The document promotes the Alsace region of France as an ideal location for boosting bio-businesses. It highlights the region's talent pool of over 50,000 life sciences professionals, world-class research, access to funding, and supportive business environment including technology transfer agencies and incubators. The Alsace BioValley cluster offers free services to support companies, including matching with partners, advising on business establishment, and providing a dedicated business advisor.

1. Howtoboost
yourbio-business!
Therapeutic Innovations

2. Therapeutic
innovations
& Bio-business
G E R M AN Y
SWITZERLAND
Freiburg im Breisgau
Offenburg
Karlsruhe
Basel
LörrachMulhouse
Colmar
Strasbourg
Zürich
When science
drives business…
Technology transfer agencies
Bio-incubators and labs infrastructures
Scientific platforms providing state-of-the-art scientific
services to the industry and to academics
(screening, ADME, spectroscopy, NMR, phenotyping,
clinical research…)
World-class public research
Easy access to capital: business angels, ventures, capital development
40% of the biggest Pharma in the world
are located in the trinational area
France, Germany and Switzerland rank
among the top 4 for the production
of medication
FRANCE
Upper Rhine regional data
A talent pool of 50,000 people
working in life sciences
15,000 scientists
100,000 students
600 life sciences companies:
350 “Pharma/Biotech“
250 “Medical Devices”
10 universities and university institutes
dedicated to life sciences
30 qualified technology platforms
for scientific services
11 life sciences parks
ThinkEurope,
ThinkAlsace!
welcome to the Alsace region In the heart of
Europe! a trinational environment with
a unique concentration of services businesses
dedicated to life sciences will maximize your
growth.

3. Alsace
The right place
in europe to boost
your bio-business!
1 RD project financial engineering
2 Business opportunities
3 Partners/Technologies/Patents
identification and matchmaking
4 Advice on business establishment
5 Easy access to a network of partners,
scientific experts qualified service
providers
6 Scientific and market information
Alsace BioValley
is the coordinator of BioValley,
one of the largest life science
clusters in Europe, covering
France, Germany and Switzerland
www.biovalley.com
Alsace BioValley
is one of the three French
worldwide competitiveness cluster
officially acknowledged by the
French government with the label
«Healthcare»
Alsace BioValley Cluster
Free dedicated
services to make your
business easier !
Thanks to a network
of 11 regional economical
partners, Alsace BioValley
cluster offers a wide range
of free services to support
all development phases
of your projects:
www.alsace-biovalley.com
Free!
A business advisor
100% dedicated to your company
Within the Alsace BioValley cluster, you will be in
contact with a dedicated scientific/business advisor.
He/She will advise you and follow your development
project through all phases, free of charge. He/She will
also be your key contact when dealing with the other
11 partners of the cluster. Speed and simplicity are our
objectives!
France ranks 1st in Europe
and 5th in the world as
the most economically
attractive country
In France, the time necessary
to set up a company is among
the shortest in the world
Data: KPMG / Invest in France Agency
Bonus!
An exceptional quality of life:
multilingual educational structures, efficient organizations
welcoming new-comers, multimodal accessibility
(international airports, high-speed train lines, the Rhine
River, 1st commercial inland waterway in Europe),
multicultural traditions, outdoor activities…
SAVE MONEY!
Your business can claim back up to 50%
of its RD expenditures as tax credit
Up to 60% of RD cooperation projects
may be funded with public aid
SAVE TIME!
Take advantage of the Alsace BioValley cluster
experts! Free high-quality advice to help
build and fund your RD projects, speeding up
your business development or establishing your
subsidiary
EXPANDFASTER!
In Alsace, all life science players are located
within one compact area. All the partners you
need are within a short driving distance (90 ’)
Alsace, an open window to the European
market which represents 30% of the world
pharmaceutical market
The Alsace BioValley cluster
brings together, in Alsace,
all life sciences healthcare
players (companies, research
centres, training organisations
and universities)

4. Contact
www.alsace-biovalley.com
international@alsace-biovalley.com
+33 (0)3 90 40 30 00
Parc d’Innovation
9, bld Gonthier d’Andernach
F-67400 ILLKIRCH
With the support of
sept09•www.insecable.com
Economic
Development Agency
of the Alsace Region
Innovative
enterprise
incubator
Technology
industries and business
incubator nurturing
innovating start-ups
Promotion
of innovation
in Alsace
Operation
and coordination
of Cluster activities
Economic
development
agency
«Bas-Rhin» district
Economic
development
agency «Haut Rhin»
district
11 complementary partners
serving the development
of the Life-Healthcare
sector in Alsace
INCUBATEUR D'ALSACE
Technology transfer
and innovation
European Community
Business and Innovation
Center
Chamber of Commerce
and Industry
High tech
and RD dedicaded
Technopark