The Auvergne-Rhône Alpes region has the second highest number of healthcare technology sector companies in France. Within this region, the Grenoble Alpes ecosystem has a major, recognised impact in particular through the presence of almost 200 companies including 9 world leaders in the sector (Becton Dickinson, Roche Diagnostics France, Medtronic, BioMérieux, Johnson&Johnson, GE Healthcare, Fresenius Kabi, Stryker and Trixell) and more than 80 startups.
This rich manufacturing base is supplemented by world-renowned research centres which make Grenoble Alpes a centre of excellence in science and technology.
Today in Isère, healthcare technology development provides 36,700 jobs including more than 8,600 manufacturing jobs and 2,300 jobs in public research.
Advanced
Technologies
Grenoble Alpes is at the forefront of numerous applied healthcare technologies such as surgical robotics, imaging, sensors and biochips, implants and prostheses, e-health, biotechnologies...
In an ecosystem that facilitates close links between research, industry and the clinical world, these advanced technologies are applied to meet the needs of the patient care pathway: preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic medicine and remote monitoring of patients.
“The Grenoble Alpes region has unique assets in the field of healthcare technologies.”
Biotech and pharmaceuticalproducts
Implants, microsystemand protheses
IT solutions for healthcare
In vitrodiagnostics
Drug deliverysystems
Medical imaging androbotics & surgical tools
A unique venue for the
Healthcare industry
The Grenoble Alpes region has unique assets in the field of healthcare technologies. The multidisciplinarity and the quality of the ecosystem make this innovative industry a pioneer of excellence in the sector.
Medytec is becoming an emblematic place that embodies the excellence of this sector and brings together private and public stakeholders under the same banner.
A rich
history
For over 70 years, the excellence of scientific research and training has led to the creation of a state-of-the-art industry which nurtures innovation in healthcare.
Discover the key elements below.
De 1961 à 2012
Grenoble Alpes, home of great scientists, awarded 6 Nobel prizes
- 1961 : Discovery of the Mössbauer effect
- 1970 : Louis Néel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetism
- 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the Quantum Hall effect
- 2003 : Roderick MacKinnon was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work concerning channels in cell membrane
- 2009 : Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the study of the structure and function of the ribosome
- 2012 Brian Kobilka was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for revealing the workings of an important family of receptors: G-protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs).
Grenoble Alpes, a land where high-tech industry is created and hosted
1957
Invention of the SCF
Invention of the sterile pre-filled syringe (SCF)
1976
The first whole body X-ray scanner
Creation and installation of the first whole body X-ray scanner at CHU Grenoble Alpes
1987
1st deep-brain stimulation to treat Parkinson’s Disease
1989
First French surgical robot
First French surgical robot developed for stereotaxic neurosurgery
1992
Development of the first biochip in France
1995
The world’s 1st computer-assisted spine surgery
The world’s 1st computer-assisted spine surgery using CT-scan images
2000
1st X-ray flat planel detector
Manufacturing of the 1st X-ray flat planel detector for digital radiography
2009
Nobel prize
Nobel prize for the study of ribosome structure and function at the ESRF synchrotron
2017
1st vertebroplasty
1st vertebroplasty combining 3D imaging and a real-time surgical navigation system
2018
1st « artificial pancreas »
Certification of the 1st « artificial pancreas » in France to treat diabetes
2019
1st mind-controlled exoskeleton
1st prototype of a mind-controlled exoskeleton on a quadriplegic patient
2023
Wireless digital bridge
World 1st : Brain Computer Interface enables thought controlled walking after spinal cord injury
