ABL, a subsidiary of Institut Mérieux
We have been a pioneer in developing and producing viral vectors since 1994.
We are grounded in the Mérieux family’s legacy of biology and vaccine expertise since 1897.
As a pure CDMO player, we contribute to the success of your immunotherapy innovations.
3
sites across the world
(France & US)
~300
employees
99/100
professional equality index for men and women in 2023 (calculated for the year 2022)
ABL supports
an entrepreneurial spirit
Innovation and creativity
We constantly encourage our teams to turn the difficulties they face into opportunities. We give them the trust and freedom they need to take initiative, improve our practices, and take action to provide innovative solutions to our customers’ needs.
Team spirit and versatility
We work together to achieve common goals. The human scale of our organization facilitates collaboration, interactions between departments, and solidarity.
Internal mobility and career prospects
ABL helps our employees build their career path and progress in their profession, as well as develop or acquire new skills within the company and Institut Mérieux’s other subsidiaries.
Our Mission
From development to market, ABL provides GMP viral vectors, contributing to the success of our clients’ immunotherapy innovations.
Our Values
10 reasons to join us
From our October 2022 internal “Quality of Work Life” survey
1
91%
Quality of relationships with colleagues
2
88%
The freedom to adapt my work schedule
3
88%
The “Creativity” value is well embodied
4
83%
The working hours
5
83%
The autonomy
6
83%
Quality of relationships with people outside the company
7
83%
Versatile assignments
8
81%
What I do in my job
9
78%
The usefulness of my job
10
73%
The responsibilities I am given
Our Jobs
FAQ
What does ABL’s compensation system look like?
ABL provides our employees with many benefits (including excellent health insurance) and an attractive pay structure that combines a fixed salary, a variable component based on individual and collective performance, and profit-sharing bonuses.
What does ABL’s working environment look like?
We have made quality of life at work a priority by offering our employees flexible schedules based on a fixed daily rate. This encourages autonomy and supports work-life balance.
Our empowering and caring management model is horizontal, with a streamlined hierarchical structure that fosters quick and easy decision-making and encourages collaboration between departments. Initiative, autonomy, and versatility are critical to our organization.
Each year, we outline a QWL (Quality of Work Life) action plan to review and constantly improve our practices. Each site has a community of QWL ambassadors, the “Happy Committee,” to organize events and boost cohesion.
What are ABL’s commitments?
As a people-centered company, relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We make sure to provide our employees with a caring and fulfilling work environment, regardless of their gender. This has led to an outstanding gender equality index of 95/100.
We help employees build their career path through individual development plans (training, internal development, and mobility within ABL and other Institut Mérieux entities, etc.).
In 2021, we had an internal mobility rate of 14%.
Lastly, we are proud to support causes we believe in: for example, we are a member of “Entreprise des Possibles,” a group of socially conscious companies through which our employees can volunteer during working hours or donate their paid leave.