Health

800 years ahead of its time, the future of medicine was invented in Montpellier
Rich history in health

The Montpellier area is rich with research, innovation, and powerful entrepreneurial momentum, historically rooted in health and now focusing on the medicine of tomorrow, notably with the new Faculty of Medicine inaugurated in 2017.
 
The area features a major university hospital, large companies (Bausch+Lomb, HORIBA Médical, Sanofi), innovative SMEs and VSEs, high-level research centers, and the Eurobiomed competitiveness cluster (France’s leading health network and Europe’s leading medical diagnostics network).
 
Strong points for the territory also include medical diagnostics, e-health, cancer research and treatment, genetics, regenerative medicine, innovative therapies, the silver economy, and research on rare diseases.

32,000
students in health, science, and technology with 8,000 in health
5th
leading French university for life sciences and medicine in the QS World University Ranking (2021)
6th
largest university hospital in France Le Point ranking, 2021
1 of France’s 8 SIRIC sites
mobilizing 500 researchers and clinical practitioners Integrated Cancer Research Site, led by Montpellier Cancer Institute
+ 200 companies
representing 7,500 jobs
1/3
of the startups assisted by Montpellier BIC are involved with health
Eurobiomed competitiveness cluster

Eurobiomed is southern France’s competitiveness cluster dedicated to #Healthtech.
 

Mainly focusing on topics related to pharmaceutical drugs, diagnostics, medical equipment, and e-health, the Eurobiomed health competitiveness cluster (covering France’s Occitanie and PACA regions) coordinates events, thematic meetings, shared tools, and dedicated services. Established in 2009 by a wide range of stakeholders in the healthcare sector in the Southern Provence-Alps-Côte d’Azur and Occitanie regions, Eurobiomed federates an ecosystem of more than 400 industry players, major groups, small and medium-sized businesses, startups, research laboratories, and universities that work together to develop and market innovative products and services to generate growth and jobs in promising markets.
 
Eurobiomed is France’s leading health network and Europe’s top medical diagnostics network.
 
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