The Fondation for Innovation Technologique is announcing support for three new start-ups, among them, a Tech Seed loans worth CHF…

To meet the challenges of precision and efficiency in neurosurgery, Wyss Center spin-off Clee Medical is developing a technology designed…

Addressing the challenges of precision and efficiency in brain surgery, the Wyss Center Spin-Off Clee Medical is developing technology that…

As Switzerland faces a growing shortage of healthcare professionals, Carewell is stepping up to bridge the gap by connecting institutions…

Perivision and its software combining artificial intelligence and complex algorithms to carry out vision examinations, Bioscibex and its innovative bioreactor…

evismo, QUMEA, and Bonebridge have reached the finals for the renowned Swiss Medtech Award 2025. The three companies will compete…

Lausanne-based startup Beech Biotech has been awarded €500,000 through the BioInnovation Institute (BII) Venture Lab programme to accelerate the development of…

Future of Health Grant (FoHG) selected six innovative startups for its spring batch.   Switzerland’s digital health transformation is gaining…

“Patient-specific post-operative orthoses for hallux valgus” project and Immitra Bio GmbH have been selected to receive funding through the FONGIT…

The State of Geneva has unveiled an ambitious master plan aimed at transforming the canton into a global innovation hub….

The Canton of Neuchâtel has announced a strategic initiative to support the semiconductor industry, recognizing its pivotal role in technological…

Neurosoft Bioelectronics SA, a Swiss neurotechnology startup based at Campus Biotech in Geneva, has achieved a major milestone with the…

More than two decades after CSEM pioneered wrist-based pulse monitoring, engineer Philippe Renevey is being honored with the CSEM Inventor…

2025 marks a significant milestone for Debiotech as it celebrates 35 years of innovation in medical device development. The Vaud-based…

Our partner, CleantechAlps, in collaboration with regional economic players, wants to better understand your challenges and needs to develop tailored…

The University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), the Department of Health and Mobilities (DSM) of the Canton of Geneva, and the…

Swiss-Icelandic ophthalmic laboratory Oculis announced a $100 million capital increase on Friday. The financial operation was carried out through an…

The Wyss Center for Bio and Neuro Engineering announced a strategic partnership with BrainScape Medical, a newly formed company specializing…

The Deep Tech Nation Switzerland Foundation (DTN) and the Startupticker Foundation have launched the Deep Tech Nation Information Platform to…

Biped Robotics develops NOA, a harness to improve mobility for visually impaired people.   The number of people with impaired…

Lemna Bio – an EPFL startup hosted by Professor Dal Pararo’s Laboratory of Biomolecular Modeling – has been awarded a CHF 100,000 Innogrant by…

The Geneva-based company has just secured a further EUR 1.6 Million from CDP Venture Capital and the European Union. This…

Comphya SA, a pioneering medical technology company based in canton of Vaud and the developer of CaverSTIM, the first implantable…

Five projects have received support from the Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT) in the form of Tech Grants: Bio-CapnoMAD…

Helix Robotics is developing the first commercial soft robot manipulator. By combining the safety of soft robotics with industrial precision,…

The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) and the Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical company Debiopharm have signed a memorandum of…

FIT announces the granting of two Tech Seed loans worth CHF 100,000 each to two Swiss Health Valley start-ups: Juvion…

Aspivix, the Swiss start-up behind Carevix™, an innovative device designed to transform gynecological practices, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign that…

DiverSsiTy SA leverages Mixed Reality (MR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to revolutionise mental health for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder…

2025 is off to a groundbreaking start for Tune Insight, a leading EPFL spin-off specializing in privacy-preserving data collaboration solutions….

Vandria SA, a Vaud-based start-up at the vanguard of mitochondrial therapeutics developing first-in-class small molecule mitophagy inducers, announced last December…

The CSEM spin-off is launching its advanced Active Aligners to provide a more effective and healthier approach to orthodontic care….

ONWARD Medical has reached a significant milestone in spinal cord injury (SCI) treatment, receiving FDA de novo classification and U.S….

