Lyon – Paris, April 13, 2026 – Infectious Diseases Cluster, a France 2030 biocluster, and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) announce the signing of a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening scientific and technological collaboration in the fight against emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

The CEA thus becomes a key technology partner of IDCluster, helping to strengthen the scientific and technological expertise available to support projects backed by the biocluster.

This partnership leverages the complementary expertise of both organizations to accelerate the development of innovative projects, facilitate access to cutting-edge scientific infrastructure, and strengthen the French research and innovation ecosystem in these priority public health areas.

Scientific and technological collaboration to support innovation projects

As part of this partnership, the CEA will make its scientific expertise and technological platforms available to project leaders supported by IDCluster in order to enhance the scientific and technological value of the projects under development.

The expertise provided by the CEA will cover IDCluster’s four major scientific programs:

• Epidemiological surveillance: detection of pathogens in the environment, metagenomics, high-throughput sequencing, high-performance computing.
• Diagnostics: rapid “point-of-care” diagnostic technologies, identification of resistant bacteria, microfluidics, instrumentation, and multimodal imaging.
• Prevention: development and evaluation of preventive and vaccine solutions, molecular characterization, cryomicroscopy, vaccine formulation, and monitoring of bioproductions.
• Therapeutics: development and evaluation of therapeutic solutions, mass spectrometry, nanovectorization, and pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies using in vivo imaging.

Access to the CEA’s Magellan program to support deep tech entrepreneurship

The partnership also gives IDCluster project leaders the opportunity, when eligible, to benefit from the CEA’s Magellan program, dedicated to supporting the creation of research-based deep tech startups.

The combined support from IDCluster, CEA, and Magellan will thus help bolster the credibility of these projects among investors and accelerate their transition from scientific innovation to business creation.

Finally, this partnership also includes collaboration on the “ID360 Scientific and Economic Intelligence Platform” project led by IDCluster, with the shared goal of pooling the scientific and technological data from this platform.

On March 5, 2026, Bruno Lina, President of IDCluster, and Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Director of IHU Méditerranée Infection, signed a strategic partnership agreement aimed at promoting the development of joint projects and advancing research in the fields in the fields of emerging infectious diseases (EID) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Driven by a shared desire to strengthen synergies between academic research, innovation, and industrial transfer, using a One Health approach, this partnership focuses on two main areas:

1 – Sharing expertise to accelerate R&D projects

The aim is to identify promising research and development projects from the IHU Méditerranée Infection and its ecosystem of academic, hospital, and economic players that could benefit from IDCluster’s acceleration support.

This collaboration will be based in particular on the MediCA²C (Mediterranean Center of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy) project, an open and independent international network bringing together Euro-Mediterranean universities and hospitals, which aims to strengthen research, care, education, and infrastructure around antimicrobial agents and pollutants in the Mediterranean basin.

2 – Strategic cooperation around the ID360 platform

The partnership also provides for active contribution by the IHU to the future ID360 platform, supported by IDCluster and ANRS MIE. Designed as a scientific and economic intelligence platform, ID360 aims to become a benchmark for data relating to R&D projects and technological resources in the fields of MIE and AMR.

The data and expertise provided by the IHU Méditerranée Infection will enrich this platform, thereby enhancing the visibility of projects, mapping skills, and identifying high-impact opportunities for collaboration.

A shared vision for public health

IHU Méditerranée Infection is an international center of excellence dedicated to research, care, and innovation in emerging infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance, backed by high-level technological platforms and strong university hospital expertise.

IDCluster, France 2030 national biocluster, is a national collaborative organization that accelerates innovation and industrial development in these same fields by bringing together a broad ecosystem of public and private players.

By joining forces, the two partners aim to strengthen the continuum between research, innovation, and public health impact, and to promote the emergence of public-private projects in order to respond more effectively to the growing challenges posed by emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

ANRS Emerging Infectious Diseases (ANRS MIE) and the Infectious Diseases Cluster (IDCluster) have signed an agreement formalizing the launch of a joint initiative to explore the feasibility of a scientific and economic intelligence platform dedicated to infectious diseases (the ID360 platform).

In a context marked by increasing threats related to emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), this initiative responds to the need to strengthen anticipation capacities and improve coordination among scientific, industrial, and institutional stakeholders.

The ambition of the ID360 platform is to:

• Dynamically map research and innovation projects;
• Identify available expertise, infrastructures, and capacities;
• Facilitate interactions between academic, clinical, industrial, and institutional stakeholders;
• Support strategic reflection and decision-making for public and private actors.

