ACLsanté

What ACLsanté does

ACLsanté is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 1997 that operates a unified data and standards platform for the health product distribution chain in France, excluding medications. The association aggregates product information from suppliers of medical devices, dermo-cosmetics, nutrition, food supplements, biocides, and veterinary products, and makes that data accessible to wholesalers-distributors, depositaries, community pharmacies, and healthcare establishments. Its reach covers approximately 21,000 community pharmacies and 3,000 health establishments through its member ecosystem.

The core product is the Base produits ACLsanté, a daily-updated product database enriched by Démat'ACLsanté standardized digital product sheets and the eCatalogue santé Excel-format catalogs. Codification services include GTIN/Code 13 management with enterprise prefix allocation and the Code Index ACL 7 for product uniqueness. Alerte Produit Santé, launched in 2022, provides real-time product withdrawal and recall notifications. The association coordinates Groupes projets that produce interprofessional recommendations — the Cahiers CIP-ACLsanté — covering codification, commercial and logistics exchanges, data dematerialization, hospital prescriptions, and product recalls. Governance is provided by a 21-member Board of Directors elected by thirds annually, with strategic partnerships anchored by CIPmédicament, Euro-Pharmat, SNITEM, GIE GERS, USPO, and FSPF.

ACLsanté operates on a cost-sharing membership model: annual adhesion fees provide access to all services for approximately 278 member organizations as of 2024, spanning suppliers, depositaries, wholesalers-distributors, and pharmacy and health-establishment representative bodies. The association is funded entirely through these fees and partner contributions, with no external capital, and runs on a lean staff of 11-12 permanent employees.

Name

ACLsanté

Legal name

ACLsanté

Website

https://aclsante.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

French non-profit association founded in 1997 that standardizes health product data and codes for the distribution chain, serving ~278 supplier and distributor members that in turn reach 21,000 pharmacies and 3,000 health establishments across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmaceutical Distribution Data Services

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAGAKAC

Regulatory Operations & Publishing (eCTD, RIM, Submission Management)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Life Science Tools & Services (CRO/CDMO/Lab Services)/Regulatory Affairs, Quality & Compliance Services (GxP)

SECONDARYBPADANAJ

Health, Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Regulatory Cooperation

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Standards, Policy & Regulatory Cooperation

Keywords

• Pharmaceutical distribution data
• Health product databases
• Product codification services
• Medical device referencing
• Pharmaceutical supply chain

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulogne-Billancourt

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees (Adhésion): Annual membership fees providing access to all ACLsanté services including dematerialized product sheets, eCatalogue, code 13 management, product database, alerts, and personalized support. Adhesion is open to actors in the health product distribution chain including suppliers, depositaries, wholesalers-distributors, and pharmacy/health establishment organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ACLsanté operates a centralized digital platform providing standardized health product information services for the French pharmaceutical distribution chain. Its core offerings include the Base produits ACLsanté product database (covering medical devices, cosmetics, dietary supplements, biocides and veterinary products with daily supplier-controlled updates), the Démat'ACLsanté dematerialized product sheet system, the eCatalogue santé standardized digital catalogue, and the Alerte Produit Santé real-time recall/withdrawal alert platform. Membership provides access to GTIN/Code 13 codification management under enterprise GCP prefixes, the ACL7 unique index code, the Table de correspondance, and interprofessional working groups producing the Cahiers CIP-ACLsanté recommendations.

