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Nagi Bioscience secures CHF 12.4 Million Investment
Nagi Bioscience, a Swiss life sciences company developing next-generation laboratory equipment to unlock the full potential of alternatives to animal…
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Debiopharm Innovation Fund: a new seed fund dedicated to Digital Health
Debiopharm Innovation Fund, the strategic investment arm of Swiss biopharmaceutical company Debiopharm, with $150 million under management, announces the launch…
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Atinary Technologies raises $5 million
The Biopôle-based start-up has developed its machine learning platform dedicated to materials discovery. The seed-round was round led by AgFunder and…
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Future Health Grant – 9 new projects selected
This great Swiss Health Valley🇨🇭 initiative was started by CSS and EPFL Innovation Park to promote Medicine 3.0. The 9…
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Future Health Lausanne, an opportunity for the Swiss Health Valley
Future Health Lausanne is taking place on 3 October 2023 at the Swisstech Convention Center in Lausanne. The event is…
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Adiposs SA announced the completion of the phase I clinical trial of its ImageBAT™
Adiposs SA, a Swiss biotech company developing medical imaging products and technologies, announced the completion of the phase I clinical…
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A consortium led by Addex Therapeutics secures a €4 million Eurostars grant
The Geneva-based pharmaceutical company will use the grant to support its programme for mild neurocognitive disorders (mNCD). The…
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Multiwave raises CHF 3.8 Million
Geneva-based deeptech startup Multiwave Technologies SA, led by Tryfon and Panos Antonakakis, is attracting new capital that will be dedicated…
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Swiss Cancer Center Léman found a way to boost artificial immune cells to fight cancer
A team of Swiss researchers has discovered a way of prolonging the efficacy of CAR-T cells in immunotherapy for the…
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A visit at Mecaplast Swiss
Over the decades, Mecaplast Swiss has extended its offering beyond plastic injection per-say. The company may collaborate as early as the design phase, up to shipping fully finished products to its clients across the globe. The new ISO 7 clean room strengthens the offer as it is mainly be dedicated to the post-injection operations, assembly, finishing and packaging to meet the fast-growing demand of the MedTech industry.
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Lonza to stop producing Moderna vaccine in Visp
Production of the Moderna serum will cease at Visp in the canton of Valais. In addition, Lonza’s Managing Director, Pierre-Alain…
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Socorex, 60 years of success in precision volumetry
The story begins in 1963, in Canton of Vaud (Switzerland) with the know-how gathering of small companies active in manufacturing…
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CUTISS AG launches its Series C funding round
CUTISS AG, a Swiss company specialising in regenerative skin medicine and tissue engineering, has announced the launch of its Series…
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Amal Therapeutics wins Geneva Innovation Prize
Les Grands Prix de l’économie 2023 are organised by the CCIG, with the support of the State of Geneva and…
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A new brain cell discovered by Swiss researchers
The two major families of cells that make up the brain, neurons and glial cells, secretly hid a hybrid cell,…
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HAYA Therapeutics is Switzerland’s most promising startup
The 13th edition of the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award celebrated Switzerland’s best startups according to a 100-person strong jury:…
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A breakthrough in the US for Antion Biosciences SA
Antion Biosciences SA (Antion), an innovative developer of cell and gene therapy technologies, announces the granting of a significant patent…
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Healthcare Konnect (HCK) and Coreline Europe GmbH start a partnership
Healthcare Konnect (HCK) and Coreline Europe GmbH start a new partnership to amplify the inherent value of diagnostic accuracy. …
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Agora Care partners with PRISTEM SA
Two Western Switzerland startups join forces to revolutionize medical imaging Agora Care is a Geneva-based company developing a patient-centered…
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Deciphering the “highway code” of our cells
A team from UNIGE has identified a new process governing the growth of the ‘roads’ that enable cells to thrive….
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ten23 health expands sterile manufacturing capacity at its VIVA 1® facility in Visp
ten23 health®, a global contract development and manufacturing organization, announced a capacity expansion for the manufacture of sterile drug product…
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CHF 40,000 For Diatheris
The Geneva-based biotech startup won Venture Kick’s second stage of financial and entrepreneurial support. The project aims to achieve optimal…
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First in Human Recording of Brain Activities Achieved by Neurosoft Bioelectronics
The Swiss start-up created a stretchable high-channel electrode grid that was successfully used in a first-in-human clinical study in a…
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CHUV@home: an application to monitor patients after surgery
Nearly 1,800 people have already used the CHUV@home application since it was launched in 2021. Patients who have undergone surgery…
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Pôle Santé Campus in Sion – Foundation stone laid
The Pôle Santé Campus in Valais will bring together on the same site training activities in health and social work,…
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Genolier Innovation Hub: an ambitious medical center
In the heart of the Swiss Health Valley, the holding company AEVIS VICTORIA SA is investing more than CHF 100…
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A tool for predicting the future of Alzheimer’s patients
A team from the University and the HUG has determined which imaging technique is best for early detection of the…
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Venture Leaders Medtech 2023
10 medtech projects were selected to join the Swiss National Startup team that will travel to Boston and Cambridge next…
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Bearmind reaches CHF 2 million funding
The start-up develops sensors and algorithms to provide a real-time assessment of the risk of concussion for professional athletes. …
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An app to empower women during their menopause
PhenomX Health SA, a femtech start–up based in Biopôle, launches a wellness and precision nutrition app for menopause care in Switzerland,…
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UNIGE scientists identified genes involved in the progression of cancer
Tissues, blood vessels, cells: tumours develop in a complex ecosystem known as the tumour microenvironment. A team from the University…
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Gaia Tech AG raises CHF 480,000
The Bern-based start-up extracts natural antioxidants from agricultural waste and has successfully closed its pre-seed funding round with SICTIC business angels, Venture…
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Epiterna raised €10 Million
The longetivity start-up, based at Biopôle, is funded by Prima Materia, the investment firm founded by Spotify founder Daniel Ek and…
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MRA between Switzerland and the USA in the area of Good Manufacturing Practice for medicinal products takes effect
The Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) between Switzerland and the United States in the area of Good Manufacturing Practice for medicinal…
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Medicxi announces a $400m fund for life sciences projects
Medicxi, a leading European life sciences investment firm, announces its $400 million Medicxi IV fund. The new fund will continue…
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CHUV: a child on bi-ventricular cardiac assistance could be weaned off the machine and avoid a heart transplant
After spending a year in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at CHUV, a 4-year-old boy did not need a heart…
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Givaudan expands its Protein Hub in Zurich to create dairy alternatives
Geneva-based Givaudan has expanded the Protein Hub at its flagship Zurich Innovation Centre in Kemptthal, to support the growth of dairy…
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Sulfiscon and biped.ai recipients of the Biopôle Start-up Fund
The fund offers up to CHF 90,000 a year, over three consecutive years, to promising life sciences ventures. …
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PeriVision raises between CHF 0.5 and 1 Million in a Seed Round
PeriVision is utilizing the power of artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), and cloud computing to redefine eye testing and…
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A patient in remission from HIV after a bone marrow transplant
The HUG and the Institut Pasteur have announced an exceptional case of HIV remission. A promising discovery. The patient…
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Biped wins the Prix de la canne blanche
The Swiss Central Union for the Blind (UCBA) awards projects for blind, partially sighted and deaf-blind people. Twenty-one projects were…
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The Swiss Health Valley Region on One TV
Magali Bischof, BioAlps’ Secretary General is interviewed by Benjamin Smadja during the 13 World Chambers congress organised by CCIG Geneva. Watch…
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ten23 health announces expansion with the launch of quality control services
ten23 health® announces the launch of “quality control” service offerings in Switzerland for release and stability testing of clinical and…
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Comphya SA launches clinical study for erectile dysfunction in Brazil
After raising CHF 850 000 in January, and starting a clinical trial in Australia, the Swiss Medtech startup launches a…
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Innovation at Hôpital de la Tour
On Thursday 1 June, the Swiss Health Valley Community was received by Hôpital de la Tour in Meyrin during a…
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Le Temps – Medtechs still trapped in European reform on medical devices
Medical technology companies are still grappling with the new rules on healthcare devices and diagnostics, two years after they came…
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Oncolifestyle, Debiopharm’s website to empower people living with cancer
The Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company launches a new online portal to support people with cancer, with an initial focus on prostate…
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Prof. Antoine Geissbuhler appointed Dean of UNIGE Faculty of Medicine
BioAlps President, Prof. Antoine Geissbuhler, takes a new position. He is now at the helm of UNIGE Faculty of Medicine….
