluster in the sectors of biotechnology such as immune-infectiology, vaccines, diagnosis, oncology and neurology
• Access to exceptional international installations: particle accelerators (CERN), ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), neutron beam (Institut Laue Langevin)
• Cluster i-Care which is aimed at all players belonging to the health technology value chain the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
• BIOASTER Technology Research Institute for research and development projects in the field of microbiology
• Lyon is France’s 2^nd largest employer in the life sciences sector, with almost 100,000 jobs in the healthcare sector in the region

Health and biotech companies set up in Lyon

Companies specialising in surgery, dialysis, diagnostics, medical imaging, medical textiles and eHealth are all present in Lyon. Amongst them are SMEs, start-ups and large groups like Becton Dickinson, bioMérieux, Depuy France, Edap TMS, Saphire medical, Floréane Medical Implants Group, Praxim, Micro Vitae, Boehringer Ingelheim.