Festival de la Communication Santé

What Festival de la Communication Santé does

Festival de la Communication Santé is an annual two-day event held in Deauville, France, that convenes the French healthcare communication ecosystem—pharmaceutical and medical device companies, healthcare facilities, communication agencies, patient associations, start-ups, and healthcare media—for competition, networking, and knowledge sharing. Founded in 1989/1990 and now in its 35th edition, the festival is organized by Prodiovisuel, a privately held entity headquartered at 6 Rue Louis Pasteur in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, and operated by a core staff of approximately six people. The 35th edition is scheduled for November 26–27, 2026, at the Hôtel Barrière Le Royal Deauville under the theme 'Communication santé et qualité de vie : informer aujourd'hui, mieux vivre demain!' (Health communication and quality of life: informing today, living better tomorrow!).

The core product is the annual festival itself, supported by two distinct award programs. #FestiComSanté is the primary competition, recognizing public-facing healthcare communication campaigns across nine categories spanning patient associations, prevention, products and services, patient awareness, institutional communication, events, creative concepts, impact, and start-ups. #FestiComMed, launched in 2025, is a B2B track recognizing medical and scientific communication directed at healthcare professionals, with categories covering medications/medical devices, therapeutic education (ETP), health services, and medical education. A third awards program, Prix du Podcast Santé Francophone, debuted in 2025 with over 300 competing French-language health podcasts. The underlying technology stack is a standard event-management build: campaign submissions via Google Forms, individual and group registration through the key4events.com platform, content distribution via the festival's website (festivalcommunicationsante.fr), email newsletter, and social channels on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram.

Revenue is generated from three streams: tiered campaign registration fees (€600 for patient associations up to €4,500 for laboratories/enterprises, with Early Bird discounts and a 20% discount on additional campaigns), individual event passes (€440–€550 per attendee), and multi-tier sponsorships (Gold, Silver, Bronze) sold directly to pharmaceutical companies and healthcare media. Anchor sponsors include Pfizer France, Servier, Sanofi, Vidal, Equasens, LEEM, and Doctolib; media partners span 35+ outlets including Le Figaro, Elsevier, Doctissimo, Webedia, and MedShake Studio. The 2025 edition recorded 450+ participants, 80 sponsors and partners, and 100+ competing campaigns. The organization discloses no revenue, has no funding rounds, no parent company, and remains a closely held private entity under Prodiovisuel.

Name

Festival de la Communication Santé

Legal name

Prodiovisuel

Website

https://festivalcommunicationsante.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Festival de la Communication Santé is an annual two-day healthcare communication event in Deauville, France, organized by Prodiovisuel. It hosts competition awards (#FestiComSanté and #FestiComMed), networking, and industry conferences for pharmaceutical companies, patient associations, agencies, and healthcare professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Communication Events

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare, Medical Devices & Pharma Shows Organizers (THAHABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical, Scientific & Healthcare Congress Organizers (THAHACAD)

Keywords

• Healthcare communication events
• Health communication awards
• Pharmaceutical marketing competitions
• Medical communication conferences
• Healthcare industry networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulogne-Billancourt

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Campaign Registration Fees: Healthcare organizations submit their communication campaigns for competition across multiple categories. Fees vary by organization type: laboratories/enterprises pay higher rates (€3,600-€4,500), while startups (€1,200-€1,500), healthcare facilities (€1,600-€2,000), and patient associations (€600-€750) pay reduced rates. Early Bird discounts available until June 15th.
2. Individual Event Passes: Individual attendance passes for the two-day festival including access to conferences, workshops, exhibition space, networking cocktail, and the Festivaliers evening event. Passes available at €440-€550 per person.
3. Sponsorship: Pharmaceutical companies, healthcare media, and industry organizations sponsor the event at various tiers (Gold, Silver, Bronze), providing visibility and access to healthcare communication decision-makers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Festival de la Communication Santé organizes an annual two-day in-person event in Deauville that brings together healthcare communication professionals from laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, medical device firms, healthcare institutions, patient associations, and agencies. The core offering consists of two awards competition programs (#FestiComSanté for public-facing health communication and #FestiComMed for B2B medical/scientific communication), accompanied by conferences, roundtables, workshops, exhibition space, and networking events such as the Festivaliers Evening.