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CHUV launches a new cellular immunotherapy to treat acute myeloid leukemia
This subtype of cancer, which is particularly aggressive in children and frequent in adults, responds poorly to current standard treatments….
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Gender medicine: Switzerland invests CHF11 million
The Swiss government is investing CHF47 million in four national research programmes: gender medicine, biodiversity, new construction techniques and crop…
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dsm-firmenich invests € 275 Million into Adare Biome
Adare Biome, a unit of Adare Pharma Solutions (CDMO), is a historic player in the development and manufacturing of postbiotic…
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FONGIT Innovation Initiation Program for Life Sciences – and Deep Tech Projects
In 2016 FONGIT, in Geneva, and EPFL Innovation Park launched the Geneus program – the first innovation initiation program –…
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AC Immune Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for its Alzheimer’s Vaccine candidate
Lausanne-based biopharmaceutical company AC Immune SA, announced that it has received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Défi Source 2023 rewards 6 innovative projects focusing on people and society
Over 150 innovation and healthcare players attended the presentations of the 12 finalist projects during the finale of the second…
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Dewi, DNAQuraCy, naialabs and MagFlow awarded grants from FIT
The FIT, (Fondation pour l’Innovation Technologique) in canton of Vaud awarded 4 promising Swiss Health Valley projects. DNAQuraCy spun out…
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Isospec Analytics wins CHF 150’000 and Venture Kick’s 3rd round
The startup uses molecular signatures that can be used like bar codes to identify molecules, and developed a technology to…
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A HUG patient saved by natural viruses called bacteriophages
For the first time, a multidisciplinary team from the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE)…
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EBAMed raises EUR 14.35 Million in Series A Funding
The Swiss Health Valley start-up develops a novel image guidance system for the non-invasive treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia through Proton…
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>>venture>> Startup Competition: Diatheris and ZiZAN!A Biobotanica awarded
Several Swiss Health Valley projects were rewarded during the finale of the >>venture>> Startup Competition on 26 June 2023, at…
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Debiopharm invests $6 Million with Benchstrength in Altis Labs
Altis Labs is a Canadian computational imaging company accelerating clinical trials with artificial intelligence. “We are thrilled to partner…
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Bloom Renewables won the Prix Sud
Le Temps, and its main partner Romande Energie, announced the Sustainable Start-Up 2023 Prize Bloom Biorenewables, a Fribourg based…
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Lunaphore Technologies to get acquired by Bio-Techne
Lunaphore Technologies SA, a Vaud-based (Switzerland) life sciences company developing technology to enable spatial biology in every laboratory, announced it…
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The ERAS protocol, developed at the CHUV, receives the “Nobel Prize for Surgery”
Under the guidance of its Director General Nicolas Demartines, the CHUV was the first hospital in Switzerland to adopt the…
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Three Health Valley projects received a W. A. de Vigier Award
biped.ai, Gaia Technologies and Limula received a W. A. de Vigier Award, each endowed with CHF 100,000. Over 300 submitted…
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University of Bern strengthens research cooperation around healthcare in Africa
Together with African and European partner universities, the University of Bern is developing is establishing two long-term research collaborations. These…
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bNovate Technologies raises CHF 12 Million
bNovate Technologies, a leader in rapid bacterial detection systems for water, has announced a CHF 12 million Series C funding…
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CHF 400’000 for Lymphatica
The FIT (Fondation pour l’Innovation Technologique) gives a Tech Growth loans of CHF 400’000 to the EPFL spin-off, allowing her…
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Abionic wins the Swiss Medtech Award 2023
The EPFL spin-off, founded in 2010, wins the Swiss Medtech Award 2023 valued at CHF 75,000. Abionic specialises in providing…
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Regen Lab partners with Dassault Systèmes Group
Regen Lab, a Swiss commercial-stage medical technology company specializing in the research, development, registration, manufacturing and commercialization of proprietary tissue…
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HUG to test a promising messenger RNA vaccine against melanoma
A messenger RNA vaccine developed by Moderna, which has recently been shown to be effective against certain cases of melanoma,…
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Swiss and American researchers reached a potential milestone in cancer therapy
Researchers from the University of Bern, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, and the University of Connecticut have made a significant breakthrough…
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Merck inaugurates its Biotech Development Centre in Corsier-sur-Vevey
German laboratory Merck invested CHF 250 million in Corsier-sur-Vevey (VD). The 15,700 m2 building will combine research and production of…
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Selexis SA definetely becomes KBI Biopharma
Selexis, an EFPL startup, was founded in 2005 before being acquired by KBI Biopharma Inc, a subsidiary of the Japanese…
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Lonza acquires Dutch biotech company Synaffix
The Valais-based pharmaceutical subcontractor will pay an initial €100 million, with subsequent milestone payments of up to a further €60…
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Driving Growth and Innovation: Yassin Nahi’s Insights on the Biotech Cluster in Western Switzerland
The Swiss Biotech Report 2023 recently unveiled an impressive portrait of Switzerland’s thriving biotech sector. With record revenues of CHF…
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CSEM and MOMM Diagnostics partner to develop a rapid test for preeclampsia
Among the various pregnancy complications, one of the most serious and potentially life-threatening conditions is preeclampsia affecting 3 to 8%…
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How the flu virus hacks our cells
A UNIGE team has discovered how the influenza A virus hijacks the mechanism for importing iron into cells to invade…
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Impossible Materials wins CHF 150,000
After raising CHF 3.8 Million last month, the Fribourg-based startup won the third and final stage of the Venture Kick…
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Artiria receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for its deflectable guidewire for surgery
Artiria Medical, a Vaud-based neurovascular MedTech company, announces that its real-time deflectable guidewire has been granted the 510(k) clearance by…
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A paraplegic controls his movements with his mind
Neuroscientists and neurosurgeons from EPFL/CHUV/UNIL and CEA/CHUGA/UGA report in the journal Nature that they have re-established communication between the brain…
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6 life sciences startups in the Top 10 of the W. A. de Vigier Award
From a record number of over 300 submitted projects, the jury picked their Top 10. On 20 June 2023, up…
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Fluosphera SA, Kylys Aesthetics SA and Consulto supported by FONGIT
Fongit, the Fondation Genevoise pour l’Innovation Technologique, has awarded two Seed loans of 100,000 CHF to Fluosphera SA and Kylys…
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Western Switzerland cantons sign an agreement on digital health
Fribourg, Geneva, Jura, Valais and Vaud are aiming to establish a legal basis for the provision and operation of other…
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Onward Announces First-in-Human Use of ARC-IM™ Lead to Restore Movement and Function after Spinal Cord Injury
New lead is purpose-designed to optimize the delivery of ONWARD ARC Therapy™ ONWARD Medical, a medical technology company working…
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Investors et Innovators Connect
On 2 May 2023, BioAlps and Intuitive Surgical co-organised an Investors et Innovators Connect event. Our association scouted projects in…
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CHF 1 Million for a clinical study on Lymphoma
Dr Noémie Lang, oncologist at Geneva University Hospital (HUG), wins the prestigious Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK) Trial…
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BIND: Bioinnovation Day Awards
On 11 May 2023, 31 early stage life sciences projects were presented to the public at the AGORA (Fondation ISREC)…
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NewBiologix is betting on the industrialization of gene therapy
With CHF 45 million raised, the start-up NewBiologix, officially launched on 11 May 2023 at the Biopôle in Epalinges, has…
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Novostia raises € 2.5 Million
Novostia SA is a clinical stage company developing a breakthrough artificial heart valve. Founded in April 2017, in Neuchâtel,…
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BioAlps 20th General Assembly
Collaboration is key to foster innovation in the Swiss Health Valley Founded in 2003, BioAlps empowers the Swiss Health…
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Nobel Laureate Prof. James Rothman and Drug Discovery Expert Dr. John Baldoni join Gnubiotics as Senior Advisors
The Swiss company has been able to recreate the unique diversity of glycan structures found in breast milk, nature’s perfect…
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HealthCare Konnect and Ligence Partners to Expand Access to AI-based Echocardiography Solution
The two companies join forces to bring AI-based echocardiography solution, Ligence Heart, in Switzerland and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia…
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Domo Health partners with SAK to bring advanced digital health solutions at home
SAK (St. Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke AG) has acquired a participation in Domo Health as part of a round of capital raising….
