A new version of Healico application is out!
Launched in 2019, Healico is a free mobile app enabling more than 15 000 healthcare professionals to better take care of their patients with wounds. Guirec Le Lous (Urgo Medical President) and Philippe Bienvenu (Digital Transformation Director) revealed on YouTube a major update to follow-up patients’ healing more easily: the patient feed. Here are the three […]
Students from Ecole des Mines came to visit URGO!
On October 11th, 2022, ten students from Ecole des Mines (a French engineering school) went to Dijon to discover the Urgo Group’s expertise. During a day with the teams at the Chenôve and Chevigny sites, the students were able to discover some of the Group’s activities, from research to distribution. They visited the industrial transposition […]
The extension of the Veauche Textile Center of Excellence has been inaugurated!
The Urgo Group’s Textile Center of Excellence* is located near Saint-Étienne, in Veauche. In recent years, numerous investments have been made to transform this traditional textile site into an ultra-modern pharmaceutical plant at the cutting edge of global innovation. Two exceptional days were held last September on the occasion of the inauguration of the site […]
A new Chairman for Urgo Group!
On 1st September 2022, Tristan Le Lous succeeded his brother Briac as the new Chairman of URGO Group. A closer look at a unique mode of governance In 2019, Hervé Le Lous, the founder of Urgo Group, stepped down, thereby initiating a brand new mode of governance within the Group: a 3-year family chairmanship alternating […]
1st place in the INPI ranking in Burgundy-Franche-Comté!
URGO Research Innovation & Development takes 1st place in the INPI ranking in Burgundy-Franche-Comté! At URGO, innovation is in our blood! We are proud to see our capacity for innovation ranked first in the INPI* France Burgundy-Franche-Comté ranking. Indeed, with 13 published patent applications, URGO RID takes the lead in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region. A performance […]
URGO Group establishes its first in-house school: URGO Textile!
In February 2022, Guirec Le Lous, President of Urgo Medical, unveiled the expansion of the Textile Centre of Excellence in Veauche, near Saint-Étienne, in the presence of Julien Borowczyk (Member of the French Parliament for La Loire), Jean-Michel Riaux (Sub-Prefect of Montbrison) and Gérard Dubois (Mayor of Veauche). He also took the opportunity to announce […]
Over 92% of our trainees recommend URGO Group!
Once again this year, the URGO URGO has been awarded the “Happy Trainees” label, which recognizes companies that receive interns for the quality of their welcome, support and the quality of the assignments they give. The survey, which was conducted among students, is based on six dimensions: professional development, stimulating environment, management, motivation, pride, pleasure […]
Healico wins the 2021 Prix Galien!
Healico is a mobile application that helps health professionals care for their patients with wounds, by improving diagnosis, follow-up and coordination between health professionals, to ultimately guarantee good healing. An innovation that allowed Urgo Medical to win the prestigious Prix Galien in the digital health category. The Prix Galien rewards, showcases and celebrates the medical […]
A new scientific challenge for URGO: healing patients suffering from serious wounds using artificial skin
• Artificial skin, a ground-breaking therapeutic solution for healing serious wounds • A public-private partnership of French expertise • A project backed by 22.8 million euros Download the press release Urgo is proud to announce the launch of a particularly innovative research project, GENESIS, which is aiming to develop a new solution for healing serious […]