Two Geneva-based life sciences projects have been selected to receive funding through the FONGIT Innovation Fund (FIF). Astrocyte and MyoLink,…

The UNIFR spin-off created a digital health solution targeting overweight through neuroscience and is supported by Venture Kick.   More…

Limula and its automation process for the production of cell therapies, Actival and its ‘active’ dental aligners, and AirCurve and…

The Wyss Center is proud to partner with dEEGtal Insight SA with a CHF 750,000 investment in its next stage…

  Biolux Technology, a pioneer in light-accelerated orthodontics, has secured CHF 4 million in seed funding from prominent investors, including…

The curtain has fallen on the 5ᵉ edition of the Genilem competition Prêt? Partez, Pitch! In front of a packed…

Biopôle SA, in collaboration with the Caisse de pensions de l’État de Vaud (CPEV) and Retraites Populaires, unveiled on 5…

A joint initiative of EPFL and ETH Zurich, the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) is expanding and taking up residence…

The Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences, awarded by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, honours exceptional scientists under 45 for groundbreaking…

The Vaud Cantonal Government has unanimously appointed Claire Charmet to head the Vaud University Hospital Center (CHUV). With fifteen years’…

The HES-SO Valais-Wallis School of Engineering is breaking new ground by offering a Digital Life Sciences (DLS) option within its…

Swiss Medical Network, one of Switzerland’s two leading private groups of clinics and hospitals, SWISSto12, a pioneer in satellite telecoms…

Siegfried (SIX: SFZN), a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for the pharmaceutical industry headquartered in Zofingen (Switzerland),…

The BioAlps Awards ceremony took place on 21 November 2024 at the University of Fribourg in front about 250 key…

The BioAlps Awards 2024 ceremony took place on 21 November 2024 at the University of Fribourg in front of around…

ONWARD Medical, the Lausanne-born medical technology company creating innovative spinal cord stimulation therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in…

Gynecare+ and its innovative outfit to transform the experience of gynaecological examinations, TOCx and its digital platform for the care…

The Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2024, marking four decades of innovation in…

Over 80 million euros have been invested to build Hexagon, a new multi-functional building located next to the historical 1997…

Researchers have studied a single-celled organism discovered in Hawaii in 2017. The results have shed some light on this question….

EPFL’s Startup Launchpad has awarded CHF 100,000 Innogrants to start-up projects based at EPFL: Myriad Optics, Protonica, Dexterous Catheters and…

Fantastic news for the Swiss Health Valley! After announcing the creation of 100 new jobs in October, Lonza announces the…

HepaVue created the world’s first virtual reality liver biopsy to diagnose liver disease. The CHF 100,000 Tech Seed loan granted…

The Swiss Health Valley company launches its self-driving Data factory: the AI-driven Laboratory for High-Quality Data and Molecules Generation in collaboration…

The Innovation Fribourg Freiburg (IFF) 2024-2025 Prizes were awarded on 6 November 2024. Xemperia, a University of Fribourg spin-off won…

EPFL is investing CHF 200 million in an innovative building specially designed to meet the extreme demands of cutting-edge deep…

Bayer announced a partnership with Impli, a Biopôle-based innovative, femtech start-up in precision care. Impli’s goal is to advance women’s…

The MassChallenge Switzerland Awards 2024 ceremony was held in Lausanne on 1 November. This non-equity start-up accelerator, honoured 12 innovative…

Two Western Switzerland medtech companies, Aspivix and ONWARD Medical, have been named among TIME magazine’s Best Inventions of 2024, each…

FluoSphera, a Geneva-based leader in systemic drug discovery, is proud to announce its strategic expansion into the testing of Antibody-Drug-Conjugates…

Perivision has received the EU CE-certification for its 1st medical software product VisionOne.     PeriVision, an innovative spin-off from…

Clinique La Prairie (CLP), global leader in longevity since 1931, announces the LONGEVITY FUND, an endeavour to identify and invest…

The Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) celebrates 30 years of supporting innovation in French-speaking Switzerland     Founded in 1994,…

The Swiss Personalised Health Networking is introducing the SPHN Data Exploration and Analysis System (DEAS), powered by EPFL Spin-off Tune…

The new public-private partnership aims to explore how what we eat affects our gut health and, in turn, how our…