An initial exploratory phase is currently underway, including international benchmarking, the development of functional and technical specifications, and a feasibility assessment.

This public–private partnership comes at a time of strengthened national and European strategies for preparedness and response to health crises.

It builds on the complementarity between the two partners:

• ANRS MIE contributes its scientific expertise, its deep understanding of the academic and institutional ecosystem, and its structuring role at the national level.
• IDCluster drives the innovation ecosystem in the fields of EIDs and AMR through close interaction with economic and clinical stakeholders.

Within a two-year horizon, the ambition is clear: to equip France with a structuring tool capable of accelerating high-impact innovative solutions in public health and sustainably strengthening our ability to anticipate future health crises. In the longer term, this tool could also be extended to other countries within the European Union.

Bruno Lina, Chairman, Christophe Jacquinet, CEO, François Lacoste, Chairman of the Strategic Committee, and the team wish you all the best for the new year!

2025: Launch of IDCluster, France’s 2030 biocluster to combat emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. Analysis of the first 31 French R&D projects applying for IDCluster support and evaluation of 12 of them.

We would like to warmly thank everyone who has supported us during these nine months of development!

2026: Integration of the first 27 innovative projects selected by IDCluster, including the pre-acceleration of at least 9 projects and the acceleration of at least 3 high-value projects, one of which has just obtained France 2030 funding!

This tremendous momentum demonstrates the vitality of French public and private innovation in the two fields of MIE and AMR!

It also highlights the responsiveness of the French government and IDCluster in working to transform these French innovations into global industrial solutions as quickly as possible.

We wish each and every one of you a wonderful 2026!

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As a sub-group of the HERA Advisory Forum, the ICF brings together representatives from Member States, industry, and relevant organizations to collaborate across the entire medical countermeasures (MCM) lifecycle – from research and development to manufacturing and deployment. The Forum also plays a key role in fostering innovation and identifying supply chain risks.

The renewed ICF will operate through topic-specific working groups, with a strong focus on the industrial dimensions of preparedness for future health crises.

Through its updated mandate, the Joint Industrial Cooperation Forum will aim to:

• Enhance coordination and dialogue by leveraging a broad stakeholder network to gather insights on new projects and policies, while promoting collaboration and knowledge exchange.
• Strengthen understanding and information sharing on strategic areas identified by industry and the European Commission concerning access to and availability of MCMs.
• Support the Commission’s implementation of the MCM Strategy, addressing the full end-to-end lifecycle – from threat identification to R&D, manufacturing and deployment.
• Address supply chain risks and bottlenecks affecting MCMs and explore sustainable industrial policy interventions.
• Facilitate discussions on civil–military cooperation in MCM R&D, production, and deployment to bolster both societal and military preparedness.

ID Cluster is proud and eager to start working with all ICF stakeholders to contribute actively to these important missions.

“After the pandemic, we realized the global response wasn’t as strong as it should have been. That’s why we created ID Cluster.”

In this first interview of our “What’s the ID?” series, Bruno Lina, President of Infectious Diseases Cluster, explains how our biocluster is now operational and accelerating innovation against emerging infectious diseases and AMR.

Where does ID Cluster stand today?

We have already selected 10 projects selected (3 in acceleration, 7 in pre-acceleration) over 30+ that have been evaluated, and we continue to identifie key initiatives across France via our 360 Platform.

IDCluster and PULSALYS have signed a three-year strategic partnership aimed at strengthening innovation in emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

In a context where emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance represent major challenges for health sovereignty, this collaboration has a clear objective: to accelerate the emergence, technological development, and deployment of innovative solutions from academic research by consolidating the research-innovation-industry continuum.

This partnership will enable:

• Cross-identification of high-potential EID & AMR projects and startups.
• Exchange of scientific, clinical, and business expertise.
• Stronger links with researchers, manufacturers, and socio-economic stakeholders.
• A strengthened innovation continuum thanks to the link with CATRIEM, the acceleration and transfer consortium for responding to emerging infections and threats, led by PULSALYS alongside Inserm-Transfert

By combining PULSALYS’ expertise in detecting, maturing, and incubating innovations with ID Cluster’s ability to structure, unite, and connect innovative projects with strategic national and industrial players in the sector, we will be able to accelerate the deployment of innovations that will enable us to better prevent, detect, and respond to infectious risks.

