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Institut Mérieux

French, family-owned holding company dedicated to advancing global public health
Organization organization Q3151778

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of
organization
Official website
www.institut-merieux.com[12]
Legal form
public limited company with a board of directors (n.o.s.)[16]
Official name
INSTITUT MERIEUX[15]

Status and dates

Inception
November 2, 1988[10]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1988-11-02 ROR 1897 edition 2026-09-26 · cc0-1.0+geonames-cc-by-4.0 ↗

Location

Headquarters location
Lyon[5]
Country
France[2]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Lyon[1]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded

Industry and activity

Industry
pharmaceutical industry, activities of head offices[8][9]

People

Founder
Marcel Mérieux[3]
Director / manager
Alain Mérieux[13]

Relations

Owned by
Mérieux family[4]
Child organization or unit
Mérieux NutriSciences, bioMérieux[6][7]
Participant in
contaminated haemophilia blood products[14]
More facts +1
Located on street
Rue Bourgelat[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Institut Merieux en Institut Mérieux zh 梅里埃生物研究所 zh 梅里埃研究所
🔖 Identifiers · 20
ROR ID
008s67533
ISNI
0000000122979203
Legal Entity Identifier
969500UOJ82BA5PY8H44as of 2026-09-24may be stale
where from?
Edition
20260924-full · as of 2026-09-24 · newer edition 20261106 landed
Bronze
d1b68a0396f7f150… 20260924-0000-gleif-goldencopy-lei2-golden-copy.csv.zip +2 files
Transform
4ort-mint · gleif · version not recorded
VIAF cluster ID
127981614, 144986747
Library of Congress authority ID
n84210386
GND ID
94453-1
OpenAlex ID
I1284886586
GRID ID
grid.482135.9as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lyon 2e - Siège de l'Institut Mérieux au 17 rue Bourgelat (mars 2019).jpg ↗
Crunchbase organization ID
institut-merieux
Freebase ID
/m/010lqmq5
IdRef ID
026538369
Show all 20 identifiers +8
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007418723305171
Open Funder Registry funder ID
501100019574as of 2026-10-11
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20261011 · as of 2026-10-11
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20261011 · version not recorded
OpenCorporates ID
fr/348579509
SIREN number
348579509
Science Museum people ID
cp52031
Scilit organization ID
72300
Topic's main category
Category:Institut Mérieux
Wellcome Collection concept ID
tn94xfcs
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📜 Data licence
Source: OpenAlex (openalex.org), snapshot of 2026-09-23. CC0 1.0 Universal. CC0 1.0 Universal · OpenAlex
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NAF code v2P10564
70.10Z 2026-09-26 INSEE Sirene (etalab-2.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26 · newer edition 20261103 landed
Licence
etalab-2.0
Credit
INSEE, base Sirene, Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): attribution to INSEE and the date of last update. PERSONAL DATA: sole-proprietor units carry names (13.8M diffusible in the 2026-08-01 stock); units with …
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c863a02110fbfe09… stock-stockunitelegale-parquet.parquet +3 files
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4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
INSEE, base Sirene, Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): attribution to INSEE and the date of last update. PERSONAL DATA: sole-proprietor units carry names (13.8M diffusible in the 2026-08-01 stock); units with statutDiffusion 'P' have their personal fields masked [ND] by INSEE — internal use only, no profiling, no onward redistribution of personal fields.
🔗 Connections
← Affiliated with 19
Agathe Michel, Anatole Luzzati, Cécile Eymard, Céline Lansade, Chantal Sobas, Christine Fuhrmann, Coralie Martinez, D. Menager +11 more
← Parent organization 6
Gneh, Imeurope, La Fonciere De Montcelard, Merieux Developpement, Mnh, Tsgh
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . ror.org. Retrieved . ror.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . SIRENE. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of Congress authority ID → n84210386
    Owned by → Mérieux family
    IdRef ID → 026538369
    SIREN number → 348579509
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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