Distalmotion’s Dexter Surgical Robot has officially received FDA approval for use in inguinal hernia repairs, introducing a transformative solution for…

Three Innovative Geneva start-ups Secure FIF financing to drive technological advances in Life Sciences, Virtual Reality for Medical Education and…

Duhn Therapeutics SAS, a clinical-stage company co-founded by Landmark BioVentures AG, and OM Pharma SA, a global biopharmaceutical company and…

ONWARD Medical N.V.announces that it successfully raised an amount of EUR 50 million led by a cornerstone investment from Ottobock,…

Lonza is expanding its partnership with an undisclosed major pharmaceutical company to supply antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). This agreement includes building…

Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) awarded the 2024 Innovation Prize to three projects: dEEGtal, an artificial intelligence-assisted biomarker for the early…

Swiss healthcare technology company Aktiia has achieved a major milestone with the CE-mark approval of its groundbreaking CALFREE technology as…

Swiss startup FinalSpark has just launched its Neuroplatform, the world’s first commercial bioprocessor. This innovation promises to be a technological…

AI4MedImaging and HealthCare Konnect have formed a strategic alliance to extend the reach of AI4CMR, a fully automated cardiac MRI solution, through the powerful HCKonnect digital platform.

Lymphatica Medtech SA, a clinical-stage company based in Lausanne, Switzerland, specialized in innovative treatments for lymphedema, has raised €17.9 million…

Novostia, a Biopôle-based pioneering medical technology company, specializing in the development of a disruptive heart valve prosthesis, at clinical stage,…

On 4 October 2024, Silvia Sherer, co-founder of APTISSEN, became Swiss Entrepreneur of the Year in the category Industry, High-Tech…

Atinary Technologies has joined forces with Snapdragon Chemistry, a Cambrex subsidiary, to bring AI-driven automation into pharmaceutical process development  …

SIB has launched a new Centre for Pathogen Bioinformatics, building on its contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centre will…

bNovate Technologies SA announced the launch of its new BactoSense product portfolio, featuring three innovative models: BactoSense CORE, BactoSense SMART…

Actival, a Neuchâtel-based startup supported by the CSEM (Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology), is transforming the dental aligner market…

The State of Fribourg and BCF announce the nine finalists for the IFF Prize. 9 companies, out of 39 applications,…

Abionic, a Vaud-based medical diagnostics company, announced that its IVD CAPSULE PSP test received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food…

This laboratory, which specialises in the analysis and rehabilitation of movement, will enable large-scale research to be carried out and…

PeriVision, Inselspital and the University of Bern receive a CHF 1.1 Million grant to build new functional eye tests in…

Researchers at HUG and UNIGE have succeeded in generating cells that kill diseased cells. It works on mouse glioblastoma.  …

Intuitive, a pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery, has expanded its European headquarters in Aubonne, now employing over 250 people.    …

The Genolier Innovation Hub was inaugurated this Friday 27 September in canton of Vaud. With a CHF 100 million investment,…

This advanced, energy-efficient plant will enhance the company’s capabilities in commercial and clinical manufacturing of sterile medicines, including vials, syringes,…

Alithea Genomics, an emerging leader in the field of large-scale RNA sequencing and transcriptomics based in canton of Vaud, has…

Neo Medical SA (Neo), a Lausanne-Based technology company specialising in spine surgery, has announced the successful completion of its Series…

The Foundation for Technological Innovation extends its support to Twiice and Nexco Analytics with new loans. Twiice has been awarded a…

Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève (HUG) and Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) will receive CHF 1.8 million from the Swiss…

The Future of Health Grant received a record-breaking 213 applications in response to its 5th call for projects. These included…

The new building will have a surface area of 3,500m2 dedicated to the creation of 150 to 300 flexible workstations….