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Innosuisse grants CHF 2.5 M to 7 Swiss Health Valley Life Sciences Startups
Within the framework of the Swiss Accelerator, Innosuisse supports 53 innovation projects by SMEs and startups and grants each of…
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Limula SA receives CHF 2.5 million from Innosuisse Swiss Accelerator
Limula SA receives CHF 2.5 million in non-dilutive funding to accelerate the industrialisation of a closed, automated, and modular solution…
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machineMD wins Innovation World Cup 2023
machineMD, a Bern-based medtech company, was awarded the top prize at the prestigious Innovation World Cup® 2023, hosted during the…
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Siegfried expands and invests CHF 25 million in Evionnaz (VS)
The biomanufacturing company invests of up to CHF 25 million in Valais (Switzerland) for a new global R&D Center for…
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Biotech companies thrive in Switzerland
Swiss Biotech Report 2023 shows sector weathers global disruption well and continues to play a leading role driving global healthcare…
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Impossible Materials raises CHF 3,4 Million
Suspected of causing cancer, titanium dioxide, a white colouring agent, has been banned from food in Switzerland and Europe since…
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George Coukos honored by the American Association for Cancer (AACR)
George Coukos, full professor at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of UNIL, director of the Department of Oncology UNIL-CHUV…
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Distalmotion raises $ 150M
The fundraise, led by Revival Healthcare Capital, will be used to get a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for…
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Music practice keeps the brain from ageing
A study led by the UNIGE, HES-SO Geneva, and EPFL revealed that music practice and active listening could prevent working…
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SydLab One by Nagi Bioscience hits the market
Nagi Bioscience releases an end-to-end automated device to screen drugs, chemicals and others substances on micro-organisms. Swiss EPFL spin-off…
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Horizon Europe for Swiss Researchers
Swiss entities can participate in most Horizon Europe calls. Funding is provided by the Swiss government as long as Switzerland…
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Ludwig Cancer Research and Canton of Vaud Partner to Build a Research Centre
The new centre will be dedicated to synthetic immunotherapy and immune engineering on the Biopôle site in Epalinges. The…
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Erwin Böttinger is the new Wyss Center Geneva CEO
The Executive Board of the Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, a non-profit research center, is pleased to announce the…
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Lonza completed its latest drug manufacturing line in Visp
The new line will support customers with a range of drug product manufacturing needs for both clinical and commercial supply….
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W.A. de Vigier Awards 2023: 7 Western Switzerland Life Sciences Startups Selected
15 startups were selected among 300 projects. 5 of them are set to win CHF 100,000. The Award Ceremony is…
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An Obesity Center opens at the CHUV
The creation of an Obesity Center at the CHUV enables the teams of Dr. Lucie Favre, head of the Obesity…
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Alithea Genomics receives CHF 500,000 from FIT
The EPFL spin-off is active in high-throughput RNA sequencing, used to examine gene expression and discover new biomarkers and drugs….
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Lunaphore raises CHF 40 million in Series D1 funding
The Swiss startup plans to use the funding to strengthen its growing portfolio offering in spatial biology. Lunaphore…
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A VR training programme for medical students supported by Innosuisse
Viva VOsCE is a revolutionary project aiming at transforming medical education through harnessing the power of Virtual Reality (VR) technology….
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Three new projects financed in Geneva by the FIF
Plair, Endotelix and Dr Beat Walpoth received funding from the Fongit Innovation Fund (FIF). Plair SA: Growth loan of…
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Senbiosys raises more than CHF 600,000 on kickstarter
Senbiosys developed a smart ring and an application to give users inputs about their health and wellness. The EPFL spin-off…
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Tech4Eva selected 16 projects for its 2023 programme
16 projects have been selected for the 2023 programme Tech4Eva is an EPFL Innovation Park and Groupe Mutuel initiative…
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Debiopharm and Merck invest in artificial intelligence
Debiopharm Innovation Fund, the strategic investment arm of Swiss biopharmaceutical company Debiopharm, and M Ventures, the strategic, corporate venture capital…
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EFI-Lake Geneva Ventures and Yellowstone Holding AG invest CHF 3,5 million in Medyria
Medyria’s PyCath aims to be the only device on the market with pressure and blood flow velocity sensing for the…
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SOPHiA GENETICS and Agilent Partner
SOPHiA GENETICS, a Lausanne-based cloud-native software company in the healthcare space and the leader in data-driven medicine, is partnering with…
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GeNeuro raises €25 million for its treatment against long COVID
GeNeuro develops timelimab, an antibody that showed promising results in treating inflammatory symptoms for long COVID patients GeNeuro, a…
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Three Jura start-ups awarded with the DayOne Tech accelerator prize
The Jura branch of the Swiss Innovation Park Basel Area is home to 28 companies and institutions, including ten in…
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Debiopharm expands its oncology pipeline
The Lausanne-based biotech company has obtained global rights from a Novo Nordisk molecule and plans to take the compound forward…
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Raphaël Conz is the New Head of Department for Economic Promotion and Innovation in the canton of Vaud
Raphaël Conz is also BioAlps’ vice-president. For many years, he has worked to promote the attractiveness and the reputation of…
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Medistri invests CHF 8 million in Domdidier
The largest independent sterilisation company in Europe invests to expand its plant in Domdidier, in the canton of Fribourg. …
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Oculis Announces US public listing on Nasdaq
A Swiss Health Valley success story! Oculis goes public. Oculis Holding AG (“Oculis”), based at EPFL Innovation Park in…
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Comphya receives approval for first pilot clinical trial in Australia
A swissmade neuromodulator to treat erectile dysfunction starts clinical trials in Australia Comphya SA, developer of the first neuromodulator…
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FluoSphera Secures a Pre-Seed Investment of $ 1M
The US accelerator IndieBio New York which is part of SOSV, Swiss-based Mountain Labs, and EFI Lake Geneva Ventures participated…
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Lunaphore and CRO Sirona Dx collaborate to expand COMET™ offerings to US-based biotech and biopharma customers
Sirona Dx will become the first US-based Contract Research Organization (CRO) to offer Lunaphore’s flagship COMET™ spatial biology platform as a service….