As the Strategic Partner the 9th I4ID (Immunotherapies & Innovations for Infectious Diseases) 2025 Congress, Infectious Diseases Cluster will participate in two key sessions to be held in Lyon on November 13 and 14.

Nov 13, 8:45 AM – Opening Lecture: “Transforming innovative projects into industrial solutions to better respond to EID & AMR pandemic threats” by François Lacoste, EVP Medical & Scientific Affairs, INSTITUT MÉRIEUX and Chairman, ID Cluster’s Strategic Advisory Committee

Nov 14, 9:45 AM – Roundtable: “Pandemic Preparedness: Threats, Surveillance, and Healthcare Readiness” animated by ID Cluster with:

• Bruno Lina, Chairman, ID Cluster, France
• Christiane Riedel, Specialist in veterinary medicine and virology, École normale supérieure de Lyon / CIRI Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, France
• Mawlouth Diallo, Head of Unit, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal
• Xavier Lescure, Infectious diseases specialist, Hôpital Bichat Claude-Bernard, France

For more information: https://i4id.org

“I am delighted to welcome Université Paris Cité and AP-HP, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, to our Board of Directors as founding members behind the creation of the biocluster in 2023. Alongside the eight current public and private administrators, and in particular the Hospices Civils de Lyon – HCL and Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, AP-HP and UPC will bring their academic and clinical expertise and the various collaborative platforms in which they are involved to the fight against emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. With their arrival, the composition of the ID Cluster board of directors perfectly reflects the need to strengthen academic and industrial collaborations at the national and European level, in a One Health dimension” said Prof. Bruno Lina, President of Infectious Diseases Cluster.

“In 2022, AP-HP committed to a project to establish a French biocluster dedicated to the fight against infectious diseases. We are therefore delighted to join its board of directors, backed by our leading infectious disease services and extensive technical biology facilities, particularly in immunology and bacteriology. We also have numerous research support structures and are involved in several national platforms developed as part of the national IED and CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) threats strategy (IReivac émergence, OPEN-ReMlE, etc.) and the PEPR Bioproduction program. Awarded the Institut Carnot label in 2019 for the quality of its research partnerships with industrial players, AP-HP firmly believes that its participation in ID Cluster will strengthen synergies between academic, hospital, and industrial players, and also contribute to the rapid implementation of innovative solutions to respond to emerging health crises,” explains Milan LAZAREVIC, Director of Clinical Research and Innovation at AP-HP.

“Université Paris Cité, an active member of IDCluster’s application for Bioclusters France 2030, is delighted to join its administrators. UPCité will bring its academic expertise in emerging infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance to bear through more than 10 joint research units in the Faculty of Health and the Faculty of Science. In particular, UPCité runs the Graduate School One Health – Emerging Infectious Diseases, which brings together the faculties of Health, Sciences, and Societies and Humanities of Université Paris Cité, the Institut de physique du globe de Paris, the Institut Pasteur Institute, and the National Veterinary School of Alfort. In addition, UPCité will enable ID Cluster to benefit from its links with the AP-HP for the Reference Health Establishment for Epidemic and Biological Risk, the national COREB mission, and the Safeguard Pandemic Preparedness Institute project. We are strongly committed to developing academic-private partnerships with the pharmaceutical industry to stimulate and accelerate transfer and innovation capabilities,” adds Odile LAUNAY, University Professor of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at Université Paris Cité.

In this role, he will set up the ID360 Platform with all the founders and partners of IDCluster: national mapping of innovations currently under development in the fields of EID and AMR, and of the technological resources that can be mobilized to accelerate their development.

“I am honored to join IDCluster’s operational team and participate in this collaborative dynamic serving innovative projects that address the major infectious threats of our time,” explains Philippe Leissner. “Initially, I will focus my efforts on developing the ID360 Platform, which aims to become the leading platform in France for mapping advanced R&D projects, as well as expertise, resources, and technologies that can be mobilized in the fields of EID and AMR.”

Philippe graduated with a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Strasbourg and began his career at Transgene before joining bioMérieux, where he held several senior R&D positions in the fields of infectious diseases and precision medicine.

In 2016, he joined BIOASTER as Director of the Diagnostics program, where he developed numerous international collaborations with the healthcare industry, academia and NGOs. His work focuses on infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, both in high-income and developing countries.

Author of more than 35 scientific publications and patents, he now brings his expertise to the development of strategic partnerships to strengthen the work of the Infectious Diseases Cluster.