News
01/04/2009
The Infectiology Center opened its doors on April 1st, 2009
Located in the building Domilyon Gerland in Lyon, this structure for business R & D collaborative supply 1 920 m² of laboratories type P2 and P3 and shared equipment that can accommodate 84 people on an average of 3 years per project.

Aim:
- To bring together major competencies in infectiology
- To host researchers from all horizons at a shared platform - the only
- one of its kind in Europe - for an average period of 3 years
- To energize innovation in the region, encourage collaboration between public and private research and provide easier access to technical platforms

At the opening, the Infectiology Center hosts :
- PX'Monoclonals development of therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies for R & D phase to the production of clinical batches
- Transgène development of therapeutic vaccines and immunotherapy products for cancer and infectious diseases.
- PLATINUM project: European Platform for immunomonitoring.
The project benefits to the skills of 5 partners:
- Three industrial: Innate Pharma, Transgene and ImmunID Technologies,
- INSERM U590 'Cytokines et Cancers"and U851" immunity, infection and vaccination"
- A hospital : the Center Léon Bérard.
The inauguration of the Infectiology Center is scheduled for June 2009