Mackenzie W. Mathis, a professor at EPFL and winner of the Latsis 2024 Swiss Science Prize, is a pioneer in…

The Sense, a Swiss-based academic research and innovation centre, is teaming up with ZS, an international firm renowned for its…

10 promising startups were selected by Venture Leaders Medtech. 3 of them are from the Swiss Health Valley. They will…

This year, 15 startups from the Swiss Health Valley we ranked in the prestigious TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2024,…

The Biopôle-based biotech company and the American pharma giant partner to discover novel regulatory genome targets for obesity and related…

According to a BAK Economy study, life sciences generated added value of over CHF 1.5 billion in 2023 and employed…

Rapid-C+, an advanced real-time air microbial detector that sets new standards in environmental monitoring, is now on the market. The…

Three innovative projects in the life sciences sectors took home funding from the FONGIT Innovation Fund (FIF) in Geneva: two…

The Centre aims to enhance Switzerland’s role in global pathogen bioinformatics research, providing expertise and services to federal authorities and…

dEEGtal, who is developing a software for epilepsy diagnosis, has received Venture Kick’s first financial and entrepreneurial support stage with…

Exogems secures CHF 500’000 in seed-stage financing from business angels to advance therapeutic exosome development.     Exogems SA, a…

Juliette Lemaignen will take over as director of the Centre for Ambulatory Surgery (CCA) on 1 September 2024. Created jointly…

Researchers from EPFL have developed a next-generation miniaturized brain-machine interface capable of direct brain-to-text communication on tiny silicon chips.  …

ATREON is the first startup to benefit from PACTT’s new InnoDIGITAL programme, worth CHF 40’000, for the development of an…

Discover the Swiss Biotech Center, a leading research and development center in the field of biotechnology, in GGBa’s “What is…

SOPHiA GENETICS, the healthcare technology company and a global leader in data-driven medicine, announced that its SOPHiA DDM™ Platform is…

Vandria secures $30.7 Million in Series A funding to advance groundbreaking mitophagy therapies.     The Vaud-based company announced the…

CSEM announced the appointment of Andrea Dunbar as the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective January 2025. Dunbar will succeed…

Biopôle CEO, Nasri Nahas, talks innovation, disruptive models and technology ahead of FutureHealth Lausanne.     Mr Nahas, how is…

EPFL researchers have developed a novel AI-driven model designed to predict protein sequences from backbone scaffolds, incorporating complex molecular environments….

The Campus Biotech-based BioMedTech company announced the closure of a CHF 3.3 Million Seed financing round with private investors. The…

SamanTree Medical, a leading medical technology company specialising in innovative solutions to improve the outcomes of surgery, announced the closing…

Relief Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company committed to delivering innovative treatment options for select specialities, unmet and rare diseases, announced the…

In a collaboration with EPFL Lausanne, ETH Zurich and the University of Southern California researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute…

AC Immune, unveiled a novel class of neurodegenerative disease-fighting drug-candidates called morADC (Morphomer® Antibody Drug Conjugate) in a presentation at…

Navigation, Obstacle, Artificial intelligence (NOA) is the new brand name for biped’s AI mobility vest that can guide blind and…

Oryl Photonics achieved a significant milestone: together with its partners of the FASS – Fast and Accurate Solubility for Sustainability…

By identifying mechanisms unique to leukaemia-causing cells, a French-Swiss team has discovered a new way to fight the disease.  …

Swiss-based start-ups Impli and Yalosys, along with the technology innovation centre CSEM, announce a significant milestone in women’s healthcare—CERES. This…

UNIGE scientists have discovered how yeast cells sense physical stresses on the membranes that protect them.     Cell membranes…

Regenosca closes CHF 1Million pre-seed round to demonstrate endoscopic delivery of TissueSpan implants.     Regenosca creates unique bio-implants, enabling…

Swiss venture capital financing remained at the low level of the previous year in the first half of 2024, with…

Agora Care, a Campus Biotech-based startup, announced the closing of its round of financing of CHF 2.2 Million    …

Asceneuron secures $100 Million Series C financing to advance groundbreaking therapeutics in neurodegenerative diseases.     Asceneuron SA, a clinical…

Swiss Edge AI startup csky.ai has just closed its seed round, exceeding CHF 1 Million of total funding inclusive of…

The French American Entrepreneurship Award (FAEA) has concluded its 15th year by recognizing three exceptional early-stage startups led by French…

The BioArk-based startup announced that its innovation project has been approved by the Innosuisse Innovation Council, securing significant funding.  …

