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Rhône-Alpes Region
Rhône-Alpes represents the second economic region of France by the size of its population and the highly concentrated industrial activities.
 | 20% of French potential, 5% of European potential
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| 100,000 professionals and 600 companies, divided into 4 markets: biotechnology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, services
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| 29,000 employees in 650 academic labs
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| 220,000 students, 9 universities and 30 higher education schools
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| 25% in biosciences-healthcare
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One of the principal characteristics of the Rhône-Alpes biocluster is its renowned scientific excellence, focusing on three major areas:
| infectious diseases
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| oncology
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| neuroscience
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This biocluster incorporates technological tools and facilities of international class : International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), European Molecular Biology Lab (EMBL), World Health Organisation (WHO) ...
Rhône-Alpes proposes many leading centers for ""high scale facilities" with a biotech focus : Synchrotron (ESRF), neutron beam (ILL), bio-safety P4 Lab, particle accelerators (CERN), biomedical cyclotron (CERMEP)...
The structuration of Competitiveness clusters in 2005 participate to the excellence of Rhône-Alpes in different innovative fields :
| Others competitiveness clusters : Plastipolis, Techtera, ...
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