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Leenaards Foundation 2023 Science Prizes
Leenaards Foundation announces three winners of the 2023 Science Prizes. CHF 1.5 million are awarded to support biomedical research in…
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ObsEva Announces Strategic Reorganization to Consolidate Operations in Switzerland
In financial trouble, the Geneva-based femtech company had to lay off its employees and reorganize its management Obseva, in…
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Terapet raises CHF 2,3 million
The Swiss MedTech company is developing next generation imaging technology, and closed a Pre-Series A investment round. This funding supports…
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mimiX Biotherapeutics and PreComb join forces to fight cancer
The two companies are partnering to accelerate the process of personalized cancer drug profiling leveraging the potential of both company’s…
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Izar by Mindmaze, a new smart device to improve hand rehabilitation
MindMaze, a global pioneer in the development of AI-driven digital neurotherapeutics, is proud to announce the US and EU launch…
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7 digital health start-ups selected by the Future of Health Grant
CSS and EPFL announce the 2nd cohort of the Future of Health Program The Future of Health Grant (FoHG)…
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SEED Biosciences teams up with Molecular Device to market its DispenCell
Biopôle-based SEED Biosciences teams up with Molecular Devices, LLC. The American leading provider of high-performance life science solutions is now…
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Lonza wants to encourage careers In Life Sciences and opens MINTWorld
Faced with a shortage of qualified personnel in the field of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology (MINT) in…
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Gene Predictis is bought by NIMGenetics
The EPFL-based start-up accepted the offer of the Spanish company. The amount of the transaction has not been disclosed. …
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SOPHiA GENETICS Expands Partnership with AstraZeneca
The Swiss start-up, specialised in AI assisted medicine, and the Swedish-British pharmaceutical company want to create multimodal approaches for cancer drug…
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13 biotech companies to watch according to BioAlps and Labiotech.eu
BioAlps recently collaborated with Labiotech.eu to detect the 13 biotech and healthtech companies in the Swiss Health Valley to watch…
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La Tour invests CHF 750 million in a health campus in Meyrin
Hôpital de La Tour in Geneva sells its premises to finance an ambitious innovation-oriented health campus The owners of…
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CHF 500 000 for AC Immune
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) and Target ALS Foundation (Target ALS) provide more than USD 500,000 in…
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Aspivix receives U.S. FDA Clearance for Carevix™, Their Novel Cervical Stabilizer
Carevix™, a novel atraumatic cervical stabilizer created by the Swiss startup ASPIVIX SA, received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food…
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Volumina Medical, Parithera and PeriVision win the Biopôle Startup Fund 2022
The initiative, which includes up to CHF 90,000 of support per year for up to three consecutive years, is designed…
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Limula and CSEM partner to automate the production of CAR T cells
A Health Valley partnership to revolutionize cancer therapies and to bring a personalised treatment for cancer patients CSEM supports…
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€2M Eurostars funding for a project led by Calciscon
CALCISCON, AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERS and ADMESY have signed a collaborative agreement for the development of a laboratory benchtop analyzer…
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Xsensio announces an agreement with Mayo Clinic
Xsensio Announces Know-How and Stock Purchase Agreement with Mayo Clinic Xsensio, a Vaud-Based company that is developing the Lab-on-Skin©…
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Comphya raises CHF 850 000 in a convertible loan
Comphya SA, developer of the first neuromodulator to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), announced the fundraising of CHF 850k in a…
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Research is less profitable for the pharmaceutical industry
According to a Deloitte study, investing in research is less and less interesting. The audit and consulting firm used figures…
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Lonza invested CHF 1 billion in Visp in 2022
The biopharmaceutical company employs 5,000 people in Valais, and also announced a 15% sales growth in 2022, representing a total…
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CHUV, Alithea Genomics and PanGene partner to develop a pan-cancer blood test
The three partners secured a €1 million ($1.1 million) in Eurostars grant funding to develop a first of a king…
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BioAlps and the Swiss Health Valley
Listen to Magali Bischof, BioAlps Secretary General, on Beyond Biotech podcast speaking about the Swiss Health Valley and the role…
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CHUV, EPFL, SIB and Roche found molecules able to suppress resistance to immunotherapy
A breakthrough in the fight against cancer: researchers from EPFL, the Ludwig Institute of the CHUV, the SIB, and Roche…
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The HUG open a Centre for Virtual Medicine
The new Centre for Virtual Medicine at the HUG is a pioneer in the use of virtual reality for clinical…
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BIONOMOUS closes a USD 2.7 million Series A
The Swiss-based startup builds devices to automate processes in Life Science research and prepares a product rollout and expansion. …
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Virtual reality glasses used as a diagnostic tool for brain disorders
MachineMD, a spin-off of Inselspital Bern, and CSEM, are collaborating to diagnose brain diseases by analyzing eye movements with a…
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Neurosoft Bioelectronics receives ISO Certification for its Quality Management System
Neurosoft Bioelectronics SA, a startup developing implantable brain-computer interfaces, announces that it has received ISO 13485:2016 Certification by TÜV SÜD…
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A CHF 1 billion contract for Bachem Group
The contract covers the delivery of a large volume of peptides over a five-year period from 2025-2029, and follows the…
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Ypsomed Innovation Award 2022 – The Winners
machineMD (1st place), Pace Locator (2nd place) and Compact Motion (3rd place). The Innovation Award, worth a total of CHF…
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A CHF 1.5M seed-funding round for MPC Therapeutics to improve CAR-T cancer therapies
MPC Therapeutics (MPC Tx), is a Swiss biotechnology company based in Geneva, focusing on metabolism and cellular rejuvenation. The…
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Swissfillon becomes ten23 health
ten23 health®, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) announces the change in branding of its in Visp, Switzerland…
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STALICLA signs exclusive in-licensing agreement with Novartis for late-stage clinical neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorder treatment
The transaction with Novartis reinforces STALICLA’s position as the leading developer of precision medicines for neurodevelopmental disorders and heralds the…
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mimiX biotherapeutics launches a funding round to accelerate clinical translation of FastSkin®
mimiX biotherapeutics launches a funding round to accelerate clinical translation of FastSkin® MIMIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS LTD, a Swiss medical technology company…
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Resistell AG closes its series B first tranche of CHF 8.5 Million
Resistell provides information on which antibiotic should be used to treat the patient, and the concentration at which it should…
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iOnctura awarded EUR 17.5 million funding from the EIC Accelerator
Funding will support iOnctura’s clinical program for IOA-289, a first-in-class autotaxin inhibitor for the treatment of pancreatic cancer iOnctura…
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An intelligent harness to facilitate the mobility of blind people
The startup Biped created a harness equipped with 3D cameras that beeps when there is a risk of hitting an…
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AMF Medical SA bought for CHF 200 million by Tandem Diabetes Care
Tandem Diabetes Care, a global US-Based insulin delivery and diabetes technology company, announced an agreement to acquire AMF Medical SA,…
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Swiss research: the pharmaceutical industry is the leading investor in 2021
In 2021, private companies spent CHF 16.8 billion in Switzerland on in-house research and development (R&D) activities. This represents an…
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Nanolive selected in the top 10 Innovations by The Scientist
The Scientist magazine announced its top 10 new products selected by a panel of independent judges. The Lausanne-based start-up Nanolive…
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MRM wins the Debiopharm – La Solution – Inartis Challenge
The 7th Debiopharm-La-Solution.ch-Inartis Challenge for the Quality of Life of Patient has rewarded with a prize of CHF 25’000 the…
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VR training for new Lonza employees
How to attract and retain talented workers in the Biotech Industry? And how to train the new recruits efficiently? Lonza…
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Innosuisse, what changes in 2023?
