AFEF - Société Française d'Hépatologie

What AFEF - Société Française d'Hépatologie does

AFEF (Association Française pour l'Étude du Foie), operating as Société Française d'Hépatologie, is a French nonprofit professional medical association (association loi 1901, founded 1975, SIRET 434951596000031) that serves as the national learned society for hepatology in France. Its membership — physicians, hepatologists, gastroenterologists, researchers, residents, and PhD students — accesses scientific recommendations, a médiathèque of clinical and educational content, webinars/webconferences, and the annual Journées Scientifiques congress (the 27th edition scheduled for Strasbourg, October 7–9, 2026). The society holds CME accreditation (N°DA Organisme de Formation: 11753818775) and pursues a complementary public-awareness mission through the Grand Public portal and campaigns such as International NASH Day.

The organization runs nine core product lines: a members-only portal (Espace membre) for scientific monitoring and reserved content; the AFEF Jeunes young-researcher network offering free membership, grants (bourse jeunes chercheurs), and slideshow competitions; the AFEF Médiathèque of congress reports, seminar videos, and resident presentations; recurring live and on-demand webinars (e.g., MASH treatments, HCC immunotherapy, Hepatitis B Rencontres Hépato); the annual scientific congress; expert-authored clinical recommendations and practical sheets; a public-facing Grand Public portal covering liver anatomy, diseases, and non-invasive diagnostics (FibroScan, Fibrotest, Fibromètre, Hépascore); and a young-researcher grant program. The technology substrate is a WordPress-based website with a separate member portal subdomain (membre.afef.asso.fr) and a dedicated event microsite (congres-afef.com), supplemented by YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and email newsletter distribution.

Revenue mechanics are characteristic of a learned society rather than a commercial enterprise: recurring individual membership dues, congress and webinar registration fees, CME-accredited training revenue (Formation Professionnelle Continue), event sponsorship (e.g., GSK supporting Hepatitis B programming), and voluntary donations. The society is governed by elected officers (President Georges-Philippe Pageaux, General Secretary Alexandre Louvet, Treasurer Laure Elkrief) and staffed from a single Paris headquarters (79 bd duparnasse, 75006 Paris), with no parent entity, no venture or private-equity involvement, and no disclosed financials. Geographic scope is France-centric, with public-awareness campaigns occasionally coordinated through partner university hospital centers across multiple regions.

Name

AFEF - Société Française d'Hépatologie

Legal name

Association Française pour l'Étude du Foie - AFEF

Website

https://afef.asso.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AFEF is a French nonprofit professional medical association (founded 1975) serving as the national learned society for hepatology, providing clinical recommendations, CME-accredited education, an annual scientific congress, webinars, and a young-researcher network (AFEF Jeunes) to physicians, researchers, and the general public in France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: AFEF generates revenue primarily through annual membership fees paid by healthcare professionals, researchers, and institutions in the field of hepatology.
2. Formation continue / Professional education: As a declared Formation Professionnelle Continue organism (N°DA Organisme de Formation: 11753818775), AFEF organizes accredited continuing medical education (CME) activities including congresses, seminars, and webinars, which may generate revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AFEF is a French nonprofit professional medical association (association loi 1901) that delivers hepatology education, scientific recommendations, and professional development services to physicians, researchers, and healthcare professionals specializing in liver diseases. Its core offerings include a member-only portal with scientific recommendations and veille scientifique, the AFEF Jeunes young researchers network with grants and competitions, an annual scientific congress (Journées Scientifiques de l'AFEF), webinars, a digital media library of educational content, and a public information portal for patient and general public education on liver health.

Product overview

AFEF (Association Française pour l'Étude du Foie) is a French hepatology professional society offering a unified membership platform providing access to scientific recommendations, webinars, webconferences, and a media library of educational slideshows and video reports. The organization supports young researchers through a dedicated network (AFEF Jeunes) with grants and competitions, organizes an annual scientific congress, and provides patient-facing public information resources. The core offering is educational and professional development services for hepatology practitioners rather than a traditional software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AFEF Member Portal (Espace membre)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SOS HépatitescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2023AFEF partners with the SOS Hépatites federation for public health campaigns including the International NASH Day 2023. The collaboration involves co-producing educational materials such as the 'Guide Anti-NASH' and coordinating local awareness actions at hospitals across France.
• CHU de Montpellier - Hôpital Saint EloiminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2023The CHU de Montpellier organized a patient education day (éducation thérapeutique) for NASH patients on June 8, 2023, as part of AFEF's NASH Day 2023 activities.
• CHU d'Angers - FHU GO NASHminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2023FHU GO NASH at CHU d'Angers organized a public conference session on June 8, 2023, as part of AFEF's NASH Day 2023 public awareness activities.
• CH de TourcoingminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2023The Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing hosted an information and awareness stand on NASH as part of AFEF's NASH Day 2023, staffed by the 'Bien vivre avec une hépatite' therapeutic education team.
• CHG de Saint-DizierminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2023The Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Dizier organized an ETEP stand, quizzes, physical activity workshops, and dietary sessions on NASH Day 2023 in collaboration with AFEF and SOS Hépatites.
• GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)minorOthersGSK is listed as a supporter ('Avec le soutien de') of AFEF events, including the 'Rencontres Hépato' webinar series on Hepatitis B.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS): ILTS is a focused international society for liver transplantation, a sub-specialty overlapping with hepatology. AFEF's transplantation content and AFEF Jeunes transplantation slidesets mirror ILTS's scope at a smaller national scale.

Regional players

• APASL - Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver: APASL is the regional hepatology society covering the Asia-Pacific region, with annual conferences, working groups, and journals. It is structurally identical to AFEF but operates at a continental rather than national level.
• BASL - British Association for the Study of the Liver: BASL is the UK hepatology society running the annual BASL School, scientific meetings, and clinical guidelines. It is the closest national-level hepatology society peer to AFEF in a neighboring market with a similar academic medical structure.
• Société Française de Transplantation: The French transplantation society runs educational meetings and congress content on liver transplantation, directly overlapping with AFEF's transplantation tracks and serving a similar French clinical audience.
• ALEH - Asociación Latinoamericana para el Estudio del Hígado: ALEH is the Latin American hepatology society, a regional peer that mirrors AFEF's structure (national/regional society, congress, education) but serves a different geography.

Direct peers

• EASL - European Association for the Study of the Liver: EASL is the leading European professional society for hepatology, offering an annual congress (ILC), clinical guidelines, journals (Journal of Hepatology), and educational programs that directly parallel AFEF's offerings at the European level instead of the French national level.
• Société Française de Gastro-Entérologie (SFGE): SFGE is the French national society for gastroenterology, which encompasses hepatology. It co-organizes the JFHOD congress referenced in AFEF's webinars and competes with AFEF for hepatology education members and content in France.
• AASLD - American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases: AASLD is the US national hepatology society running The Liver Meeting, Hepatology journal, and clinical practice guidelines. It is the most direct functional analog to AFEF at the US level, with the same scientific-society model and educational/congress structure.

Others

• SOS Hépatites: SOS Hépatites is the French patient federation for viral hepatitis that AFEF formally partners with on NASH Day and the Guide Anti-NASH. It is not a scientific-society peer but is AFEF's closest patient-advocacy counterpart and ecosystem partner.

Broad incumbents

• Société Nationale Française de Gastro-Entérologie (SNFGE): SNFGE is the larger national umbrella body for French gastroenterology, organizing JFHOD and broader GI education. It acts as the broader incumbent that AFEF must coexist with and occasionally defer to on cross-cutting GI topics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCgWEPppp0YbWbvpcWoXd9fg
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/afef

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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