Program in Action The program provides a comprehensive support structure that includes high-level training, intensive coaching, mentoring, and R&D support. The curriculum is built on a Design Thinking methodology, with training modules covering three key themes: “know yourself,” “design your idea,” and “develop your product.” Participants benefit from collective coaching sessions, experience sharing with “success story” guest speakers, and individual coaching sessions tailored to 12 different themes based on their specific needs.

Flagship Initiatives & Ventures The program’s launch was highly successful, attracting 72 quality applications. Due to the high quality of the projects, 15 innovative project holders and startups were selected as the program’s final beneficiaries, exceeding the initial plan of 10. In its first six months, the program delivered 21 training sessions and 33 individual coaching sessions, culminating in a €10,000 grant awarded to the top-performing ventures.

Ecosystem & Key Partners

• Association Jeunes Leaders: The primary beneficiary of the grant contract and key implementing partner for the program.
• Expertise France: Key support partner via the Projet Innov’i – EU4Innovation.
• Faculté de Médecine de Monastir (FMM): A core strategic partner that signed a formal agreement to provide a dedicated physical space for Hardware and Software prototyping, as well as technical expertise and mentoring for the incubated startups.

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Program in Action The program uses a “learning by doing” and LEAN startup methodology to guide entrepreneurs from patent to product. It provides intensive capacity building in business development, prototyping, testing, B2B partnerships, and regulatory/certification pathways.

All activities are centralized at a single physical Hub at the Cyberparc de Monastir, creating a carrefour for synergies between scientific researchers and experts from engineering and IT institutes. The 12-month program is highly competitive, filtering 12 pre-selected projects down to 6 finalists, with the 3 final laureates receiving 10,000 DT grants (in voucher form) to accelerate their prototyping and market access.

Flagship Initiatives & Ventures The program is designed to incubate 12 entrepreneurs annually, drawn from the region’s 10+ medical, biological, and agro-food institutions. The target for each cohort is to successfully launch 6 new startups, with 4 achieving the national “Startup Label” and 2 raising an estimated 200,000 DT in early-stage funding, creating 12 new high-skilled jobs. The program focuses specifically on ventures in BioTech, HealthTech, and FoodTech.

Ecosystem & Key Partners The program is implemented by Association Jeunes Leaders as part of a deep, multi-sectoral alliance.

Key partners include:

• Academic Partners: Faculty of Medicine of Monastir, the Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Monastir (ENIM), and Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sousse.
• Ecosystem & Public Support: The program connects its cohort to 8 public support structures and the wider network of regional coworking spaces, including Hive 12 and We Start.
• Acceleration Partners: The program actively prepares its graduates to enter national acceleration programs, such as Connectinnov.

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Program in Action Our open innovation process operates at three distinct levels to ensure maximum impact, from high-level strategy down to grassroots ideation:

1. Top-Down Strategy: We convene industry leaders, academic experts, and regulatory bodies to shape national policy and co-define a pragmatic roadmap for digital health investment and development.
2. Horizontal Market Access: We position our cluster and its startups in new international markets, leading strategic delegations to engage with global pharma leaders and build Euro-Mediterranean and regional synergies.
3. Bottom-Up Ideation: We embed the pharmaceutical industry’s needs at the very beginning of the innovation pipeline, ensuring our pre-incubation programs are solving validated, real-world problems.

Flagship Initiatives & Ventures

1. The HCI Summit: A high-level strategic think tank organized by HCI within the Co-Workup 4.0 program. This event brought together +40 key players, including 7 major pharmaceutical laboratories and 6 regulatory institutions, to define a pragmatic national roadmap and transform policy into pilot projects.
2. Algiers Slush’D Delegation: A strategic HCI delegation to a premier event co-organized by the pharmaceutical company ROCHE and Algeria Venture. The mission was to forge collaborations, boost HealthTech innovation, and create synergies between the Tunisian and Algerian ecosystems.
3. MedInTechs Paris Delegation: Our official presence at the premier MedInTechs event in Paris, aimed at strengthening HCI’s position in the European market and exploring high-level collaborations in AI-driven solutions and medical devices.

Pharma 4 Novation Partnership: The formal integration of industry partner Opalia Recordati into our pre-incubation program. Opalia provides the “Real-World Challenges” for our teams of young pharmacists to tackle, ensuring market relevance from day one.

Ecosystem & Key Partners

• ROCHE (Pharmaceutical Partner, Algiers Slush’D)
• Opalia RECORDATI (Industry Partner, Pharma 4 Novation)
• Algeria Venture (Ecosystem Partner, Algiers Slush’D)
• GIZ (Institutional Supporter, Co-Workup 4.0 Program)
• ANIMA Investment Network (Institutional Supporter, Co-Workup 4.0 Program)

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It directly addresses systemic gaps in Tunisia’s pharmaceutical ecosystem: limited training in innovation, weak startup creation pathways, and fragmented market access. The program’s impact is centered on building a sustainable talent pipeline by embedding an entrepreneurial mindset early in pharmacists’ careers, ensuring Euro-Mediterranean competitiveness, and linking academic training with real-world execution.

Program in Action The program provides a structured pathway from idea validation to business modeling, regulatory readiness, and market access. Participants receive hands-on training in Business Design Thinking and Market Studies, global webinars led by experts from France and Tunisia, and rapid prototyping workshops on AI and software integration. It also includes dedicated funding sessions delivered with Attijari Bank and high-level mentoring with access to hospital and lab validation networks.

Flagship Initiatives & Ventures The first edition of the program successfully engaged over 15 projects. These innovations, led by pharmacists and students, spanned a diverse range of areas, including AI-based diagnostics, emerging biotech solutions, and digital tools designed to optimize pharmaceutical care.

Ecosystem & Key Partners Pharma 4 Novation is a multi-actor alliance for national change, co-created by a strategic coalition of leaders :

• HealthCare Innovation (HCI): Program design, expert network, strategic coordination.
• Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir (FPHM): Academic partner & institutional host.
• Conseil régional de l’ordre des pharmaciens: Professional oversight & field expertise.
• Opalia Recordati: Industry partner, enabling access to real-world challenges.

What’s Next? Future editions will expand with broader access, more international partnerships, and deeper validation support. Pharma 4 Novation is scaling to become a flagship initiative for North Africa’s pharmaceutical and biotech sector.

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