As of January 2023, Innosuisse is evolving. Grants will be distributed for international projects, and the financing of start-ups will…
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Alliance, your partner for your Innosuisse application
You have an innovative project and are thinking of submitting an Innosuisse application? With its team of specialized advisors, Alliance…
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Domo Health: a digital platform for home health
Lack of resources and staff, aging population, an increase in chronic diseases: the challenges of the medical world are numerous…
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GeNeuro starts a clinical trials for its long COVID treatment
200 patients are recruited and will be followed in 5 Swiss hospitals participating in the study. The first results are…
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Prof. Antoine Geissbuhler elected at the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium
A new mission for BioAlps’ President Professor at the Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics of the Faculty of…
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Symbios opens a new factory in Yverdon
The 12 000 m2 facility will be ready next spring in the Y-Parc in Yverdon-les-Bains. Leader in the production of custom-made…
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Volumina Medical Gets a CHF 500 000 Loan from FIT
Volumina Medical is an EPFL spin-off based in Biopôle Lausanne. The company develops a biogel that supports the repair of…
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Switzerland sets to accept medical devices with FDA approval
The Federal Council is to adapt national laws so that, in addition to medical devices with an EU certificate /…
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EUR 3.7 million for ONWARD and its partners from the European Innovation Council (EIC)
The European Innovation Council Grant has been awarded to ONWARD and its research partners, including EPFL, IICT-BAS, CEA-Leti-Clinatec, and CEAList….
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Limula wins the start-up Swiss Technology Award
During the Swiss Innovation Forum on 23 November 2022 in Basel, Limula won the Inventor Award. Two other companies…
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CERN, CHUV and THERYQ develop a revolutionary FLASH radiotherapy device to fight cancer
This FLASH radiotherapy device will use very high-energy electrons (VHEE) to treat cancers that are resistant to conventional treatments, with…
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Prof. Jocelyne Bloch and Prof. Grégoire Courtine receive the BioAlps Academia Award, and Incyte the BioAlps Industry Award.
The ceremony closed the BioAlps Networking Day on 24 November 2022 in Neuchâtel, in front of 250 key players of…
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Dentsply Sirona wins the Vaud International Business Award
The dental products world leader employs 700 people in the canton. Each fall, the Vaud International Business…
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ObsEva Announces Sale of Ebopiprant License Agreement to XOMA for up to $113 Million
The Swiss company expects the sale proceeds to resolve its current over-indebtedness position ObsEva SA, a biopharmaceutical company based in…
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Opna Bio Raises $38M in Series A Financing
Opna Bio, an Epalinges, Switzerland and San Francisco, CA-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, raised $38M in Series A funding. The round…
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Claude Nicollier steps down from his position as CSEM
The former astronaut has spent 16 years as Chairperson of the Board of Directors Effective June 2023, Claude Nicollier…
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Novigenix announces first closing of its $20M Series B
The company validated its approach in Colorectal Cancer (CRC) screening, and provides new molecular insights and predictive algorithms for patient…
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Neuria receives the Start-Up Innovation Prize of the Canton of Fribourg
Neuria gets CHF 30 000 to develop its digital therapy hidden in video games to help fight nutrition disorders …
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A CHF 1.6 million Innosuisse Grant for PeriVision
PeriVision was awarded an Innosuisse research grant together with the University Hospital Bern and ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research…
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MICROCITY Neuchâtel, Land of Diagnostic
A Human lean Diagnostic programme in the canton of precision watchmaking The historical heritage of high precision and core…
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Domo Health and Roche develop a digital health solution to detect the first signs of respiratory infections
Domo Health, a leader in digital health, announced the launch of its clinical study in collaboration with Roche Pharma Suisse…
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Debiopharm leads $6M round for YonaLink to Scale Global Growth
The swiss company invests into an Israelian SaaS Platform able to collect data and to reduce clinical trial timelines and…
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Bone marrow neurons can be rewired to enable paraplegics to walk
Jocelyne Bloch and Grégoire Courtine, two Swiss researchers, have identified a group of nerve cells unrelated to the locomotor system…
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Interview Sacha Sidjanski
Dr. Sacha Pierre Sidjanski is in charge of External Relations at the Faculty of Life Sciences at EPFL. He explains…
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🔺4à6 BioAlps at Incyte🔺
On 22 September 2022, Jonathan Dickinson, executive vice-president at Incyte, received the Swiss Health Valley Community in Morges. …
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Novochizol SA and Alpha Chitin Partner to Produce a Chitosan-Based Polysaccharide
Alpha Chitin will manufacture both Novochizol™ raw materials and Novochizol™-based intermediate products. Alpha Chitin, a French biobased chemistry company…
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SOPHiA GENETICS Partners with Microsoft to Accelerate Multimodal Health Data Analysis
The agreement is to expand and reinforce data-driven medicine through the SOPHiA DDM™ health data analysis platform available with Microsoft Azure…
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Dixi Polytool wins CSEM’s Digital Journey Contest
The company will receive CHF 100,000 in technical support from CSEM to develop a smart factory and a 100% autonomous…
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Interview Prof. Yogeshvar Kalia
Prof. Yogeshvar Kalia is Professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) speaks about the…
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How does the microbiota work?