HAYA Therapeutics, SA, announced that HAYA’s Co-Founders Samir Ounzain and Daniel Blessing have received the inaugural Andreas & Thomas Struengmann…

The Biopôle-based startup recently raised CHF 4 Million from private investors to finance new clinical trials and the implementation of…

The Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering and Dandelion Science announced a partnership focused on a cutting-edge generative AI neuromodulation…

The Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) announced two new loans to Aspivix and Xemperia. Aspivix has been awarded a Tech…

A UNIGE team has succeeded in determining the exact moment when the brain detects another person’s gaze direction.    …

Actival and Neuria Digital Therapeutics were selected at Venture Kick’s second financial and entrepreneurial support stage.     Actival: 3D…

Labiotech.eu, a leading digital media covering the European Biotech industry, published a list of Swiss biotech companies to put on…

EPFL startup, Consulto, has been awarded a CHF 400’000 grant in collaboration with EPFL, CHUV, the University of Basel, and…

Supported by Debiopharm, La-Solution.ch and the Inartis Foundation, the aim of this award is to support a selection of projects…

iOnctura, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company combating neglected and hard-to-treat cancers, announced that it has closed an €80 Million Series B…

The FONGIT Innovation Fund (FIF) in Geneva has awarded new funding to three cutting-edge tech projects including HekeTiss.    …

Aktiia, the Swiss startup revolutionizing Blood Pressure (BP) monitoring and management, announces it has received regulatory approval (CE mark) for…

The 2024 Exhibitors’ Grand Prix was awarded to Incaptek, a Jura-based company, for its cutting-edge new technology for producing ultra-resistant…

Research teams at the Wyss Center in partnership with, Inselspital unveiled a groundbreaking long-term EEG system that facilitates continuous monitoring…

Oculis, announced positive topline results from its Phase 2b RELIEF trial with licaminlimab, a novel anti-TNFα biologic eye drop with…

Limula raises CHF 6.2 Million in oversubscribed Seed round to develop automated Cell and Gene Therapy manufacturing platform.    …

Myota is thrilled to announce that their results have been published in the prestigious British Journal of Nutrition, and the…

Orio Therapeutics obtains the CHF 150,000 Kick to redefine regenerative medicine through protein engineering.     Orio Therapeutics modifies therapeutic…

Bilan Magazine identifies the founders of companies under 40, with sales of CHF 1 million or more.     This…

The Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) latest activity report sets out how SIB contributes to Switzerland’s influence in the life sciences,…

Damian Müller was elected President of Swiss Medtech at its last General Meeting. The 39-year-old Council of States member from…

The 31st Prix Strategis closing ceremony crowned start-up Herosupport.     Last night, HeroSupport SA distinguished themselves among 90 innovative…

The Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) has awarded its very first FIT Impact award. The Foundation has launched the FIT…

DAAV, a pioneering startup revolutionising mobility services for people with reduced mobility, announced the successful closure of its first funding…

Testmate Health announced the successful closing of their $6 Million funding round led by RH Capital to continue their development…

iOnctura announced that they have been awarded funding from the KWF Kankerbestrijding / Dutch Cancer Society to further the development…

The Biopôle-based startup announced a groundbreaking achievement in the United States with the first patients benefiting from successful IUD placement…

Healthcare Konnect (HCK) and Lucida Medical partner to extend the distribution of Innovative AI-driven technology, PiTM, for prostate cancer detection,…

Performance and stability characterise the 2023 report published by the Office for Economic Affairs and Innovation (SPEI).     Despite…

Find out how the Western Switzerland Regional Innovation System (RIS-SO) supports SMEs and start-ups in Western Switzerland.     BioAlps…

A UNIGE team, in collaboration with the University of Sydney, has developed a new type of anticoagulant whose action can…

Spineart’s journey towards innovation and leadership in the field of spinal surgery continues. The Geneva-based company announced a strategic partnership…

Life sciences shone during the 13th edition of the Startup Champions Seed Night gathering more than 500 people at the…

The FONGIT Innovation Fund (FIF) continues to bolster the growth of new technologies in Geneva, with its latest grants awarded…

The Geneva cantonal government has confirmed the appointment of Robert Mardini as Director General of the University Hospital of Geneva…