Product overview

ACLsanté is a non-profit association created in 1997 by and for actors in the health product distribution chain (suppliers, depositories, wholesale distributors, pharmacy organizations, and healthcare establishments). The organization operates a unified platform of interconnected services centered on three pillars: (1) product databases (Base produits ACLsanté and Base acteurs/Annuaires) that aggregate all health products and partner contacts with daily updates; (2) digitized information exchange tools (Démat'ACLsanté and eCatalogue santé) that enable standardized, automated, and secure transmission of product data across the distribution chain; and (3) interprofessional collaboration mechanisms (Groupes projets and Cahiers CIP-ACLsanté) that produce consensus-based recommendations and standardized procedures. Additional services include Alerte Produit Santé (real-time product safety alerts), GTIN/Code 13 management with GCP prefix, Code Index ACL 7 for product uniqueness, and a code correspondence table. Together these services ensure reliable product referencing, streamlined commercialization, and facilitated access to health products for patients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Alerte Produit Santé: La solution de référence pour diffuser en temps réel des alertes de retraits et de rappels produits.
• Demat'ACLsanté
• eCatalogue santé

Products and services

• Base produits ACLsanté A centralized product database containing all health products sold in pharmacies (medical devices, dietary products, cosmetics, food supplements, biocides, veterinary products), with information essential for commercialization. Data is controlled and updated daily by suppliers. For member suppliers, depositaries, wholesalers-distributors, pharmacies and health establishments.
• Base acteurs (Annuaires ACLsanté) Directory databases of distribution partners, including the pharmaceutical distribution directory, healthcare facility directory with pharmacist details, and point-of-sale directory (pharmacies, health establishments, mutualist pharmacies). For members needing partner contact information.
• Démat'ACLsanté A digitized product information solution enabling standardized, automated, and secure exchange of product data between all actors in the health product distribution chain. Includes descriptive, economic, regulatory and logistics information rubrics. For suppliers, depositaries, wholesalers and pharmacies.
• eCatalogue santé A standardized digital health catalogue aggregating all product information, exported as an Excel file from the Base Produits. Enables consolidation of article references, centralization of descriptive/regulatory/commercial/logistics information, and traceability of product information throughout the lifecycle. For distribution chain actors.
• Groupes projets Project groups organized around themes that enable interprofessional exchanges between all distribution chain actors to build common standards, producing standardized recommendations and procedures (Cahiers CIP-ACLsanté). For association members.
• Alerte Produit Santé A real-time product safety alert solution for diffusing withdrawal and recall alerts. Lots are identified, blocked and quarantined. Provides complete, structured, standardized messages integrated directly into clients' information systems across city and hospital pharmacy. For suppliers, wholesalers, depositaries, pharmacies and health establishments.
• Cahiers CIP-ACLsanté Interprofessional recommendations documenting standardized procedures and best practices for distribution chain operations, produced through working group consensus. Covers topics including codification, commercial and logistics exchanges, data dematerialization, hospital prescriptions, and product recalls. For association members across the distribution chain.
• Gestion GTIN / Code 13 avec GCP GTIN code management service using the company's enterprise prefix (GCP). ACLsanté handles product codification via service contract, managing code uniqueness and providing a single request for codes 7/13 and product referencing. For health product suppliers.
• Code Index ACL 7 A 7-character index code assigned to each referenced product to guarantee uniqueness of the reference code 13 within information systems across the distribution chain. For suppliers and distribution chain actors.
• Table de correspondance (Code 7 / Code 13) A correspondence table linking code index (code 7) to reference codes (ACL13/GTIN13), enabling tracking of product replacements and facilitating information system exchanges. For distribution chain members.