Researchers at the University of Bern and University Hospital Bern have been able to comprehensively study the bacteria of the…
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A new test to avoid miscarriages and strokes
The HUG and the Unige have found a way to better detect the antibodies that cause thrombosis, which leads to…
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Cordis spends 1.14 billion francs to buy MedAlliance
Nyon-based MedAlliance, a start-up active in the field of vascular medical technology, has been acquired by the American multinational Cordis…
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Netsensing Technology finalists of the 14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup at Medica 2022
Incubated at Microcity Neuchâtel, Netsensing Technology is excited to announce that it has been selected as one of the Top12…
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Interview Denis Cavin
Why is Western Switzerland is a perfect place for lifesciences companies? Listen to Denis Cavin, Economic Development Officer at State of Geneva…
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Oculis to go public
The Lausanne-based company Oculis SA, and European Biotech Acquisition Corp, announced a business combination agreement to create a Nasdaq-listed biopharmaceutical…
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SUN Bioscience receives an EPFL Alumni Awards
The two co-founders of SUN bioscience received an EPFL Alumni Award, a price that distinguishes researchers over the course of…
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Firmenich inaugurates its new campus in Geneva
The 225,000 m2 site, located in the towns of Satigny and La Plaine, has a largely automated production capacity of…
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ORamaVR raises 2.4M EUR in a post-seed funding round
The leader in medical virtual reality (VR) training tools, based in Geneva, provides immersive virtual reality solutions that allow the…
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BoneView®, an AI solution to improve fractures diagnostic on X-rays images
Gleamer and HealthCare Konnect (HCK) partner to expand access to AI-Based double check-in fractures, effusions, dislocations and bone lesions on…
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Ron Appel, SIB’s president, retires
Bioinformatics pioneer gives way to the next generation Ron Appel pioneered the field of bioinformatics in Switzerland and supported…
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ArcoScreen and DAAV are FIT
ArcoScreen and DAAV both receive a Tech Seed loan of CHF 100’000 from the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT). ArcoScreen…
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Progress in the diagnosis of endometriosis
Researchers from the University of Bern and Inselspital and University Hospital Bern, in collaboration with Australian scientists, are developing a…
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Flowbone SA concludes a CHF 2.1 million Seed round
The EPFL spin-off, active in the field of bone regeneration, prepares its US market entry. “With aging population, fractures…
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A UNIGE team reveals how Hepatitis B could be cured
The swiss🇨🇭 researchers have deciphered the precise functioning of a protective mechanism that could lead to a potential post-infection treatment…
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Four Swiss🇨🇭 start-ups in the Top 18 European TechBio companies
ONWARD, Haya Therapeutics, Retinai and Engimmune Therapeutics are in the top 18 Biotech companies in Europe according to investors. Stuck…
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Volumina Medical closes its Series A funding to develop Adipearl
Clinique La Prairie and Skyviews Life Science Ltd are among the new investors Volumina Medical, a spin-off from the…
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Three new buildings on the Biopôle site in Lausanne
Biopôle SA announces a new partnership with Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate SICAV for the construction of three new buildings…
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iOnctura, EBAMed and Terapet awarded by the Fongit
Fongit, the Fondation Genevoise pour l’Innovation Technologique, has just announced the latest beneficiaries of the Fongit Innovation Fund (FIF). iOnctura…
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Future of Health: 10 digital healthcare start-ups awarded
EPFL Innovation Park and CSS present the 2022 cohort The Future of Health Grant programme to support innovation in…
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Nanolive SA closes a series C round at $22.2 million
After the successful closing of a US $22.2 million Series C equity financing, Nanolive announces the appointment of two extraordinary…
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Hedera Dx raises €14 million in seed funding
The Swiss companies wants to accelerate the adoption of liquid biopsies for cancer testing Swiss techbio company Hedera Dx,…
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Incepto raised €27 million
The platform for artificial intelligence solutions applied to medical imaging, announces a €27 million round of financing. The goal: to…
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Onward Confirms Amazing Results to restore Arm and Hand Function in People With Spinal Cord Injury
The Up-LIFT study evaluating ARC-EX Therapy demonstrated the effectiveness of the device to improve extremity strength and function in people…
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A year of Swiss biological and biomedical data science: SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Discover some of the key highlights of the national organization for biological and biomedical data science in the SIB Profile 2022, our annual activity report. Together, our infrastructure solutions, expertise and interdisciplinary collaborations foster better science and healthcare, and give Switzerland a strong voice in global issues around life science data.
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Selexis and NexImmune Sign an Agreement to Advance Multiple Immunotherapies Targeting Rare Cancers
This Agreement supports the development of molecules targeting acute myeloid leukemia, multiple myeloma, human papillomavirus (HPV) associated tumors, and additional…
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Debiopharm Innovation Funds invests to accelerate the development of genomics medicines via technology powered AI
The strategic investment arm of Swiss biopharmaceutical company Debiopharm wants to reduce biotherapies’ development time and cost using AI (Artificial…
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Top 100 Swiss Startups 2022: the Life Sciences Winners
17 Western Switzerland Life Sciences startups in biotech, medtech and foodtech were selected The TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2022…
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Novartis invests CHF 100 million in Basel
A new state-of-the-art biologics centre Novartis announced plans to invest around CHF 100 million in the development of next-generation…
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New Gene Therapy Laboratory at the Biofactory Competence Center (BCC) in Fribourg
A jewel for biopharmaceutical education and research The Biofactory Competence Center (BCC) in Freiburg inaugurated its new gene therapy…
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Forum des 100 – Le Temps
Two BioAlps experts nominated Two Life Sciences experts, Dominique Truchot-Cardot and Alexandre Pauchard, are among the 100 personalities of…
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machineMD raises CHF 3.2 Million
The MedTech startup is developing a medical device for the early diagnosis of neurological disorders including brain tumors via neuro-ophthalmic…
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CHUV, HUG and Inserm help Down syndrome patients to get better
The injection of the hormone GnRH improved the cognitive functions of several Down syndrome patients An Inserm team within…
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Parkinson’s Disease: AC Immune Receives a Grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation
A new USD 0.5 million grant brings up to USD 3.7 million the total amount The Michael J. Fox Foundation…
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A wearable tissue health monitor
Sensawear wins a CHF 150,000 Venture Kick grant to develop its wearable tissue health monitor Sensawear has developed the…
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SightIn Health wins a CHF 150,000 Venture Kick grant
The Swiss start-up wants to develop an AI-SaaS to democratize the use and interpretation of ultrasound SightIn Health’s Machine…
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DayOne Tech Accelerator presents its first cohort
The DayOne Tech Accelerator in the Canton of Jura has just announced its winners. Three Medtech startups are starting a…
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AC BioScience closes a 4th seed-round of CHF 2.5 million
AC BioScience, a Biopôle-based clinical-stage biotech company pioneering the development of novel therapies in immuno-oncology and tumour vascular normalization, announces…
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Alcon buys Aerial Pharmaceutics for $770 million
Ophthalmic devices and Geneva-based Alcon has reached an agreement to acquire North Carolina-based Aerie Pharmaceuticals for $770 million (743.1 million…
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Novartis to list its subsidiary Sandoz on the stock exchange
Under consideration since 2021, the details of the demerger of Sandoz, the generic drug arm of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis,…
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Twiice’s exoskeleton allows paralysed people to walk again
Vaud-based and EPFL spin-off startup TWIICE receives a CHF 100 000 seed loan from FIT Every year, around 250,000…
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Abionic’s test diagnoses sepsis 3 days before the standards methods
Abionic’s test identifies in 5 minutes the earliest signs of sepsis 3 days before the standard of care. The technology…
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ObsEva plans job cuts
The ObsEva laboratory is to engage in a vast restructuring process in the face of difficulties encountered with the FDA…
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Dexter®, the Swiss surgery robot, makes its way to Germany
The Dexter® on-demand robotic surgery system created by the swiss company Distalmotion is now used by the Department for Women’s…
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Debiopharm signs an new IDEAL agreement with the University of Geneva
Debiopharms and UNIGE want to fight together against cancer and drug-resistant bacterial infections JULY 25, 2022 Debiopharm, a Swiss…
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Using proteins as barcodes to fight against counterfeiting
Nanodecoder, an EPFL spin-off, receives CHF 100 000 from FIT The Fondation pour l’Innovation Technologique selection committee announced they…
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Nestlé Health Science invests EUR 40 million in Enterome
Nestlé Health Science has signed a collaboration agreement with French company Enterome to target food allergies and chronic intestinal diseases…
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Nestlé Health Science and Perseo Pharma partners to fight digestive diseases
Strategic collaboration to create therapies against digestive diseases Perseo pharma, a preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on breaking new…
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ADC Therapeutics signs multi-million dollar licensing agreement with Sobi
The swiss and the Swedish companies partner for the development and commercialization of ZYNLONTA®, a drug for hematologic and solid…
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Gnubiotics gets a CHF 1.4 million Innosuisse Grant
The biotech company evaluates the effects of glycopeptides on solid tumors Gnubiotics Sciences, a biotech company pioneering the discovery…
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CHF 4 million for b-rayZ AG, a startup fighting breast cancer
The Tech4Eva alumni and University Hospital Zurich (USZ) uses AI for faster and better breast cancer diagnostics b-RayZ AG…
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KBI Biopharma SA and Selexis SA inaugurated a new facility in Geneva
KBI Biopharma SA (KBI) and Selexis SA, both JSR Life Sciences companies, have inaugurated an expanded, fully-integrated mammalian contract development…
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The canton of Vaud keeps on backing the FIT
The State of Vaud commits on giving CHF 2 million / year to the Fondation pour l’Innovation Technologique (FIT) …
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Lonza opens a new production facility in Stein (CH)
Lonza plans to construct a large-scale commercial drug product fill and finish facility in Stein (CH). CHF 500 million will…
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Vaud invests CHF 178 Million in Life Sciences
To strengthen the development of the Canton and in particular the expertise of the CHUV and the University of Lausanne…
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Supervene: growing humain vein tissues
ClexBio, a Norway-based startup, is teaming up with CSEM to develop the world’s first machine to grow tissue-engineered human veins…
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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,…
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Geneva 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…
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ten23health 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…
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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…
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A 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….
