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 (80,000m² of floor space with a wide

variety of premises available from 300m² to 4,000m²)

� 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 Europe’s 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 world’s 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: nicolas.moreau@sofred.fr

Testimonials

Please contact us to receive more information about this opportunity

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 France’s main airport CDG

A key European location

A specific access to a dynamic region in Europe

Enikö Delzenne

Tel: +33(0)1 79 62 02 13

Mail: eniko.delzenne@sofred.fr

“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 m² 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 m² 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-d’Essonne (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

“plug’n play” offices for entrepreneurs to customised tenant lab & office space, from 20 m² wet lab &

office suites to 2,000 m² 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, System@tic and National Institute of Telecom, National Aerospace

Agency, …

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