Product overview

Festival de la Communication Santé operates as an annual event company organizing the premier French healthcare communication festival in Deauville. The core offering is the annual two-day festival event (Saison 35 in 2026), complemented by two award programs (#FestiComSanté for public-facing health communication and #FestiComMed for B2B medical communication), campaign registration services for competitors, individual attendee passes, and a newsletter subscription. The event serves as a networking hub for the entire healthcare communication ecosystem including laboratories, agencies, patient associations, and healthcare institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Festival de la Communication Santé (Annual Event) Annual two-day event in Deauville for healthcare communication professionals, laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, medical device firms, healthcare institutions, patient associations, and agencies, featuring conferences, roundtables, workshops, exhibition space, networking events, and award ceremonies.
• #FestiComSanté Awards Primary awards program recognizing outstanding health communication campaigns targeting patients, caregivers, and the general public across categories including prevention, patient associations, institutional communication, and startups.
• #FestiComMed Awards B2B awards program recognizing excellence in medical and scientific communication directed at healthcare professionals, including categories for medical education (MedEd), therapeutic patient education (ETP), B2B products, and health services.
• Campaign Registration Services Registration and submission service allowing organizations to submit healthcare communication campaigns for competition evaluation, with tiered pricing for laboratories (€3,600–€4,500), healthcare facilities (€1,600–€2,000), startups (€1,200–€1,500), and patient associations (€600–€750).
• Individual Pass Registration Two-day individual pass (€440–€550 HT) providing access to all conferences, roundtables, professional workshops, exhibition space, networking cocktail, and the Festivaliers Evening event at the annual festival in Deauville.
• Sponsorship Packages Multi-tier sponsorship packages (Gold, Silver, Bronze) sold to pharmaceutical companies, healthcare media, and industry organizations, providing brand visibility, networking access, and participation benefits at the annual festival.

Quantifiable outcome

• 450+ participants attend annually, with 80 sponsors and partners, and 100+ campaigns competing for awards

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• EquasensflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGold sponsor of the Festival de la Communication Santé. Equasens is a healthcare technology company.
• Pfizer FranceflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGold sponsor of the Festival de la Communication Santé.
• ServierflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGold sponsor of the Festival de la Communication Santé.
• VidalflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGold sponsor, providing healthcare information resources.
• LEEM (Les Entreprises du Médicament)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGold sponsor representing pharmaceutical companies in France.
• SanofiflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver sponsor of the Festival de la Communication Santé.
• DoctolibcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBronze sponsor, healthcare appointment scheduling platform.
• Université Paris-SaclaycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAcademic partner, contributes educational perspective to healthcare communication.
• Le FigaroflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGold media partner, major French newspaper with healthcare coverage.
• ElsevierflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGold media partner, international healthcare and scientific publisher.
• DoctissimoflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGold media partner, major French health information website.
• Medtech FranceflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGold media partner covering medical technology.
• RCA FactoryflagshipTechnology or IntegrationGold partner providing healthcare communication expertise.
• webediaflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGold media partner, digital media group with health content.
• Hôtel Barrière Le Royal DeauvilleflagshipOthersPreferred venue for the 35th edition of the festival, marking a return to the original location where the festival began. Exclusive hotel partnership for attendees.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FNIM (Fédération Nationale de l'Information Médicale): FNIM is the French national federation for medical information and communication, also operating its own awards program for healthcare communication. Overlaps directly with FestiComSanté in serving the same French healthcare communication professional community, and is also a Gold sponsor of the festival.
• MedShake Studio: MedShake Studio produces the DEBRIEF podcast in partnership with FestiComSanté, covering healthcare communication. As a producer of healthcare communication content for pharma and health professionals, it operates in an adjacent but overlapping ecosystem.
• SANTEXPO: SANTEXPO is the leading French healthcare industry trade fair (organized under HealthTech), bringing together hospitals, suppliers, and healthcare IT vendors. Directly comparable to FestiComSanté as a flagship French healthcare event with overlapping sponsors (LEEM, etc.) and audiences.
• RCA Factory Healthcare: RCA Factory is a specialized healthcare communication agency in France, run by David Réguer (now VP of the Festival Committee). It is also a Gold media partner, making it a participant and adjacent player in the same healthcare communication awards ecosystem.
• Pharmagora / Pharmacy Expo: Pharmagora (now Pharmacy Expo) is a long-running French pharmaceutical trade show for pharmacy professionals and industry players. Comparable as a French pharma industry event with overlapping sponsors and audiences, though focused more on pharmacy retail than communication.

Broad incumbents

• VivaTech: VivaTech is the largest French tech and startup event, attracting major sponsors and exhibiting healthcare/healthtech alongside other verticals. Comparable as a large French event with similar audience composition (pharma, startups, investors) but operates at much greater scale and broader scope.
• HIMSS Europe: HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) is a global healthcare IT organization running large-scale conferences across Europe. Comparable as a healthcare events organization but operates at much larger scale, broader geographic reach, and serves a different (more IT-focused) sub-segment.

Emerging players

• PulseLife (formerly Hopi): PulseLife is a French clinical decision support and medical information platform for healthcare professionals, and is a sponsor of FestiComSanté. Comparable as a digital touchpoint serving the same healthcare professional audience with overlapping content and sponsorship ecosystems.

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FestiComSante
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/festival-de-la-communication-sant-
• Instagraminstagram.com/festivalcommunicationsante

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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