Medtech & E-health

Rich ecosystem

More than 500 Bretagne players are committed to tomorrow’s health including the Rennes (one of the best public hospitals in France) and Brest university hospitals, care establishments that are leaders in research and private hospitals at the forefront of new technologies like the CHP de Saint Grégoire (one of the best private clinics in France).

Extensive expertise

• E-health : remote medicine, smart objects, big data, assisted living and artificial intelligence.
• Medical technologies : diagnostic and interventional medical imaging, medical devices, computer assisted surgery and medicine.

Safe, local hosting of health data

As a major French region for cybersecurity, you will find in Bretagne health data host-certified institutions : Blue, Santé Informatique Bretagne (SIB), Asten Group, Claranet. The University Hospital of Rennes is one of the first French hospitals to be certified.

Experimentation locations

Health and Autonomy Living Labs : Experiment’Haal (IMT Atlantique), Centre de Kerpape, ISAR – Pôle Saint Hélier and CESIM Santé. Research teams and industrial, academic and institutional partners can all test their technologies, services and products in real time, assess their potential uses and their acceptability for target users.

European connections

The Noé Bretagne network, through the European Projects Platform (2 PE) Bretagne, groups the Bretagne players involved in supporting European R&I projects. It encourages and facilitates access by research units and companies to European financing (Horizon 2020). Biotech Santé Bretagne and b<>com are opening the doors of their European and international network.

Breeding ground for digital talents

Bretagne has a rich digital and technological ecosystem with more than 2,700 companies employing over 50,000 people. Bretagne is the 2nd largest French region for digital R&D and is home to more than 15,000 researchers. It is also the 2nd largest region for training telecommunications engineers.