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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 digital health services. The health ministers of the French-speaking cantons are strengthening their collaboration in the area of digital health. They are establishing a common framework for the joint development of new technology-based tools that…
Read MoreOnward 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 in partnership with EPFL, CHUV and UNIL, is creating innovative therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), announced the successful firstin-human use of its investigational ARC-IM Lead. …
Read MoreInvestors et Innovators Connect
On 2 May 2023, BioAlps and Intuitive Surgical co-organised an Investors et Innovators Connect event. Our association scouted projects in which Intuitive Ventures might have an interest to invest. For this event, 10 start-ups were selected. 5 of them pitched their projects in front of an audience composed of investors, as well as innovation…
Read MoreCHF 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 Network Award. Lymphomas are cancers that originate from white blood cells and affect the lymphatic system, which plays a major role in immune defense. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), they account…
Read MoreBIND: Bioinnovation Day Awards
On 11 May 2023, 31 early stage life sciences projects were presented to the public at the AGORA (Fondation ISREC) near the CHUV in Lausanne, during the Bioinnovation Day. Three of them received and award. The BIND is an event was organised the PACTT, the Technology transfer office of University of Lausanne (UNIL) and…
Read MoreNewBiologix 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 very high ambitions. Its two founders, Igor Fisch and Nicolas Mermod, want to reproduce the model that they had successfully implemented in Geneva with their previous company, Selexis. NewBiologix SA emerged from stealth…
Read MoreNovostia raises € 2.5 Million
Novostia SA is a clinical stage company developing a breakthrough artificial heart valve. Founded in April 2017, in Neuchâtel, Novostia announced it has just raised an additional 2.5 million euros. The total funds raised since its foundation amount to just over 15 million included public subsidies from the European Union and the Canton of…
Read MoreBioAlps 20th General Assembly
Collaboration is key to foster innovation in the Swiss Health Valley Founded in 2003, BioAlps empowers the Swiss Health Valley and is Western Switzerland life sciences cluster. For the 20 past years, cantons and academic institutions have been working to make the development of life sciences a priority. This is why our region has…
Read MoreNobel 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 food, and has developed a broadening pipeline of product candidates to boost the microbiome. Swiss biotech Gnubiotics Sciences SA, a pioneering company in glyco-immunology research to develop human therapeutics, announced the appointment of…
Read MoreHealthCare 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 & Egypt). HealthCare Konnect, a Swiss company specialized in the distribution of AI-based diagnostic solutions, and Ligence, a Lithuanian leading provider of healthcare technology solutions, have announced a strategic distribution partnership to bring…
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