Based in Toulouse (France), MEDES is a group of economic interest created in 1989 with the mission to develop an expertise in the medical supervision of manned flights and the preparations for future interplanetary manned missions and to apply the results of space research on the areas of Healthcare. In order to meet space and clinical resaerch needs, MEDES runs a centre for medical experimentation, the Space Clinic. MEDES has also invested for more than 20 years in many telemedicine or medical research projects.