Posts by Sandra Ansanay-Alex
Wyss Center joins life sciences cluster BioAlps
The Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating discoveries in neuroscience to improve patient lives, has joined BioAlps, the life sciences cluster for Western Switzerland. “We are honored that the Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering has agreed to join BioAlps. This leading research center is a pioneer…
Read MoreSyNNergy
The Canton of Vaud supports companies working on the digital transition The SyNNergy programme is an initiative of the Canton of Vaud designed to support consortia of at least 3 companies, the majority of which are from Vaud, wishing to carry out an innovative project together and in connection with the digital transition. The support…
Read MoreGeneva researcher wins European Inventor’s Award
Geneva-based researcher Madiha Derouazi is co-winner of the European Inventor Award. With the French immunologist Elodie Belnoue, she is rewarded for her therapeutic vaccines against cancer. The European Patent Office (EPO) awarded the two researchers the European Inventor Award 2022 in the “SME” category at a ceremony in Munich on Tuesday. The teammates have…
Read Moreten23health is building a new facility in Visp
The company plans to establish a new 5,000 m2 manufacturing facility in Visp. In October 2021, ten23 health acquired a former Swissfillon site to install its production facility. In March 2022, a first 1,000 m2 expansion was announced. The new 5,000 m2 facility will include sterile manufacturing lines plus laboratories, offices and technical areas across…
Read MoreEcotope, the new EPFL Innovation Park’s project
EPFL Innovation Park is turning 30 this year and wants to expand. A new site, called Ecotope, will bring together startups, researchers and outside companies. The Canton of Vaud is the project’s main partner. The EPFL Innovation Park is already home to over 150 startups and 30 large companies employing over 2,600 people. In…
Read MoreA CHF 12 Million Innosuisse Grant for a VR Surgical Training Method
The Swiss Federal Agency for Innovation Promotion (Innosuisse) is supporting the “PROFICIENCY” project, in which the Geneva-based startup ORamaVR S.A. is a full partner, with a total of CHF 12 million over the next four years. The project initiates a paradigm shift in practical training in surgery: Away from primary training in the operating…
Read MoreCSEM Digital Journey : win CHF 100,000 worth of technical support
Apply before 14 September 2026 for CSEM Digital Journey competition. The innovation center will support a company trying to realize its digital project with technological support worth CHF 100,000. The “Digital Journey”started in 2018 and provides companies with fewer than 250 employees an opportunity to access CSEM‘s technological expertise to implement an important digitalization…
Read MoreAlveoliX wins the Swiss Medtech Award 2022
Bernese start-up AlveoliX was awarded the Swiss Medtech Award, and prize money totaling CHF 75,000. AlveoliX, founded in 2019, has created a small-scale replica of the human lung called «Lung-on-Chip» that can also mimic respiratory motions. According to the jury, this organ-on-chip technology has the potential to establish itself as the new standard in…
Read MoreCHUV strengthens its strategy to fight cancer
The University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV) in Lausanne is expanding its strategy to better fight all forms of cancer. The institution is opening three new interdisciplinary oncology centers, focusing on the brain and spinal cord, liver and pancreas, and ENT and cervicofacial tumors. The University Hospital of Vau, CHUV, had already been a pioneer…
Read MoreBioAlps at OM Pharma
On 9 June 2022, during a BioAlps’ 4à6 event, the Heath Valley Community had the opportunity to visit OM Pharma in Geneva. OM Pharma is a leader in the prevention of recurrent respiratory and urinary tract infections with products regulating the immune system based on oral bacterial extracts. Broncho-Vaxom® and Uro Vaxom® are marketed…
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