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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Seine-Saint-Denis, rich with opportunity

Real estate performs strongly

The Seine-Saint-Denis is located between Paris and Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport. This "county" (Département in french) concentrates 1.4 million of inhabitants and 520,000 jobs.

After an industrial decline experienced here in the mid-20th century, the "county" of Seine-Saint-Denis has fought back with inexhaustible energy and great inguenuity to recover and get back on the road to prosperity. Investments made in infrastructures boosted growth.

The Stade de France effect

The Key Assets of Seine-Saint-Denis :

- a highly developed Network of transportation and communication Infrastructures;

- 2 international Airports (Paris Le Bourget and Paris - Charles de Gaulle)


- A leading Conference and Exhibition Destination (Paris Nord Villepinte and Paris Le Bourget)


- Second overall university facilities in Paris Region


- 6 major economic Poles


- 8 clusters : Air Transport, Health and Life Sciences, Digital contents and Film making, Automotive Logitics, Eco-industries, luxury goods - fashion and design, services.



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Monday, February 04, 2008

The Paris Region Biocluster and Genopole(r)

Genopole(r), Evry, 2007

The Paris Region Biocluster is an european leader :
- 57,000 jobs;
- a dedicated cluster "
Medicen";
- 8 bioparks;
- over 150 biotechs Cies;
- 300 public and private research centres. 7,500 researchers in high-profile public institutions (Institut Pasteur; INSERM, CEA, etc.) and 11,800 researchers in private research centres (Sanofi-Aventis, IPSEN, Servier, Guerbet, Cellectis, Bioalliance Pharma, etc.);
- More than 320 pharmaceuticals Cies;
- 360 medical equipment and supplies Cies;
- 90% of the french CRO;
- The largest European hospital system : 39 state-run hospitals (25,000 beds).

More : see
PREDA website.
Our interactive map of the Bio-Cluster Medicen :
econovista Biocluster.

A dozen dedicated sites offering premises suitable for Life Sciences Cies. Among them, the
Genopole(r) is France's leading Biopark dedicated to Biotechnology and Research in genetics, genomics ans post-genomics. The Genopole concentrates :
- 23 academic Laboratories;
- 62 Biotech Cies;
- 16 Large scale facilities;
- 83,000 sqm of real estate offer.
The Genopole(r) is located in the
South-East part of the Paris Region, in the City of Evry.

Your contact at Genopole(r) : Mr Gabriel MERGUI, Director, International Department, gabriel.mergui@genopole.fr, +33160878312