HEALTH, BIOTECH & PHARMA
Evry-Corbeil Life Sciences ClusterThe reference location within Paris Region
for decision-makers
Cost competitive
Specific R&D tax credit and Young Innovative
Company status
Lower property taxes than on national level
Competitive lease rates and land prices
Highly competitive CROs / clinical trial costs (20% to
30% lower than in UK or Germany)
Rich pool of talent
11,800 life sciences researchers including 4,400
in industry (65,000 staff involved in life sciences)
Access to 17 universities and 300 public and
private life sciences research laboratories within
commuting distance
Outstanding business services
High quality buildings and diversified real estate offer specific for each project
Biotech Business Park with facility management for medium projects (80,000m of floor space with a wide
variety of premises available from 300m to 4,000m)
Scientific and Technological Business Park for large
project 35 ha immediately available in a high-quality
environment
Industrial Business Park dedicated to complex
industrial projects (Essonne Nanopole) with access to
high volume utilities 14 ha
A business-friendly environment with constantly improving infrastructures, modern business parks
and real estate offer, world-class R&D life sciences, outstanding medical infrastructures and an extensive
presence of subcontractors and life sciences companies : 324 pharma, 360 medical devices, 300 biotech
and diagnostics companies
A great quality of life for your employees with attractive city-centers, large green areas, extensive
community life as well entertainment, shopping, leisure and culture.
The Evry-corbeil life sciences cluster is an economic
gateway to opportunity : join Sanofi-aventis, Sigma-
Aldrich, BASF, Bayer Schering Pharma, Mitsubishi,
Arianespace, CNES and many other companies !
Paris Region, first economic region
Ultra broadband network with extensive fiber service
Genocentre in Evry, a 700-seats conference center to support communication
between scientists : state-of-the-art technology, 14 hotels, catering services, etc.
First ranked in numbers of pharmaceutical companies, second in numbers of medical device companies and
third in numbers of biotech companies, including Europes largest hospital network (37 hospitals, 23,000 beds)
Rich pool of talent with access to 17 major universities spanning all disciplines, 173,000 people working in
R&D, 300 public and private research laboratories within commuting distance
Strong and diverse business center with 610,000 companies in the Paris Region, the second most popular
location for the worlds leading corporations (Fortune 500)
Specific access to tax credit: 30% R&D tax credit (50% the first year), Young Innovative Company status (8
years of corporate tax and social contributions exemptions for young start-up companies).
Sofred Consultants 114 avenue Charles de Gaulle 92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine www.sofred.fr
Nicolas Moreau
Tel: +33 (0)4 78 95 71 62
Mob: +33 (0)6 72 10 72 44
Mail: [email protected]
Testimonials
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Premium infrastructure for business
Extensive public transportation with 7 suburban
train stations (35 minutes from Paris)
Easy access to national and global markets
Minutes away from the fastest European rail
network (Brussels, London, Geneva )
4 major highways : A6, A104, A5, A86
10 minutes away from Orly airport
Only 55 km from Frances main airport CDG
A key European location
A specific access to a dynamic region in Europe
Enik Delzenne
Tel: +33(0)1 79 62 02 13
Mail: [email protected]
Genopole supported our access to markets through networking with companies from our industry as well as
flexible and effective advices for setting-up.
Christophe Valat - Serial Genetics
Sigma-Aldrich, a world leader in chemistry and Life Sciences, has opened a facility within Genopole in Evry
in 2006. It has become an European centre of excellence dedicated to the automated synthesis of
oligonucleotides, DNA, RNA and high value added probes for research.
The decisive factors for this localization was the strong development potential thanks to a rich biotech industry
and the direct proximity to public and private research labs.
Khalil Arar Sigma-Aldrich
between scientists : state-of-the-art technology, 14 hotels, catering services, etc.
Specialized local HR Center providing recruiting and training services and
facilities
The French Muscular Dystrophy Association and Genethon laboratories developing innovative
biotechnologies for orphan genetic diseases including neuromuscular diseases
I-Stem: The French Institute dedicated to research on stem cells and exploration of monogenic diseases
A state-of-the-art shared scientific facilities and equipments : animal facilities, technology platforms
including NMR, mass spectrometry, microscopy, imaging, cytometry, HTS, cell irradiator, mammalian &
plant transcriptomics platforms and access to business & scientific electronic libraries,
A rich and diversified real estate offering dedicated to life sciences : facilities from
Genopole: the french leading biopark dedicated to life sciences
20 academic laboratories
70 biotech companies
17 shared-use technology platforms and facilities
86, 472 m of real estate dedicated to life sciences
more than 2,000 direct jobs
Genopole offers personalised services and technical facilities to support
your development
Direct access to clinical research
In 2011, a new building dedicated to the South Ile-de-France Medical Center (CHSF) will be completed. This
will allow to bring together more than 1,000 licensed beds in a LEED building endowed with the latest
technological advances As part of the CHSF, Genopole Centre for Clinical &
Translational Research (CRCT) will offer a true interface between
fundamental research, clinical research and the business sector in
a 3,000 m dedicated building
Innovation dynamics fostered by new R&D labs
Genopole develops a large scale multidisciplinary cluster dedicated to life sciences and combines on a
single site academic research laboratories and innovative companies:
A biomanufacturing reference cluster
A cGMP Biomanufacturing Centre for clinical batches of recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies
is under EMEA final accreditation
A cGMP Biomanufacturing viral vector unit for clinical batches will be operational by 2011
A cGMP unit for the production of vaccine proteins in plant-based systems (2011)
A production centre of enzymes and biocatalysis for industrial use (2011)
A project of a cGMP integrated centre for filling, packaging and delivering products is under evaluation
I-Stem: The French Institute dedicated to research on stem cells and exploration of monogenic diseases
incorporated in 2005 by Inserm and AFM
The National Sequencing Center, the National Genotyping Center and the National DNA and Cell Banks
The Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology in collaboration with Genopole, the National Center for
Scientific Research and the University of Evry-Val-dEssonne (UEVE)
The UEVE Institute of Biology in collaboration with Genopole (2011)
The Army Biomedical Research Institute (2010-2012 Bretigny sur Orge)
A rich and diversified real estate offering dedicated to life sciences : facilities from
plugn play offices for entrepreneurs to customised tenant lab & office space, from 20 m wet lab &
office suites to 2,000 m and tailor-made platforms.
A business team dedicated to the development of SMEs or mature companies by providing customised
solutions according to the specific needs of your business:
Provide management services : accounting, human resources, legal, quality management, IT
maintenance,
Facilitate your access to private and public funding : national & European grants, business
angels, venture capital,
Give access to a highly qualified network of international consultants : legal, finance, business
and corporate development, strategy, regulatory affairs, sales & marketing,
Open an international network (USA, Canada, Japan, China, Israel)
The Evry-Corbeil life sciences cluster is part of a larger multidisciplinary
innovation network in Paris Region
Nano-Innov project: dedicated to nanotechnologies and nanomedicine
Biomaterial & regenerative medicine: convergence of stem cells, chemistry, imaging know-how and
biotechnologies
Telemedicine & e-Health: integration of technologies from different clusters such as OpticsValley, Cap
Digital, Medicen Paris Region, [email protected] and National Institute of Telecom, National Aerospace
Agency,
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