IsoSpec Analytics, specialising in advanced biomolecular analysis, receives a Tech Seed loan of CHF 100’000 from the Foundation for Technological…

The HES-SO Valais-Wallis School of Engineering is expanding its training and research offering in the life sciences, marking an important…

ASPIVIX announces its partnership with Bayer (Schweiz) AG in Switzerland, aimed at transforming gynaecological procedures. Together, they are introducing Carevix™,…

The Swiss Medtech Board of Directors has selected Adrian Hunn to be new Managing Director. The 45-year-old will assume his…

Geneva-based Addex Therapeutics and funds affiliated with Perceptive Advisors, an investment management firm focused on the life sciences sector, today…

Volumina Medical, a clinical stage MedTech company developing novel biomaterials for dermatology and plastic surgery, announces the successful closing of…

The Swiss National Startup Team has selected its 10 startups for the Venture Leaders Biotech 2024. The entrepreneurs will meet…

A UNIGE team discovered that treatment for cystic fibrosis does not eliminate the docking stations of bacteria responsible for respiratory…

Orio Therapeutics, a biotechnology company at the forefront of protein engineering for regenerative medicine, announced the successful closure of a…

With more than 50 years’ experience, Katzarov advise companies and entrepreneurs on all matters related to intellectual property (IP). Thanks…

Professor Fontcuberta i Morral will be the first woman to lead a Swiss Federal Institute of Technology since they were…

EPFL neuroscientists have located single neurons in a deep structure of the brain that regulates the heart and the lungs,…

The Institute of Informatic’s eHealth research cluster has been awarded scientific coordination of the European Hereditary project.     The…

Spineart secures more than CHF 20 Million in convertible financing following completion of BAGUERA® C IDE studies enrolment.    …

17 foreign companies have joined the Swiss Health Valley in 2023, with the prospect of creating more than 150 jobs…

Lonza, a global manufacturing partner to the pharmaceutical, biotech and nutraceutical markets, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire…

As negotiations between the EU and Switzerland have been officially launched today, researchers based in Switzerland can now once again…

This milestone marks a significant step forward in the company’s journey to revolutionise large-scale RNA sequencing and transcriptomics.    …

PeriVision, proudly announces its recent FDA registration for its first medical software product VisionOne.     This significant milestone marks…

A few months ago, Pristem’s South African subsidiary opened its first state-of-the-art, affordable radiology center in the township of Alexandra….

iOnctura’s autotaxin inhibitor cambritaxestat for the treatment of pancreatic cancer gets Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) by the US FDA.  …

Debiopharm aims to further characterise the safety, tolerability, and preliminary anti-tumour activity of its potent WEE1 inhibitor Debio 0123 as…

ABCDx is collaborating with Andalusian hospitals to improve stroke triage inside ambulances.     Thanks to a public-private grant from…

From successful entrepreneurs to academics and industry leaders, the Swiss Health Valley is full of inspirational women working in life…

A new radioligand to treat glioblastoma and digestive tumors evaluated as a world first at the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG)….

Terapet announced the receipt of a non-dilutive grant totalling approximately EUR 1.68 Million from the European Commission through the Eurostars…

The three startups have received financial support from the Foundation for technological innovation (FIT). Artiria Medical gets a Tech Growth…

A UNIGE team shows that our ability to produce dopamine – the «happiness hormone» – is not correlated with increased…

The Campus biotech startup, recruited over 10’000 patients on its Agora Care platform.     This marks an inflection point…

A seed loan of CHF 100,000 has been granted to previous FIF Grant laureate and HUG spinoff HeroSupport. One grant…

Artiria Medical secures funding to complete its clinical studies in stroke in both Europe and the Us, following promising first…

The two Leenards scientific prizes were awarded to research groups led by CHUV researchers.     Each year, the Leenards…

NewBiologix SA announced a licensing agreement with Florabio AS to genetically engineer their proprietary HEK293 cell line.     NewBiologix’s…

The Neuchâtel-based startup secures CHF 27 Million (USD 30M) in funding from Khosla Ventures and Others.     Aktiia mission…

Startups Resilient SA and Maven Health are among the eight new startups selected by the Future of Health Grant (FoHG)…