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Limula wins a prestigious EIC grant of €4.7 million
By combining its novel bioreactor with state-of-the-art sensors and predictive data intelligence, Limula will add significant value to its cell & gene therapy manufacturing solution, paving the way for in-process control for the production of highly personalised cancer treatments.
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AlveoliX 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,…
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CHUV 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…
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BioAlps at OM Pharma
On 9 June 2022, during a BioAlps’ 4à6 event, the Heath Valley Community had the opportunity to visit OM Pharma…
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Cytiva 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…
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Votes 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…
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Pr. 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…
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Alithea 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…
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Dr. Andrea Pfeifer received the Aenne Burda Award
The CEO and Director of AC Immune SA was recognized for her work to find treatments for Alzheimer’s disease …
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Kodiak Sciences and Lonza open a new facility in Visp
Kodiak Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: KOD), a biopharmaceutical company committed to researching, developing and commercializing transformative therapeutics to treat retinal diseases,…
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SpArk, the centre for movement science and technologies, is born!
This new centre, dedicated to sport and performance, is the result of collaboration between the City of Sion and The…
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Hansjörg Wyss, the life sciences philanthropist
On 17 May 2022, Hansjörg Wyss received the Gallatin Award from the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce for his great…
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ONWARD’s Neurostimulator Restores Mobility for Patients with Spinal Cord Injury
This is the first time the ARCIM is used on a human patient. This implantable pulse generator (IPG) stimulates the…
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HemostOD creates ex vivo blood platelets
HemostOD has developed a solution for ex vivo on-demand production of blood platelets. The company just received a CHF 100…
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Swiss biotech companies attracted investments of $3.33 billion in 2021
Last year was ‘the second best year in terms of fundraising’, according to the Swiss Biotech Association. The sector benefited…
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Podcast: Claude Clément
BioAlps President, Claude Clément, discusses career choices and how to lead innovation in the healthcare industry in the podcast What To Do…
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A revolutionary home dialysis device made in Switzerland
The VersiTMPD Cycler System conceived and developed by Debiotech and licensed to Fresenius Medical Care receives FDA clearance
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Merck Serono improves quality control with IA
Artificial Intelligence helps to assess the severity of a manufacturing incident in a medicine production unit In any factory,…
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EUR 1 million Eurostars grant for Limula and Ceidos
The two swiss biotech startups signed an agreement with Stemmatters in Portugal. They received a Eurostars grant of EUR 1.14…
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Switzerland is high on the financing of medical startups
Switzerland ranks fourth in Europe in terms of the number of deals behind Britain, Germany and France. Last year,…
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Plair SA raised CHF 2,7 million
A grant to fund the Rapid-C Real-Time Microbial Detector Plair SA, based in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, has been awarded CHF…
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Artiria Medical raised CHF 3.8 million to improve stroke treatment
Artiria Medical, a swiss neurovascular start-up, raised CHF 3.8 M, including a CHF 2.7 M grant from the highly selective…
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An electronic implant helps a bedridden patient to walk again
Researchers at the NeuroRestore research center in Lausanne Switzerland helped a patient suffering from a neurogenerative disease to leave her…
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Neurosoft Bioelectronics raised CHF 3 Million
The Geneva-based company developed soft and flexible electrodes which can seamlessly interface with the brain Neurosoft Bioelectronics, an early-stage…
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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,…
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Tech4Eva 2022 cohort
13 growth-stage startups and 15 early-stage start-ups and projects have been selected for the 2022 program. Tech4Eva is an…
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Nanolive 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…
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Venture Leaders Medtech Team 2022
Ten startups have been chosen by a jury of investors as the Swiss National Startup Team for Venture Leaders Medtech…
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A 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…
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Completely 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…
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INTERVIEW – Ana Pinto
🔺 Why Western Switzerland🇨🇭 is so attractive to life sciences companies? Ana Pinto, Business Partner at the Service de l’Économie…
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Parithera raises CHF 100 000 from FIT
The Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) has granted a CHF 100’000 Tech Seed loan to Parithera and its ExTrace Dx…
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Nagi Bioscience won a € 2,5 million grant from the EIC Accelerator
The company revolutionizes pre-clinical testing with its pioneer Organism-on-Chip technology Nagi Bioscience has been bestowed the prestigious and highly…
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Medical devices for Ukraine
The Ukraine Embassy launches an appeal for donations Collection points in Switzerland The war in Ukraine has thrown millions…
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SEED Biosciences raises CHF 400 000
The EPFL spin-off has developed a pipetting robot that can dispense individual cells one by one. The device, called…
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A gene could prevent Parkinson’s disease
A mutation in the Fer2 gene causes motor deficiencies in flies The laboratory of Emi Nagoshi, Professor in the…
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BioArk Monthey is expanding
A third building is under construction at BioArk Monthey Until now, BioArk has offered 6,000m2 of space between its first…
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Ceidos revolutionises cell culture
The BioArk startup received a CHF 100 000 loan from FIT Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) are active medicines that…
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Superlab Suisse Lausanne
A coworking space designed for scientists Located in the Biopôle in Lausanne, Superlab Suisse offers ready to move in…
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UNIGE: Fighting breast cancer cells growth
A low rate of a specific protein triggers tumors development. A UNIGE team found the counter-attack In about 2/3…
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$11 million for EPFL spin-off Leman Biotech
A protein that boosts the immune system can cure 90% of cancer in mice Immunotherapy, which aims to boost…
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GSK’s new company Haleon will have a site in Nyon
The pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline creates Haleon, a new company from the separation of its consumer healthcare business. This entity will…
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Neo Medical raises $20 million for its AR technology for spine surgery
Swisscom Ventures is the lead investor in this round. The Vaud-based company will use the new funds to accelerate the…
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INTERVIEW : Massimo Nobile
🔺 Massimo Nobile, SwissBiotech Center CEO, explains how digital and life sciences are converging to create new medicines and treatments.
