Posts by Sandra Ansanay-Alex
Western Switzerland, paradise for Life Sciences Companies
18 new foreign life sciences companies settled in our region in 2021 Last year, according to GGBa’s annual report, 86 foreign companies established new business operations in Western Switzerland, with the support of GGBa and the cantonal economic development agencies of Bern, Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva, and Valais. Among them, 18 companies are active…
Read MoreTech4Eva 2022 cohort
13 growth-stage startups and 15 early-stage start-ups and projects have been selected for the 2022 program. Tech4Eva is an EPFL initiative that aims at creating a long-term impact for FemTech startups and a global FemTech Community. The 2022 international cohort, selected from a total of 124 applications, is mainly represented by Swiss-based, USA-based and…
Read MoreDayOne Accelerator 2.0
Three programmes that enable the growth of global healthcare and medtech startups at various stages of their development Digital Health Nation Digital Health Nation is an NTN Innovation Booster powered by Innosuisse that aims at transforming and improving the Swiss healthcare system, but more importantly, patients’ lives. Day One helps the applicants with all the…
Read MoreNanolive raises US $ 20 million
The Swiss company is a pioneer in the development of live-cell imaging, and digital analytical solutions The swiss leading live-cell imaging and analysis company, announces that it has successfully completed the initial closing of US $20 million in the Series C-1 equity financing round of investment, led by a US-based and NASDAQ listed life science…
Read MoreVenture Leaders Medtech Team 2022
Ten startups have been chosen by a jury of investors as the Swiss National Startup Team for Venture Leaders Medtech 2022. The designated entrepreneurs fly to Boston for a one-week roadshow in June 2022 to accelerate their expansion into the US market and build an exceptional business network through meetings with top-notch investors…
Read MoreCafé Innovation | HUG | 5 April
Innovation Café, Tuesday 5 April , 2022 from 12:45 to 1:45 pm. Theme: “Personalized cancer immunotherapy in Geneva: from the laboratory to Phase II, the journey of MaxiVAX”. Presented by Pr Nicolas Mach, Oncology Department of the HUG & Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva, co-founder of the startup MaxiVAX. Where: Centre de…
Read MoreA MEG plateform at Campus Biotech in 2022
A new device for brain research at the Campus Biotech Next summer, the Human Neuroscience Platform (HNP) at Campus Biotech will acquire and install a new Magnetoencephalography (MEG). The new MEGIN Triux neo will integrate the already existing MEEG-BCI MRI facility. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a non-invasive imaging technique for investigating human brain activity. Dr…
Read MoreCompletely locked-in man uses brain-computer interface to communicate
Researchers at the Wyss Center Geneva created a device and a computer program to decode brain signals Completely paralyzed and unable to speak, a 30-year-old man was able to speak with its caregivers and his family. He even managed to ask his 4-year-old son : “Do you want to watch Disney’s Robin Hood with…
Read MoreINTERVIEW – Ana Pinto
🔺 Why Western Switzerland🇨🇭 is so attractive to life sciences companies? Ana Pinto, Business Partner at the Service de l’Économie du Canton de Neuchâtel has the answer.
Read MoreSwiss Biotech Day
The Swiss Biotech Day is organised from 24 to 25 April 2023 at the Congress Center Basel
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