Cap Sante Picardie
April 6, 2008 — health33, Avenue Paul Claudel
80480 Dury
France
Phone: (+33-3)22337506
Fax: (+33-3)22453412
http://www.cap-sante-picardie.com
cap@cap-sante-picardie.com
Company Contacts
Department/ Name Address
Administrative Manager:Christelle Buignet buignet@cap-sante-picardie.com
Business Promotion Manager:Sylvie Levasseur levasseur@cap-sante-picardie.com
Company Figures
Number of employees 1-19
Year of foundation 1996
Area of business Services and Publications
Company Profile
Cap Sante Picardie
Picardie’s healthcare sector is constituted by 175 businesses, spread across the region’s three “départements” (counties)
as follows:
The healthcare sector is primarily constituted by SMEs (with an average number of employees of 53), and the proportion of VSEs (very small enterprises) is noteworthy – they represent 30% of all healthcare businesses, with most belonging to the medical device sector.
At the other end of the scale, 11 companies employ more than 200 people – these are principally production sites owned by “big pharma”.
The breakdown in terms of sectoral activity is the following:
Product Information
10.02 Further education and training
10.04 Professional institutions
Cap Sante Picardie
With financial support from regional and state authorities, CAP Santé Picardie offers a range of services to the healthcare sector:
1. A business support and information network based on the web site and via liaison with the region’s enterprises and business support organisations.
2. Joint company initiatives , such as the “Picardie Santé” stand at major French and international trade shows, plus local events and initiatives focusing on healthcare business issues.
3. The promotion of healthcare-related R&D: assistance with innovation, technology transfer and company start-up for Picardie’s higher education institutions, plus support for companies, healthcare professionals and researchers seeking to develop projects with commercial potential.
10.04.01 Associations and organisations