Posts by Sandra Ansanay-Alex
Ecotope, 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…
Read MoreCytiva opens a new production site in Grens (VD)
Cytiva opens its new 7,400 m2 production facility in Grens, Switzerland, on 31 May 2022. The site will manufacture single-use kits for the Sepax and Sefia cell processing systems, as well as consumables for the Xuri cell expansion systems. The new site will be home to 250 employees and house the Centre of Excellence…
Read MoreVotes are open for the TOP 100 Swiss Startups!
What is your favorite swiss startup? Every year the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award showcases the 100 most innovative and promising Swiss startups. 438 Swiss deeptech startups have been featured in the ranking over the past decade. So far, they have created 11100 jobs and raised CHF 6.1 billion. In 2022, 269 Life Sciences…
Read MorePr. Antoine Geissbuhler is the new BioAlps’ President
A Digital Health specialist to promote the Swiss Health Valley and the number one and most diversified Life Sciences Cluster in Europe After a selection process of several months, BioAlps’ Executive Committee identified a strong candidate to take over the role of Mr Claude Clément as President of the BioAlps Association. On Thursday 19…
Read MoreAlithea Genomics closes a CHF 1 million seed round
Alithea Genomics, a Lausanne-based fast-growing, emerging leader in the field of RNA sequencing and transcriptomics analysis, announced the closing of a CHF 1 million seed financing round led by the Novalis Biotech Acceleration fund, with the participation of Swiss-based private investors. Alithea has developed a proprietary technology called Bulk RNA Barcoding and sequencing (BRB-seq), which enables the preparation…
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