Posts by Sandra Ansanay-Alex
Advanced Physician Scientists Grants
Apply before 30 November 2026 for the Advanced Physician Scientists Grants, offered by the Gottfried and Julia Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation in partnership with the Swiss Academy of Sciences Physicians active in research play a vital role in identifying unmet medical needs, deepening our understanding of pathological mechanisms and translating this knowledge into improved patient care. However,…
Read MoreCSEM’s Start-up Elevate Programme
Apply before 30 November 2026 for the CSEM Start-Up Elevate Programme CSEM’s Start-up Elevate Programme helps incorporated deep-tech start-ups reduce technical risk through one focused project with CSEM specialists. Five start-ups are selected each year. Each receives a Technical Lift: CHF 50,000 worth of CSEM project support to assess, develop, test, validate, or improve a…
Read MoreSwiss Health Valley startups build strong partnerships
Avrion Therapeutics, Neurosoft Bioelectronics and FluoSphera have recently announced partnerships that bring their technologies closer to patients and to industry. The projects cover gene therapy, brain-computer interfaces and preclinical drug testing. Avrion Therapeutics: moving an ALS gene therapy towards the clinic EPFL spin-off Avrion Therapeutics, ReMedys Foundation and Institut Charcot, an initiative of the French…
Read MorePrevision Medicine Raised $5.4 million in its Seed Round
Prevision Medicine is a precision medicine company headquartered in Zurich, with operations also at Biopôle Lausanne. The company is dedicated to reshaping cancer care through advanced, evidence-driven functional drug screening technologies. Prevision Medicine, a transformative precision oncology startup, today announced it has successfully raised $5.4 million in its Seed round. The funding will accelerate the…
Read MoreHow to Grow a Life Sciences Project in the Swiss Health Valley
The Swiss Health Valley has long been recognised as a land of innovation — a place where research, clinical practice and entrepreneurship meet to shape the future of health. But for a young life sciences entrepreneur trying to find their footing here, knowing where to start, and who to turn to, is not always straightforward.…
Read MoreCHUV and HUG Shine in Newsweek’s World’s Best Specialised Hospitals 2027
The Newsweek and Statista hospital rankings are followed closely around the world, and they never fail to spark discussion — For the 2027 edition, hospitals were assessed across 13 medical specialties, with Newsweek publishing the top 300 in cardiology and oncology, the top 250 in paediatrics, and the top 100 in nephrology. HUG and CHUV…
Read MoreNeurosoft Bioelectronics, Givaudan and Bracco Honoured at Geneva’s Grands Prix de l’économie
Three life sciences companies were celebrated on 17 September at the Grands Prix de l’économie genevoise ceremony, held at Le Cube on the HEAD campus in Geneva. The Prize for Innovation went to Neurosoft Bioelectronics, an EPFL spin-off based in Geneva and New York. The company develops soft brain-computer interfaces that record neural activity at…
Read MoreSDSC x Canton of Vaud: Call for Collaborative Projects in Data science and AI
The Swiss Data Science Centre (SDSC), in partnership with the Canton of Vaud, is launching a new call for collaborative projects in data science and artificial intelligence. Apply before 31 October 2026. With an annual budget of CHF 1.5 million until 2028, this programme is aimed at SMEs, start-ups, research institutes and public bodies in…
Read MoreABCDx Secures Several Grants
ABCDx, a Geneva and Spain based Medtech company developing blood-based point-of-care diagnostics for acute care, has been awarded funding through Spain’s Red.IA Salud programme to accelerate development of EmboCheck, its next-generation solution for pulmonary embolism. The wider programme is worth around €3 million, with roughly €1.4 million in non-dilutive funding allocated to ABCDx. EmboCheck is…
Read MoreCSEM Appoints Matthias Peterhans to Succeed Digital Health Pioneer Jens Krauss
After three decades as a pioneer in digital health, Jens Krauss is preparing to hand over the reins at CSEM, Switzerland’s technology innovation centre. Medtech entrepreneur Matthias Peterhans has been appointed Vice President Medtech, joining CSEM on 1 November 2026 and taking up the role fully in summer 2027. “For three decades, Jens Krauss has…
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