Société Française de Rhumatologie

What Société Française de Rhumatologie does

Société Française de Rhumatologie (SFR) is a French non-profit professional medical society dedicated to rheumatology, headquartered in Paris and serving four primary constituencies: practicing rheumatologists, young rheumatologists in training, allied health professionals, and patients. The society operates as the institutional hub for the French rheumatology community, organizing an annual congress in December at the Paris Convention Center alongside national days, section days, and training days that together constitute a continuous continuing-medical-education calendar.

SFR's core products span editorial, digital, and event assets. The scholarly flagship is the Joint Bone Spine journal, an established peer-reviewed publication with an Impact Factor of 4.2. Member-facing digital infrastructure includes Mon espace pratique, a member portal, and the La Minute Rhumato podcast, which has surpassed 100,000 cumulative listens. Patient-facing reach is delivered through the HIBOOT application, which extends the society's brand and content beyond clinicians. Strategic partnerships with regional groups (GRPso, SIRIS) and teaching hospitals (CHU de Poitiers, CH Fleyriat) tie the society into clinical-research networks across France, while representation at the European level is anchored by Prof. Laure Gossec's presidency of EULAR.

The business model is membership-driven: clinicians and allied health professionals pay annual subscription fees for access to the journal, member portal, and reduced congress pricing. Additional revenue is generated through congress registration, sponsorship, and journal-related publishing activities. The society is governed by an elected leadership, with Prof. Corinne Miceli-Richard assuming the presidency in February 2026 succeeding Prof. Thierry Schaeverbeke. No funding rounds, acquisitions, or commercial equity transactions are associated with the organization, consistent with its non-profit status.

Name

Société Française de Rhumatologie

Legal name

Société Française de Rhumatologie

Website

https://sfr.larhumatologie.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Société Française de Rhumatologie (SFR) is a French non-profit medical society serving rheumatologists, trainees, allied health professionals, and patients through membership subscriptions, an annual congress, the Joint Bone Spine journal (IF 4.2), a podcast, and the HIBOOT patient app.

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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: Annual membership fees providing access to professional resources, events at preferential rates, media library, career services, and personal workspace.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Société Française de Rhumatologie (SFR) is the official French professional medical society for rheumatology. It serves rheumatologists and allied health professionals through annual memberships, an annual congress, specialized training events, official journals, a media library of clinical practice tools, research grant programs, career services, and a patient-facing companion app (HIBOOT) for inflammatory rheumatism.

Product overview

The Société Française de Rhumatologie operates as a professional medical society rather than a product company. Its core offerings include La Minute Rhumato podcast for professional education, the HIBOOT patient companion application for inflammatory rheumatism management, and Mon espace pratique member portal. The society also publishes official journals including Joint Bone Spine and organizes major conferences such as the Congrès Français de Rhumatologie, Journées Nationales de Rhumatologie, and specialized training events like the Journée SIRIS echography training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Revue du Rhumatisme: Official journal of the Société Française de Rhumatologie, published as Joint Bone Spine with an impact factor of 4.2.
• La Minute Rhumato

Products and services

• La Minute Rhumato Official podcast of the SFR for rheumatologists providing updates on developments in rheumatology, with over 100,000 listens to date.
• L'appli HIBOOT Daily companion mobile application for patients to help manage treatments for inflammatory rheumatism conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, and psoriatic arthritis.
• Mon espace pratique Personalized workspace for SFR members containing tools, projects, news, and job listings.
• Les revues de la SFR Official journals of the SFR including Joint Bone Spine, with an Impact Factor of 4.2.
• Congrès Français de Rhumatologie Annual professional congress for rheumatologists held in December at Paris Convention Center.
• Journées Nationales de Rhumatologie National rheumatology conference organized by the SFR.
• Journée SIRIS Echography training day organized by the SIRIS section of the SFR, focused on ultrasound training.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• GRPso (Groupe de Recherche sur le Psoriasis)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026The Groupe de Recherche sur le Psoriasis (GRPso) of the Société Française de Dermatologie partners with SFR for a 2026 research funding call offering 30,000 euros in grants for psoriasis research, demonstrating cross-society collaboration in inflammatory skin and joint diseases.
• EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Pr Laure Gossec, affiliated with SFR, was elected President of EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism), representing French rheumatology at the European level and strengthening international collaboration.
• SIRIS (Section échographie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIRIS is an internal section of SFR dedicated to ultrasound training and proficiency. The section organizes annual training days (Journée de perfectionnement en échographie) for members.
• CHU de PoitiersminorOthersCHU de Poitiers uses the SFR job board to advertise rheumatology positions (chef de clinique/assistant positions).
• CH Fleyriat à Bourg en BresseminorOthersCH Fleyriat uses the SFR job board to advertise full-time or part-time rheumatology physician positions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Japanese College of Rheumatology: The Japanese College of Rheumatology is the leading Japanese professional society for rheumatology, organizing congresses, publishing journals, and certifying rheumatologists — a comparable national-society peer in a non-European advanced market.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh): DGRh is the German national rheumatology society, providing membership, congress, training, and research funding for German rheumatologists — a direct national-society peer to SFR operating in another large European market.
• American College of Rheumatology (ACR): The ACR is the official US national professional society for rheumatology, operating annual meetings, peer-reviewed journals, continuing education, and practice guidelines for US rheumatologists — directly comparable in mission and offering mix to SFR in France.
• British Society for Rheumatology (BSR): BSR is the UK national professional society for rheumatology, with a parallel mix of membership services, annual conference, peer-reviewed journal (Rheumatology), guidelines, and research grants — structurally comparable to SFR in a neighboring country.
• Australian Rheumatology Association: The Australian Rheumatology Association is the Australian national society for rheumatologists, providing membership, annual scientific meeting, training, and research grants — directly comparable to SFR in mission and structure.
• Sociedad Española de Reumatología (SER): SER is the Spanish national rheumatology society, with member services, an annual congress, journal (Reumatología Clínica), and training programs serving Spanish rheumatologists — a direct national-society peer to SFR.
• Società Italiana di Reumatologia (SIR): SIR is the Italian national rheumatology society, organizing an annual congress, publishing a journal, and providing clinical practice resources for Italian rheumatologists — directly analogous to SFR's mission and offering mix in Italy.

Others

• Arthritis Foundation: The Arthritis Foundation is the leading US patient-focused arthritis nonprofit funding research, education, and advocacy — thematically adjacent to SFR but focused on patient/consumer audiences rather than clinician members.
• Société Française de Dermatologie: The Société Française de Dermatologie is the French national dermatology society that partners with SFR (via its GRPso group) on cross-specialty psoriasis research funding — an adjacent society peer illustrating the cross-specialty collaboration model SFR uses.

Broad incumbents

• EULAR (European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology): EULAR is the umbrella European rheumatology body that coordinates national societies (including SFR), runs the European Congress of Rheumatology, and issues pan-European guidelines — a broader incumbent that overlaps with SFR's training, congress, and guideline activities at a higher geographic level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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