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MindMaze secures a $105 million financing round
After a banner-year, the Lausanne-based company MindMaze secures $105 Million Financing, led by Concord Health Partners, and initiates American Hospital…
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Leucine project: a new hub for life sciences in Lausanne
New working spaces at Biopôle Campus Lausanne Biopôle SA, in collaboration with CPEV, is developing the Leucine Building, a new…
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PhytlSigns raises CHF 500 000 for a plant monitoring system
The ‘Fitbit of Plants’ uses AI sensors to monitor crops The startup Vivent provides growers with a technology to…
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INTERVIEW : Raphaël Conz, BioAlps vice-president
🔺 Raphaël Conz, Head of the Business Unit at the Department for the Promotion of the Economy and Innovation of…
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Swiss voters reject ban on animal testing
Voters have rejected a complete ban on experiments on living creatures in Switzerland. The idea of putting an end…
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Adaptyv Biosystems raised CHF 2.5 million in a pre-seed funding
Adaptyv Biosystems is to create the world’s largest protein design database The company, based in Biopôle in Epalinges, is…
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Genolier Innovation Hub
A new medical Innovation Hub will open in 2024 “This is not a real estate project to house the…
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Haya Therapeuthics closes US$ 5 Million seed extension
The Lausanne-based company will open a branch office in San Diego to continue its growth HAYA closes US$ 5…
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INTERVIEW : Claude Clément, BioAlps President
🔺 Claude Clément is BioAlps President. According to him, multiculturality is why Switzerland🇨🇭 has become so successful in the…
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Science first, politics second
The “Stick to Science” petition aims to allow Swiss and British researchers to remain in Horizon Europe programme. The…
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An implant could cure paralysis
A new implant enables patients with a complete spinal cord injury to stand, walk and even swim Michel Roccati,…
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La Source Launches H4
La Source opens an innovation platform dedicated to care and health in Vaud (Switzerland). The H4 “Hands-on Human Health…
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Distalmotion | $ 90M to make sense of robotic surgery
A partnership of medtech pioneers and company-builders Distalmotion, based in Lausanne (Switzerland), Revival Healthcare Capital and 415 CAPITAL announced…
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Takeda | New building in Neuchâtel estimated at CHF 30 million
The pharmaceutical group Takeda wishes to increase the production capacity of its site in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and will build a…
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ADC Therapeutics | $30 million in new partnership deal
Development & commercialisation of ZYNLONTA in Japan ADC Therapeutics SA, a commercial-stage biotechnology company improving the lives of those…
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SIB | Discover the newest resources in SIB’s infrastructure portfolio for the Life Sciences
Development of national secure platforms, leading open science databases & software tools The Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB)’s mission,…
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Antion Biosciences | Exclusive collaboration & global license agreement with Allogene Therapeutics
Multiplex miCAR™ Technology Allogene Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of allogeneic CAR T (AlloCAR T™) products…
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Adiposs | Raised CHF 1.8M 1st closing of its Pre-Series A round
CHF 1.8M to start clinical trials & product industrialisation Adiposs SA, the developer of a unique diagnostic product for…
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Record-high startup support for Swiss university spin-offs in 2022
89 new innovative projects in 2022 Venture Kick continues its success story and increases its budget: having supported 841…
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Magali Bischof to become the new General Secretary of BioAlps
Magali Bischof promoted Secretary General of the BioAlps Association The Executive Committee of the BioAlps Association has chosen Mrs…
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GeNeuro | CHF 6.7 million for the development of COVID-19 medicines
GeNeuro received CHF 6.7 million in funding for the development of temelimab against Long-COVID GeNeuro, a biopharmaceutical company developing…
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Merck acquires Geneva-based biopharmaceutical company Chord Therapeutics
Merck invests into Cadribine to try to cure rare neuroinflammatory diseases Chord Therapeutics (Chord), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing…
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Xsensio | CHF 4.2 million to accelerate market launch
1st closing new financing round with Swiss & international investors Xsensio, a Lausanne based startup seeking to address the…
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Intellias and D36.ch join forces
In November 2021, Intellias, a technology partner of Fortune 500 companies and top-tier organizations, and D36.ch, an innovative Swiss healthcare startup, announced their strategic partnership. The companies are joining efforts to build a bridge between the Swiss digital health market and world-class IT services to reinforce customers’ digital strength by combining 360-degree domain expertise with state-of-the-art software engineering solutions.
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Biopôle | Partnership programme with Swiss Medical Network
Biopôle SA’s innovative life sciences community continues to grow with the addition of Swiss Medical Network, one of Switzerland’s leading private…
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Sun Genomics | Sets up European subsidiary in Fribourg (Switzerland)
1st establishment of a US company in Western Switzerland without prior in-person meeting A first for the canton of…
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Heidi.news | BioAlps: 20 years of innovation
Medical innovation & contribution to the future of medicine On 30 November, 2021, Mrs Annick Chevillot (Heidi.news) has moderated…
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Appointment of a new Full Professor at HEIG-VD
Underlines the ambition of the HEIG-VD to pursue its development in management applied to the health sector, both in the field of education and research
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Deep Bio and HealthCare Konnect | Improving cancer diagnosis
Deep Bio and HealthCare Konnect (HCK) partner to improve cancer diagnosis in Switzerland and North Africa On 18 October…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | OM Pharma
Investing, innovating and hiring in Switzerland to prevent infection worldwide We are pleased to share with you our new…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | Debiopharm
Debiopharm | We develop for patients We are pleased to share with you our new testimonial series as part…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | Ichnos
Developing first-in-class bi-/trispecific antibodies to treat cancer patients We are pleased to share with you our new testimonial series…
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Creation of the Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform SPSP
Switzerland establishes a national infrastructure to track COVID-19 and its variants Discover the role of the Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | Pharmalp
Developing and distributing efficacious natural healthcare products We are pleased to share with you our new testimonial series as…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | CSL Behring
Fast-tracking innovation through long-term mutual partnerships with academia We are pleased to share with you our new testimonial series…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | Vifor Pharma
On a mission to help patients live better, healthier lives We are pleased to share with you our new…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | BioArk
Strengthening the Life Sciences value chain from discovery to market We are pleased to share with you our new…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | HES-SO
Supporting the Swiss economy with locally rooted training and applied research We are pleased to share with you our…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | Selexis
Selexis | Cell line development meets lab automation and robotics for biologic therapeutic manufacturing We are pleased to share…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | Fongit
Fongit | Switzerland’s premier startup incubator We are pleased to share with you our new testimonial series as part…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | SILAB
SILAB ǀ Dedicated to promoting a relevant and sustainable innovation in healthcare We are pleased to share with you…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | UNIL
UNIL | A commitment to transforming Life Sciences into concrete actions for the benefit of all We are pleased…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | CERN
CERN | Unique technologies with a wide scope of applications We are pleased to share with you our new…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | Netsensing
Netsensing | Saving lives through the detection of sleep apnea We are pleased to share with you our new…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | JAG
JAG | Highly automated process plants for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries We are pleased to share with you…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | Greater Geneva Bern area
GGBa | The official investment promotion agency for Western Switzerland We are pleased to share with you our new…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | Gnubiotics
Gnubiotics | Novel microbiome health solutions We are pleased to share with you our new testimonial series as part…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | GeNeuro
Fighting against neurodegenerative and autoimmune disease with antibodies We are pleased to share with you our new testimonial series…
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BioAlps | 20 years of innovation | Neurix
Minibrain technology enabling efficient drug testing and development We are pleased to share with you our new testimonial series…