Specialized medtech structures to accommodate your activities!
Alsace offers a unique environment with state-of-the-art infrastructures adapted to all sectors of medical technology.
A campus 100% dedicated to medical technologies
The city of Strasbourg, in cooperation with the Alsace BioValley competitiveness cluster, IRCAD (Research Institute Against Digestive Cancer), the University of Strasbourg, and the Strasbourg University Hospitals, is coordinating the creation of a campus entirely dedicated to medical technologies.
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A University-Hospital Institute (UHI) at the heart of the campus
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This instiute will become a world-renowned site for minimally-invasive surgery guided by medical imaging. Headed by IRCAD in partnership with the University and Hospitals of Strasbourg and backed by major industrial partners, its mission will be to offer optimal quality care to patients, to develop innovative new devices, and to train surgeons in new MIS techniques. It will be the Medical Technologies Campus flagship and will open in 2013. |
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Technological support platforms
In addition to the UHI, the campus will include technological platforms dedicated to prototyping and pre-industrial phases for medtech innovations. With a particular focus on implants, biomaterials, and small implant devices, these platforms will make it possible for academic and industrial researchers to quickly develop prototypes in order to optimize R&D and bring benefits to patients in less time. Support services related to process regulations and EU labelling for products in development will also be available.
Medtech accomodations
The Medtech Campus will offer conveniently located, fully equipped accommodations for all potential medtech activities.
1. The Technopark
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With room for 35 businesses, the Technopark will house companies specializing in medical devices and instruments.
Adapted reception facilities Access to technical platforms (prototyping, characterization, cleanroom) Development-enabling services for on-site companies: consulting in EU regulations, communications, etc.
2. The Haras Biocluster
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As a complement the Technopark, the site of Strasbourg's historic stud farm is being transformed into a Medtech business incubator.
Capacity: 17 projects HD connections with IRCAD and the nearby New Civil Hospital An on-site restaurant and hotel will offer all necessary services to
IRCAD partners, fostering contacts and exchange in a hospitable
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The Strasbourg Europe Innovation Park
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Located just a few miles outside of downtown Strasbourg, the park is home to numerous innovative companies, many in the pharmaceutical sector. The site offers unique opportunities for medtech companies looking to:
- develop a production site
- collaborate on technological pharmaceutical interface projects
Benefit from a strategic location that is ideally located!
- Near all of Europe's major cities thanks to high-speed railways (TGV Eastern Europe)
- Just minutes outside of Strasbourg and close to Europe's main markets and business centers. The capital of Alsace, Strasbourg is ranked 2nd of 100 French cities for entrepreneurs (ranking established by Coface®/ L’Entreprise magazine) and 2nd in the SR ranking (Ernst & Young)
- In a first-class economy conctrating 70% of the EU's purchasing power and 50% of industrial and tertiary jobs within a 300-mile radius around Strasbourg.
Be on the cutting edge while efficiently developping your medtech business !
- optimal facilities and accomodiations, as well as customized consulting and training services
- advantageous fiscal programs through R&D research credits
- competitive partnerships with some of the world's best university and research centres
- a simplified hiring process with numerous on-site resources
- fully-serviced sites (5000 ft² to 10 hectares) ready for occupation
Technopole Mulhouse
Located at the crossroads of France, Germany and Switzerland, the Technopole Mulhouse is an innovation business park specifically designed for the medical technologies sector. The site offers laboratories, technical production and storage sites, specialized office space and fully-serviced lots perfectly adapated to medtech companies looking to develop their production, R&D, or distribution here.
- The Technopole Mulhouse houses a number of innovative companies working in the health/life sciences, communications & information technology, and "greentech" sectors.
- Its business incubator offers young innovative companies such as CellProthera the advantage of close proximity to big medtech names such as FH Orthopaedics and Advanced Bionics.
- At theTechnopole Mulhouse, companies can benefit from favorable fiscal programmes including R&D tax credits or funding for innovation.
Exceptional accessibility
- The Technopole Mulhouse is located near the the University of Haute-Alsace faculties of Science and Engineering, the Materials Institute Carnot, the CNRS (National Scientific Research Council), the technological laboratory CRITT Cetim Cermat and the incubator SEMIA.
- The International EuroAirport is only 25 minutes away and offers daily flights to Europe's economic capitals. International freight companies specialized in worldwide shipping of medtech and pharma products operate out of the EuroAirport.
- The Technopole is just 20 minutes from the Mulhouse train station offering high-speed service to 36 destinations such as Paris, Zurich, Lyons, Marseilles, Montpellier...
- Excellent access to motorways towards Germany, Switzerland and the rest of France.
At the heart of one of the most important Health Sciences bio-clusters
Medtech actors who locate in the Technopole Mulhouse have easy access to:
- A highly qualified, international hiring pool (scientists, managers, techincians)
- A densely populated business landscape featuring a variety of medtech companies from big players to start-ups
- Industrial partners offering a full range of medtech/life sciences know-how and expertise.
- A network of investment institions, venture capitalists, business angels and private investors, as well as a variety of consulting services in fields such as IP and tax law.
Quality of life at work
- The Technopole Mulhouse takes the cocept of quality of life to work! Landscaped spaces, efficient public transportation to the city centre and train station, restaurants, hotels all make this an exceptional environment for doing business.
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Contact : 
Julie Freydière, MD, Medtech Business Consultant
techmed.alsace@alsace-biovalley.com
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