Argá Medtech announces €54 Million oversubscribed series B capital raise.     The round was led by the existing investors,…

Testmate Health and Seprify are among the eight semi-finalists of this year’s Prix Strategis.     Every year for almost…

Abionic SA, a Swiss leader in nanofluidic point-of-care diagnostic solutions, announced the appointment of Patrick Pestalozzi as its new CEO,…

A new type of bioreactor that can grow human veins in the lab has been developed by CSEM and ClexBio,…

Check out all the key figures from Biopôle’s community, inspiring interviews and more in their latest review.     Biopôle,…

Atinary Technologies, a Vaud based startup, announced a strategic collaboration with Takeda, Japanese largest pharmaceutical company.     This partnership…

A UNIGE team is developing new alloys with bactericidal properties to combat antibiotic-resistant germs.     While crucial to biotechnology,…

Formed through the aggregation of six-asset centric Medicxi companies, including Aldena Therapeutics, Alys boasts a robust R&D pipeline of cutting-edge…

Appointed Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva, Professor Antoine Geissbuhler, is also Director of Teaching…

Multiwave Technologies brings to market a portable MRI device powered by metamaterial technologies and AI software. ​ The partnership includes joint research…

Patients can measure their blood pressure in 30 seconds by placing their fingertip on the camera lens of a smartphone….

BioLizard is a Belgian bioinformatics, data analytics and data management service and consulting company heading digital transformation in the life…

The Vaud-based startup announces the successful conclusion of a CHF 830,000 seed fundraising. The round is backed by Swiss investors,…

Shedding Light on Precision: CSEM spaceCoder technology is a game changer in the field of precision measurement     In…

GeNeuro, a Geneva-based biopharmaceutical company focusing on treatments for neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…

Dr Nicolas Durand will step down from his CEO role at Abionic on 29 February to be at the steering…

In the midst of an unfavourable environment, the life sciences’ sector continues to attract investors in Switzerland according to the…

TransCode Therapeutics is a RNA oncology company based in the United States committed to more effectively treating cancer using RNA…

The Vaud State Council has drawn up a CHF 90 Million “far-reaching plan” to meet the challenges presented by the…

The Geneva-based company, founded in 2019, has secured new funding to further develop its research into safer, cleaner and cheaper…

13 young researchers from Fribourg, Geneva, Basel, Bern, and Zurich have won a 2024 Pfizer Research Award.   Since 1992,…

Professor Denis Jabaudon, Director of the Department of Basic Neuroscience and member of the Synapsy Center for Neuroscience Research in…

The Swiss CDMO announces robust sales of CHF 6.7 billion, delivering 10.9%1 CER sales growth, and the nomination of Jean-Marc…

The Argentinian biomanufacturing innovator is launching its R&D facility at the BioArk in Monthey     Founded in 2016 in…

In a pioneering partnership, Issviva Menopause and the Swiss startup PhenomX Health have united their expertise to empower women navigating…

This 4 years partnership is funded with CHF 18 Million from the Wyss Center, and involves EPFL Neuro X Institute,…

FluoSphera S.A., a biotechnology company developing versatile and disruptive in-vitro solutions for drug discovery to predict drug efficacy and safety…

Three life science projects have received support from the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) in the form of Tech Grants:…

The Vaud-based startup, located at the Biopôle, successfully implanted its TRIFLO valve in a human.     Novostia, a pioneering…

MedaSystems secures additional funding from Debiopharm Innovation Fund to accelerate global access to pre-approval treatment.     Medasystems, a pioneer…

DOPPL, a leader in organoid engineering for disease modelling and personalised medicine, has received a Tech Growth loan of CHF…

The Biopôle based startup was awarded an Innosuisse Grant to advance a groundbreaking Graft versus Host Disease prevention therapy.  …

Calypso’s shareholders will receive an upfront payment of $250 Million upon closing and are eligible to receive up to $175…

Already backed by Nestlé, the Swiss Health Valley startup co-founded by former EPFL President Patrick Aebischer, now counts a second…

New year, new challenges! Debiotech, a leader in medical technologies based in Lausanne – Switzerland, announces the launch of its…

