Developing a medtech company in Lyon’s healthcare ecosystem
An industrial network rich in medical device manufacturers and subcontractors to support your projects
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Why Lyon is a key medtech ecosystem in Europe?
Lyon offers medtech companies a supportive environment to develop innovative healthcare solutions. With research centers, hospitals, scientific talent, industrial expertise and innovation players, the city connects projects with the skills and partners needed to accelerate their growth in Europe.
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French manufacturing region for medical devices (24% of sites)
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French region for medtech subcontracting (25%)
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French region for medtech headquarters (18%, or 250 HQs)
Leading companies in the area
A world leader in in-vitro diagnostics, the group has its headquarters as well as several R&D and production sites in the Lyon region.
French headquarters of the multinational company specializing in medical technologies, offering solutions for orthopedics, spinal surgery, neurosurgery and other fields.
The world leader in medical devices, with three production sites in the Lyon region: implants for ventral hernias, spinal implants and surgical suture needles.
A leader in medical technologies with two sites in the Lyon region: Fresenius Medical Care SMAD (dialyzers) and Fresenius Kabi (injectables and parenteral technologies).
Specializing in medical equipment, the company designs and manufactures hemodialysis solutions at its Meyzieu site and operates one of its two French logistics platforms in Jonage.
A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson specializing in the manufacture of medical and surgical devices, the company has its French headquarters and its logistics platform in the Lyon region.
A subsidiary of the Innothera group, based in Saint-Étienne with a site in Trévoux, designing medical devices and compression solutions combining innovation, quality and expertise.
An international group specializing in orthopedics and medical textiles, it has four of its five long-standing French production sites in Saint-Étienne.
An international group specializing in medical compression, with its headquarters and main production site in the Saint-Étienne region, the world’s leading site for medical compression.
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Why medtech companies choose Lyon to grow in Europe?
Identify the best partners
Lyon and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, the leading French region for medical device subcontracting, offer a complete ecosystem of partners capable of supporting the design, manufacture and marketing of your medtech technologies. Here you will find experts in mechanical engineering, metallurgy, plastics, electronics, artificial intelligence and regulation, as well as a dynamic network of start-ups and innovative companies.
Operate laboratories of excellence
Lyon and Saint-Étienne are home to several internationally renowned laboratories dedicated to innovation in medical technologies. They include: Creatis (medical imaging), LabTau (therapeutic applications of ultrasound), INL (nanotechnology), and Institut Carnot Ingénerie@Lyon, consisting of Matteis (materials), Manutech USD (femtosecond lasers) and LAGEPP (automation, process engineering and pharmaceuticals).
Deploy your pilots and clinical trials
Clinical trials and technological pilots benefit from a cutting-edge environment, with the second largest university hospital in France, the Hospices Civils de Lyon, and one of the main European centers for the fight against cancer, the Centre Léon Bérard. Lyon is proving itself as a center of excellence where companies can test digital, robotics, imaging, 3D printing or biomanufacturing solutions in an advanced clinical setting.
Sites and partners supporting medtech companies from Lyon.
Lyon-Gerland Biodistrict
The center of biotechnology in Lyon, the Lyon-Gerland Biodistrict brings together 70 major players and 5,000 life science professionals, including 3,000 researchers. It is home to world leaders such as Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim and Viatris, innovative SMEs, research and university centers, cutting-edge infrastructure such as the P4 Laboratory, as well as two international institutions: the WHO Academy and IARC.
Purpose-built real estate
Bioparc
Lyon’s second-largest health intelligence hub, with 30,000 m² of labs and offices and around thirty biotech/medtech companies, in the heart of the eastern hospital district in the city’s eighth arrondissement: four HCL hospitals (Edouard Herriot, neurology, cardiology, pediatrics), the Léon Bérard cancer center, the Vinatier psychiatric hospital, the medicine and pharmacy faculties.
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Medtech in Europe requires companies to combine medical innovation, regulatory compliance and market access. In Lyon, the healthcare ecosystem brings together clinical research, biotechnology, medical technologies and specialized talent to accelerate projects. ONLYLYON Invest supports medtech companies by facilitating their business location and connecting them with the right healthcare, research and innovation partners.