Gilles Avenard

Hemosystem SA developed technologies to improve safety in the blood transfusion. The company was founded by Jean-Pierre Hermet in May 1999 and was headquartered in Marseille, France.

France Biotech Association is an independent association founded in 1997 that brings together healthtech entrepreneurs and their expert partners. The non-profit company is based in Paris, France. The association actively contributes to meeting the many challenges of the healthtech industry, such as companies' financing, innovation-related taxes, regulatory and market access related issues. It offers concrete competition and solutions through its commissions and working groups to help startups and SMEs become international leaders capable of rapidly developing and bringing innovative solutions to patients. The French company was founded by Philippe Pouletty, Pascal Brandys, Denis J. Lucquin.

Hemarina SA operates as a biotechnology company which develops oxygen carrier for therapeutic and industrial applications. It offers organ preservation, wound healing, hemoglobin oxygen-carrier, cell culture and bioproduction and other perspective products. The company was founded by Franck Zal, Elisabeth Leize, Morgane Rousselot and Laurent Meijer on March 26, 2007 and is headquartered in Morlaix, France.

Minka Therapeutics SA develops therapeutic products and diagnostic complementary to current antiretroviral therapy in the treatment of AIDS. The firm provides therapeutic and diagnostic solutions for diseases linked to the immune system through its research on immune dysregulations. The company was founded by Patrice Debre, Vincent Vieillard, Michel Klein, Joël Crouzet, and Robert L. Murphy in 2008 and is headquartered in Evry, France.

Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière is a part of the AP-HP, which is the CHU of Ile-de-France and is based in Paris, France. The AP-HP has 38 hospitals that receive 8.3 million patients every year. The French company provides medical, social, and legal support to victims of violence through its Maison des Femmes program. The private company also has several research chairs in different fields and all of its clinical services are subject to regulatory certification by the Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS). The company uses indicators to regularly evaluate the quality and safety of the care it provides. The company also has a team of social workers who can help patients with their needs outside of the hospital. The company has protocols for cooperation between healthcare professionals to extend the scope of activities of paramedics while ensuring the quality and safety of care.