Posts by Sandra Ansanay-Alex
UCB Farchim Marks 30 years of Biopharma Excellence in Bulle
On 16 September, UCB Farchim celebrated 30 years in Bulle with a ceremony on site. The event was the highlight of a Jubilee year that looks back on three decades of growth and ahead to the site’s next chapter. From a 1996 start to one of UCB’s key sites UCB, the Belgian biopharmaceutical group, set…
Read MoreCANSEARCH Gala Raises Over CHF 1.6 Million for Paediatric Cancer Research
On 17 September, more than 800 guests gathered at the Arena de Genève for the seventh CANSEARCH charity gala. The evening was the highlight of Gold September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and raised more than CHF 1.6 million for research into childhood cancers and blood diseases. The evening opened with a moving short film in…
Read MoreInnoJura Accelerator: six life sciences projects join the first cohort
The InnoJura Accelerator has welcomed its first cohort. The programme was launched by Basel Area Business & Innovation, with support from Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area, to help start-ups and scale-ups grow their businesses. The jury selected ten projects, and six of them have links to the life sciences. They began the programme in July…
Read MoreAdvanced 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…
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