State Innovation Competition Awards: Sophie Brac de la Perrière, researcher at ICBMS, winner of the i-Nov Competition
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On 14 October, nine projects from the Lyon Saint-Étienne academic site were recognised at the French government’s innovation competition awards ceremony.
Sophie Brac de la Perrière, CEO of Healshape, is the winner of the I-Nov Competition with the start-up Healshape for her project ‘Ur Shape’.
Healshape is a regenerative medicine company whose mission is to repair the human body by enabling it to regenerate using its own cells. The start-up draws on research conducted by LabSkin Créations, ICBMS and the academic platform 3d.FAB.
Ur Shape is a 100% natural, personalised and resorbable breast bioprosthesis for women who have undergone a mastectomy following breast cancer.
The i-Nov section of the Innovation Competitions supports innovation projects with particularly strong potential for the French economy, led by start-ups and SMEs, in order to promote the emergence of leading companies with global reach. It provides co-financing for research, development and innovation projects.