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Abionic’s sepsis test supports the fight against COVID-19   When the pandemic hit, Abionic was finalising a financing round to support the commercialisation of its sepsis test. The Vaud-based scale-up decided to shift its priorities and activities to support the fight against the new coronavirus and save lives. Some studies show that a majority of…

SNF NRP78 « Covid-19 » Call | Collaboration opportunity with SILAB   SILAB can be a real asset to develop and validate your project’s innovative features in particular with regards to its implementation and usability in healthcare, so that it fits the aims of the Module 2 of the Covid-19 SNF NRP78 call: “New approaches…

AquaNetto enables you to wear the same mask for an extended period of time   Based in the canton of Valais at the TechnoArk in Sierre, AquaNetto specializes in air and water disinfection via ultraviolet light exposure.   The Swiss company was inspired to use one o fits titanium dioxyde (TiO2) based products to increase…

In light of the COVID-19 situation, we are exceptionally posting information in French on our website. Do not hesitate to get in contact with us if you need any guidance or explanations in English regarding the measures implemented by the Swiss Federal Council and western Switzerland Cantons to support the country’s economy in these very…

HUG | Preventive treatment for people in contact with COVID-19 patients   The HUG launch a clinical trial called CoPEP to validate a preventive treatment for patients which have been in contact with COVID-19 infected patients. The trial will be divided in three parts. The first two parts of the trial will test the efficiency…

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EBAMed joins the Mayo Clinic Business Accelerator and starts pre-clinical testing   EBAMed SA, a medical technology company enabling access to non-invasive treatments for heart arrhythmias, is glad to announce its entry into the Mayo Clinic Business Accelerator located in Rochester, Minnesota, USA, in January 2020. This will allow EBAMed, which develops medical devices to…

Los Angeles – Geneva – Monthey: CSG-BIO SA (CSG-Bio), which intends to offer the most advanced and comprehensive stem cell banking services to families worldwide in the near future, took over some of CryoSave AG’s assets in 2019. It has now announced the signing of an agreement with CORDSAVINGS SA (CordSavings), the reputed independent Swiss neonatal stem cells laboratory, to secure the hundreds of thousands of stem cell samples left in insecurity following the bankruptcy of the Swiss company Cryo-Save AG in September 2019.

New appointment at SOPHiA GENETICS to accelerate the execution of its Medical Strategy   On 13 February 2020, SOPHiA GENETICS, leader in Data-Driven Medicine, announced the appointment of Philippe Menu, MD-PhD, MBA, as Chief Medical Officer. The arrival of Dr. Philippe Menu in the SOPHiA GENETICS team will enable the Swiss based company to expand its…

Lunaphore closes its Series C funding   On 6 February 2020, the EPFL spin-off, Lunaphore, founded in 2014, announced the completion of its Series C funding of CHF 23 million, adding to its existing capital of CHF 11.3 million.   The startup provides high speed qualitative automated tools which use immunohistochemistry to deliver precise diagnostics. Lunaphore…