Quantifiable outcome

• 21,000 pharmacies can access supplier product catalogs through ACLsanté services
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• CIPmédicament (Club Inter Pharmaceutique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIPmédicament is a closely linked organization that manages logistics codes for medications and jointly develops the Cahiers CIP-ACLsanté recommendations. The two associations share governance structures including a common Consultative Committee and collaborate on standards development for the pharmaceutical distribution chain.
• Euro-PharmatcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuro-Pharmat is a key partner organization representing hospital pharmacy. They collaborate with ACLsanté on expert committees for hospital-to-community prescription recommendations (PHEV) covering medical devices in areas such as diabetes care, wound dressings, perfusion, stoma care, and compression therapy.
• SNITEM (Syndicat National de l'Industrie des Technologies Médicales)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNITEM represents medical device manufacturers in France. They collaborate on the Medical Devices project group to monitor and implement national and European medical device regulations, including EUDAMED deployment.
• GIE GERSmajorTechnology or IntegrationGIE GERS provides pharmaceutical distribution data and analytics. They are represented on ACLsanté's Consultative Committee and Board of Directors, contributing to industry standards development.
• USPO (Union des Syndicats de Pharmaciens d'Officine)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSPO represents community pharmacy owners in France. They participate in ACLsanté's Consultative Committee and Board of Directors, providing input on pharmacy needs and supporting recommendation development.
• FSPF (Fédération des Syndicats Pharmaceutiques de France)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFSPF is a major pharmacy union participating in ACLsanté governance and working groups to develop interprofessional standards.
• SNPHPU (Syndicat National des Pharmaciens Praticiens Hospitaliers et Praticiens Hospitaliers Universitaires)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNPHPU represents hospital pharmacists. They collaborate on hospital circuit working groups and contribute expertise to prescription hospitalière exécutée en ville (PHEV) recommendations.
• SYNPREFH (Syndicat National des Pharmaciens des Etablissements Hospitaliers)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSYNPREFH represents hospital pharmacy professionals and co-organizes the Hopipharm congress with ACLsanté and CIPmédicament.
• Alliance7 (Syndicat Français de la Nutrition Spécialisée)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance7 represents specialized nutrition companies and participates in ACLsanté's partner ecosystem.
• LEEM (Les Entreprises du Médicament)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLEEM represents pharmaceutical companies in France. They are part of the Consultative Committee contributing to industry standards development.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CIPmédicament: Sister organization that co-develops the Cahiers CIP-ACLsanté recommendations and manages logistics codes for medications. Operates the same non-profit membership association model for pharmaceutical distribution data in France, with shared governance and complementary scope.
• Euro-Pharmat: Association representing hospital pharmacy in France, focused on medical device referencing and evaluation in hospital settings. Directly comparable to ACLsanté on the hospital side of the distribution chain and co-develops recommendations on PHEV (hospital prescriptions executed in community pharmacy).
• Medipim: Belgian health product data platform that aggregates and structures product information for pharmacy and healthcare distribution. Operates a comparable database-and-catalog model for health products in a neighboring market, making it a direct peer in the European health product data infrastructure space.
• GS1 France: French national organization of the global GS1 standards body, which manages GTIN barcode standards. ACLsanté directly integrates with GS1's GTIN-13 framework and manages GCP prefixes; their interoperability makes GS1 France a direct comparable in product identification standards.
• SNITEM: French national trade association for medical device manufacturers. Partners with ACLsanté on medical device project groups and EUDAMED implementation, and represents a similar industry-association model focused on the medical device value chain.
• GIE GERS: Groupement d'Intérêt Économique providing pharmaceutical distribution data and analytics in France. Sits on ACLsanté's Board and Consultative Committee, and is a direct peer in the pharmaceutical distribution data infrastructure space.

Broad incumbents

• Cegedim: Healthcare technology company providing IT services and data to the pharmaceutical industry. Listed as a partner in ACLsanté's ecosystem and serves as a broader incumbent in healthcare data infrastructure with potential overlap in product data management.
• LEEM: French pharmaceutical industry trade association representing drug manufacturers. Sits on ACLsanté's Consultative Committee and operates as a broader industry association with overlapping membership, making it a broad incumbent in the health product standards ecosystem.

Emerging players

• EUDAMED (European Commission): EU-wide database for medical devices and IVDs under MDR/IVDR regulations. As a pan-European regulatory infrastructure, it represents an emerging public-sector platform that could complement or compete with ACLsanté's national product referencing role.
• Health Data Hub (France): French national health data platform aggregating anonymized health data for research and AI. While focused on patient health data rather than product data, it represents an emerging public-sector infrastructure that could intersect with ACLsanté's health product information mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles33 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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