# Medicen

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'''Medicen''' (also called '''Medicen Paris Region''') is a French [business cluster](/source/business_cluster) created in 2005 and<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.france-biotech.org/biocitech-et-medicen-paris-region-ont-participe-a-la-2eme-edition-de-la-semaine-de-l’industrie/ Biocitech et Medicen Paris Region ont participé à la 2ème édition de la Semaine de l’Industrie]</ref> located in [Île-de-France](/source/%C3%8Ele-de-France_(region)). Its main focus is [Biomedical engineering](/source/Biomedical_engineering).<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://competitivite.gouv.fr/poles-en-action/fiche-d-un-pole-555/medicen-paris-region-12/medicen-paris-region-15/medicen-paris-region-16.html?cHash=fb52e42797aeb3ac996de74b59f1dfd3 Medicen Paris Region] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707205901/http://competitivite.gouv.fr/poles-en-action/fiche-d-un-pole-555/medicen-paris-region-12/medicen-paris-region-15/medicen-paris-region-16.html?cHash=fb52e42797aeb3ac996de74b59f1dfd3 |date=2012-07-07 }}</ref>

It brings together 13 major companies, 138 [small and medium enterprises](/source/small_and_medium_enterprises), 28 research centers, and universities.

The cluster is dedicated to biological and clinical research to find new [drugs](/source/drugs) and [gene therapies](/source/Gene_therapy). The Medicen Paris Region has six thematic priorities. Three of these themes are for therapeutic purposes: [nervous system disease](/source/nervous_system_disease), [Cancer](/source/Cancer), and [infectious diseases](/source/infectious_diseases).<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.iledefrance.fr/recherche-innovation/innovation/poles-de-competitivite/medicen-paris-region/medicen-paris-region/ Medicen Paris-Région]</ref> The other three focus on technology: molecular medicine, [biomedical Imaging](/source/biomedical_Imaging) and Science and Technology.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.paris-region.com/ard/agence-regionale-de-developpement-ile-de-france/l-economie-d-ile-de-france/poles-de-competitivite/medicen-paris-region-648.kjsp Medicen Paris Region] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118223357/http://www.paris-region.com/ard/agence-regionale-de-developpement-ile-de-france/l-economie-d-ile-de-france/poles-de-competitivite/medicen-paris-region-648.kjsp |date=2013-01-18 }}</ref>

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== External links ==
* [http://www.medicen.org/ Official website]

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