The EPFL spin-off has created a technology able to move past privacy and security issues for data sharing. The project,…

The Geneva-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company is advancing precision medicine pipelines for neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders     STALICLA announces the…

The brains of 4-month-old babies respond preferentially to the human voice over sounds from their environment. This is confirmed by…

The fund, backed by a diverse group of investors, including anchor investors Ernst Göhner Stiftung and Gebert Rüf Stiftung, will…

This SME based in Ecublens (VD), is a world leader in development and manufacture of high-end precision dosing instruments for…

Collaboration leverages the proven development and commercial capability of Ferring with PharmaBiome’s compelling technology to research, develop and manufacture novel…

Thanks to its location, diverse culture, extensive experience and infrastructure, Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne (SIPBB) is the perfect platform to…

Four Geneva-based technology projects have won funding from the Fongit Innovation Fund (FIF) for their innovations. A seed loan of…

ASPIVIX, announced that carevix™, its novel Cervical Stabilizer, has attained CE marking. This next generation medtech device for routine procedures…

The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) invests CHF 3.64 Million in GliaPharm to advance its lead programme to accelerate the…

The Vaud-based and EPFL spin-off develops oral appliances preventing sleep bruxism and sleep apnea. The seed financing round was led…

The $20.6M (CHF 18M) round was led by ND Capital together with a small syndicate of HNW private investors. The…

The Biopôle campus in Lausanne brings together some of the world’s most innovative life sciences companies. But how does an…

Haleon, a former division of GSK that became independent in 2022, won the jury’s award in the “Foreign company” category….

Orio Therapeutics has won a CHF 40,000 Venture Kick prize, alongside KIDEMIS and Rheo, with a project designed to reduce…

Dr. Madiha Derouazi is the founder of the Swiss biotech AMAL Therapeutics and the former CEO of German-based company Speransa…

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust in the United States supports the Diatheris project, a UNIGE spin-off…

Researchers at EPFL’s Faculty of Computer Science and Communications have developed two large language models (LLMs) specialising in the healthcare…

About fifty people from the Swiss Health Valley had the chance to visit the Siegfried production site in Evionnaz, during…

Bertrand Levrat, CEO of the University Hospitals of Geneva, joins Mediclinic, a private group   Bertrand Levrat, Chief Executive Officer…

After raising CHF 622,672 on Kickstarter, Senbiosys launched another campaign on Indiegogo and already raised about CHF 1.5 Million for…

The Swiss Federal Council wants to start Digisanté, a programme for the digital transformation of the healthcare system. The aim…

The EPFL spin-off created a harness acting as a copilot for visually-impaired people     “This funding round will help…

Giving a second life to brewing by-products     ProSeed’s mission is to transform the Swiss food industry by upcycling…

Sitem-insel has inaugurated Europe’s inaugural Dynamic Imaging Center (DIC). This cutting-edge laboratory captures X-ray images of individuals in motion, presenting a…

Mara Graziani, research assistant at the HES-SO Valais-Wallis, has been awarded the prestigious Latsis prize worth CHF 25,000, which rewards…

The Fongit Innovation Fund (FIF) has awarded three Geneva-based life sciences projects for their groundbreaking innovations.     A seed…

The Canton of Bern wants to establish itself as a leading international medical location by 2030. To achieve this, the…

The first implantation of CaverSTIM, the medical devices invented by Swiss company Comphya, in spinal cord injury individuals has been…

Dr. Hervé Bourlard receive the BioAlps Academia Award, and Dr. Igor Fish and Dr Nicolas Mermod receive the BioAlps Industry Award.

Neuroscientists and neurosurgeons from EPFL/CHUV/UNIL, Inserm and the University of Bordeaux have designed a neuroprosthesis to correct the gait disorders…

Cancer: EPFL and Novochizol SA to collaborate on designing more efficient immunotherapies, with the support of Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency.

Debiotech is delighted to support catalysing innovation and advancing healthcare. The Swiss medtech company is proud to be part & contribute to BioAlps Networking Day 2023 on 9 November 2023 at Campus Biotech.

The University of Fribourg chemtech spin-off has been granted CHF 120,000 in cash. The start-up provides cellulose white pigment solutions…