On Thursday, February 12, the Strasbourg University Hospital Institute (IHU) opened its doors to a delegation of members from the BioValley France competitiveness cluster. This event, organized as a “Visit & Networking” session, reaffirmed the close ties between our institute and the major players in economic and industrial development in the healthcare sector in the Grand Est region.
An immersion in the heart of surgical innovation
Throughout the morning, participants were able to discover the infrastructure that makes the IHU a center of excellence in image-guided surgery. The tour highlighted the Institute’s technological platforms, which serve as interfaces between academic research and clinical application. This immersion offered manufacturers, startups, and academics in attendance a concrete vision of the IHU’s capabilities in supporting innovation, from proof of concept to technology transfer.
The IHU Strasbourg, accelerator of the regional health sector
BioValley France is the gateway to the Greater East health ecosystem, closely bringing together innovation stakeholders and structuring their collaborations.
In this context, the IHU Strasbourg has established itself as a key strategic partner, enabling the development, testing, and validation of innovations, and supporting players in the ecosystem to achieve higher levels of maturity and value creation.
Networking as a lever for future collaborations
Beyond the institutional visit, the morning was devoted to informal exchanges. These discussions provided an opportunity to address current health issues: the integration of artificial intelligence, the development of minimally invasive medical devices, and the challenges of health data. By welcoming these key players, the IHU Strasbourg reaffirms its position as a hub open to its ecosystem, confirming that medical excellence today is built on the convergence of clinical, scientific, and entrepreneurial expertise.
This visit is part of an open communication strategy: showing what we do, who we do it with, and how it benefits patients. By opening our doors, we are not only sharing our expertise, we are collectively building the healthcare sovereignty of tomorrow.
Learn more about Biovalley France: www.biovalley-france.com
