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4 reasons to choose Alsace!

Alsace is teeming with advantages for all actors in the health and life sciences who are looking to locate and develop in Europe. The region offers an unbeatable combination of location, scientific talents and some of Europe's most attractive fiscal advantages. Discover Alsace!

ADVANTAGE # 1
Some of Europe's most attractive funding and fiscal advantages

Alsace and France offer a privileged setting to develop any R&D project or set up business at low cost. Companies can benefit from advantages such as:

 

• Highly attractive tax credits for research projects with the possibility of
  reducing  R&D costs up to 40% the first year
  
  
• Up to 60% public funding for public-private R&D partnerships
  
  

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2011 data: subject to legislative changes l non contractual data

 

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ADVANTAGE # 2
In Alsace you'll find one of Europe's highest concentrations of labs and researchers,
meaning your future partners and clients are all within reach

Discover Alsace's excellence in research Discover Alsace's excellence in training Discover the big pharma & start'up companies already located in Alsace Discover Alsace's world-class scientific equipments Medtech in Alsace: Focus Alsace: Excellence in images

Located at the crossroads of France, Germany and Switzerland, Alsace is at the heart of Europe
and the golden triangle of scientific and medical research. That represents:

•  a cosmpolitan workforce of 50,000 qualified employees
  

• 15,000 scientists
  

• 100,000 students
  

• 600 pharmaceutical and medtech companies representing all the links in the development chain for medicines and medical devices
  

• 10 universities and academic research institutes
  

• 30 technological platforms serving the scientific community
  

• 2 European reference points for medical research:
  -  European Pharmacopoeia (http://www.edqm.eu)
  - The European Science Foundation (http://www.esf.org/)
  

 

A potential 300 million customers within a 500 mile radius!

 

Europe is the world's second market for medicines and medical devices France + Germany + Switzerland = 2nd GDP per capita in the world France ranks 3rd worldwide in hourly productivity behind only Norway and the USA. The country is 1st among European countries in terms of global costs for setting up a business. (source : Alsace International)   The Alsace region : ranks 2nd in France for state investment awarded to outstanding scientific innovation offers world-class and internationally recognized research equipment, one of the largest health sciences campuses, and one of the most modern hospitals in France, in addition to unmatched scientific platforms. is France's third most cosmopolitan region (source : Alsace International) ranks 22nd out of 254 regions in the European Union for natural population growth enjoys  the highest employment rate for under-25's in France is France's second most industrialized region, specialized in high-tech sectors is France's second most industrialized region, specialized in high-tech sectors

 

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ADVANTAGE # 3
Alsace, France's Number 1 Health Sciences Campus (outside the greater Paris region)

In 2010, the French government launched a public investment programme with a call for projects to benefit excellence in innovation. Each region in France had the opportunity to win major funding for their most outstanding scientific R&D. The winning projects were selected by a jury of international experts, and Alsace emerged as the big winner in the Healthcare & Research sector.

 

 What does it mean for you?

 

• Locate in Alsace or develop your R&D projects with local actors and you can benefit indirectly from major funding awarded to the region (nearly 2 billion euros).
  
  
• Take advantage of the great scientific infrastructures to be built in Alsace with funding from the excellence in innovation investment programme:

A world-class hospital research institute, dedicated to image-guided minimally-invasive  surgery
Europe's only "factory-classroom" for training in cleanroom techniques and procedures
A multidisciplinary academic centre dedicated to outstanding higher education and internationally ranked research on par with the world's greatest universities.
An accelerated technology transfer organization dedicated to optimizing France's public research development infrastructure
Unprecedented funding for many of Alsace's internationally recognized research laboratories
A variety of excellent scientific structures and equipment.
Internationally competitive research-support networks for the biology and healthcare sectors

 

 

ADVANTAGE # 4 
A health & life sciences cluster to facilitate developping or locating your project in Alsace

 

 

Alsace BioValley is your one-stop contact for all aspects of project development and locating in Alsace.

 

A French cluster dedicated to the health and life sciences, Alsace BioValley brings together all the sector's regional players  - companies, laboratories, hospitals and universities -. With support from a network of local economic development partners (Alsace International, Adira, Cahr), the Alsace BioValley cluster can:

 

• advise you on your strategic options
• help in your location search
• advise you on public funding programs
• organize a “look & see” trip
• introduce you to strategic regional partners
• accompany your expats to make their move easier

 

 

Our multilingual project managers offer the first-rate expertise of a PhD as well as hands on help with:

 

• creating your project or relocating your company: learn more
• optimizing your R&D costs: learn more
• finding a parnter and/or technology: learn more
  

 

 

 

Alsace BioValley also coordinates the tri-national BioValley covering Alsace (France), the counties of Basel and Jura (Switzerland), and southern Bade-Wurtemberg (Germany). Let us show your company the way to Switzerland and Germany.

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