Le cluster Novéka!
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Medtechs
The benchmark healthcare cluster focusing on medtech and innovation. It is the strategic partner for healthcare players in Saint-Etienne Métropole: start-ups, manufacturers, researchers, healthcare establishments and healthcare professionals. Its mission is to accelerate innovation and support the growth of companies in the sector.
A ecosystem driven by healthcare innovation
Novéka promotes collaboration, experimentation, co-innovation and the rapid marketing of healthcare innovations by bringing together :
- Innovative companies (start-ups, SMEs, ETIs).
- Healthcare establishments and medical-social facilities.
- Research laboratories and higher education establishments.
- Institutional players and local authorities.
Unique expertise in France
A targeted business network: manufacturers, start-ups, research laboratories, healthcare establishments… to create synergies and accelerate the development of innovative medical devices.
Co-development with users to meet concrete needs, approved in the field from the very first phases.
Accelerated experimentation and industrialisation thanks to technology platforms, living labs and the industrial fabric of the region.
Skills development through partnerships with engineering schools, universities and training centres.
Support for internationalisation: trade fairs, export missions and European partnerships.


expert testimonial
Nathalie Cohet, Director of Novékà !
« Saint-Etienne is home to the entire healthcare value chain in a human-scale ecosystem that is highly agile. In particular, the Saint-Étienne Health and Innovations cluster, which brings together companies, laboratories and all the players in the medtech and medical device sectors. The level of expertise in medical devices is very high. The many players here in Saint-Étienne have developed specific expertise and services that cannot be found elsewhere. ».
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