What Bio d’Oc does

Cerballiance is a French network of medical analysis laboratories operating as the city-laboratory biology arm of the Cerba Healthcare Group. The business runs 734 routine laboratory locations across France plus 17 dedicated fertility laboratories, delivering medical biology services spanning routine testing, preventive biology (Biopredix), fertility and PMA, pregnant-women's biology, pediatrics, oncology, gynecology/HPV screening, STI screening, and COVID-19 screening. It serves individual patients through walk-in access without appointment and without prescription for certain tests, supplemented by home sample-collection services and digital channels (online appointment booking, online pre-registration, and an Espace Patient portal for result delivery). Patient-experience sub-brands — CerbaZen for anxious patients, CerbaKids for children, and CerbaMam for mothers — segment the visit experience beyond commodity phlebotomy.

The business model is a high-volume, fee-per-acte (transaction-fee) clinical laboratory operation reimbursed primarily through the French national health insurance (Assurance Maladie), with additional direct-pay revenue from prescription-free health check-up packages. GTM is direct-to-consumer, relying on physical accessibility (no-appointment walk-in across a national footprint), digital self-service (patient portal, online booking, home visits), and health-education content marketing (blog, social media, awareness campaigns such as 'Juin Vert' for cervical cancer prevention). The network carries a 4.7 Google rating across 734 reviews and operates with a horizontal segmentation strategy aimed at the general French patient population rather than enterprise B2B accounts. No AI, machine-learning, or proprietary automation capabilities are evidenced in the source data.

Name

Bio d’Oc

Legal name

Cerballiance

Website

https://biodoc.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cerballiance, the French city-laboratory network of Cerba Healthcare Group, operates 734 medical analysis labs and 17 fertility labs across France, offering routine, preventive, fertility, oncology, and STI screening tests to patients under the French national health insurance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Services

NAICS

Medical Laboratories (621511), Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (6215)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Genetic & Prenatal Testing Laboratories (HLAFAMAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Remote Diagnostics & Point-of-Care (Connected Testing, Home Lab Devices) (HLACAPAK)

Keywords

• Medical laboratory services
• Clinical diagnostic testing
• Preventive health screening
• Fertility testing services
• Pathology laboratory network

Headquarters

HQ city

Carcassonne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Medical Laboratory Testing Services: Cerballiance generates revenue through medical analysis laboratory services provided to patients, with coverage under the French national health insurance system (Sécurité Sociale) for tests ordered by physicians or covered under specific screening programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bio d'Oc is a French network of medical analysis laboratories providing routine biology, preventive biology, fertility/PMA, pregnancy biology, pediatrics, oncology, gynecology/HPV screening, COVID-19, and STI testing services. The network operates 734 laboratory locations and 17 fertility laboratories across France, offering walk-in access without prescription or appointment for many tests, supplemented by online patient services and home sample collection.

Product overview

Cerballiance is a network of medical analysis laboratories in France operated by Cerba Healthcare. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of medical biology services organized around specialty areas (routine biology, preventive biology, fertility/PMA, pregnant women's biology, pediatrics, cancerology, gynecology/HPV screening, STI and COVID-19 testing) alongside patient-focused services (CerbaZen for anxious patients, CerbaKids for children, CerbaMam for mothers). The network provides 17 fertility laboratories across France and delivers services without prescription or appointment for standard assessments. Digital services include an online patient portal (Espace Patient) for accessing results, online appointment booking, home sampling services, and online pre-registration to streamline administrative processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CerbaZen: Service for anxious patients
• CerbaKids
• CerbaMam

Products and services

• Biologie de routine (Routine Biology) Standard medical biology analyses for routine health monitoring, including common blood tests and diagnostic examinations, available to individual patients across the laboratory network.
• Prévention / Biologie préventive (Preventive Biology / Biopredix) Preventive health check-ups and screening services, including Biopredix preventive biology assessments, designed for individuals seeking proactive health monitoring.
• PMA & Spermiologie (Fertility & Spermiology) Fertility testing and assisted reproduction support services, including sperm analysis, delivered through 17 dedicated fertility laboratories across France.
• Biologie de la femme enceinte (Pregnant Women's Biology) Specialized biological analyses for pregnant women, including prenatal monitoring and screening tests.
• Pédiatrie (Pediatrics) Medical analysis services specifically designed for children, including specialized pediatric sampling and child-friendly environments.
• Cancérologie (Cancerology) Laboratory examinations for cancer diagnosis, monitoring, and follow-up care.
• Gynécologie / Dépistage HPV (Gynecology / HPV Screening) Gynecological screenings including Pap smears for cervical cancer prevention and HPV (papillomavirus) testing, with full coverage under Assurance Maladie.
• Dépistage IST (STI Screening) Sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing services available without prescription, without appointment, and without upfront costs at all network laboratories.
• Dépistage Covid-19 (COVID-19 Screening) COVID-19 diagnostic testing services offered through the laboratory network.
• Bilans sans ordonnance (Prescription-Free Health Assessments) Health check-up packages available without a doctor's prescription and without appointment at all laboratories in the network.
• CerbaZen Specialized support service for anxious patients undergoing blood tests, providing a calming and reassuring environment.
• CerbaKids Child-friendly laboratory service designed to make blood sampling less stressful for children.
• CerbaMam Specialized support service for mothers, including pregnant women, during laboratory visits.
• Espace Patient (Online Patient Portal) Online portal for patients to access their test results over the internet quickly and securely.
• Prise de RDV en ligne (Online Appointment Booking) Digital service allowing patients to schedule laboratory appointments online.
• Prélèvement à domicile (Home Sampling Service) Home sample collection service where medical staff visit patients at home for blood draws and other sample collections.
• Enregistrement en ligne (Online Pre-Registration) Digital pre-registration service allowing patients to complete administrative formalities online before arriving at the laboratory to save time at reception.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Cerba HealthcarecoreOthersCerballiance is the French city laboratory biology network of the Cerba Healthcare Group. The parent company operates the broader healthcare network and provides corporate infrastructure, brand affiliation, and strategic direction.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cerba Healthcare: Parent organization of Cerballiance and a major European specialty/reference diagnostics group. Overlapping capabilities in esoteric testing, clinical trial central labs, and routine biology.
• Synlab: One of Europe's largest diagnostic services providers with a substantial French presence. Competes broadly in routine and specialty diagnostics across multiple European geographies.
• Unilabs: European clinical diagnostics and medical laboratory operator with significant French activity. Competes for routine and specialty testing through a comparable walk-in patient model.
• Eurofins: Global diagnostics and bioanalytical services group with clinical testing exposure in France. Comparable in scale and breadth of testing menu, though heavier mix in life sciences services.

Direct peers

• Inovie: Major French medical lab network operating hundreds of patient service centers across France. Directly competes on walk-in access, prescription-free testing, and reimbursement-driven volumes.
• Biogroup: One of France's largest private medical biology laboratory networks with a comparable multi-site footprint. Directly competes for routine and specialty testing volumes across French regions.

Others

• Quest Diagnostics: Large US-based clinical laboratory operator with a similar retail/walk-in patient model and broad specialty testing menu. Thematically comparable for diagnostic industry economics.
• Labcorp: Global clinical laboratory leader. Comparable business model (routine and specialty diagnostics with consumer access through patient service centers), although primarily US-anchored.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cerballiance
• Facebookfr-fr.facebook.com/Cerballiance
• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/cerballiance
• Instagraminstagram.com/cerballiance_officiel

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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