Posts Tagged ‘Healthcare’
HealthTech Innovation Days
HealthTech Innovation Days is taking place on 7 and 8 October 2025 in Paris Every year, HealthTech For Care organizes the HealthTech Innovation Days (HTID), a pivotal European event serving as a platform for innovation and science stakeholders. HTID accelerates the implementation of solutions for patients, placing their role at the heart of…
Read MoreDéfi 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 edition of Défi Source, at the Institut et Haute École de la Santé La Source in Lausanne. 8 prizes were awarded to the most innovative projects. The winning projects The Prix du Jury…
Read MoreA 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) has successfully treated a patient suffering from an antibiotic-resistant chronic bacterial lung infection using bacteriophages. This Swiss first was achieved thanks to a highly personalised, multidisciplinary approach involving the selection of a bacteriophage (a…
Read MoreThe 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 “enhanced recovery after surgery” (ERAS), an innovation developed by Danish doctor Henrik Kehlet that has made a major contribution to improving the lives of patients after surgery, as well as reducing costs. The protocol just…
Read MoreUniversity 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 are concerned with health care and the sustainable use of water and land resources. The projects are part of an African-European initiative for excellent research and are intended to facilitate an equal and sustainable…
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 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…
Read MoreDistalmotion raises $ 150M
The fundraise, led by Revival Healthcare Capital, will be used to get a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Dexter, Distalmotion’s robotic surgery device. Dexter, Distalmotion’s robotic platform, is already in day-to-day clinical use in Europe, successfully treating patients across a multitude of complex and high-volume procedures in general surgery, gynecology, urology. This…
Read MoreSOPHiA 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 Agilent, a US-based company providing measuring instruments for chemical analysis, life sciences, and diagnostics, to offer a comprehensive solution for cancer analysis. Through the partnership, the SOPHiA DDM™ Platform will be integrated with Agilent’s new Research…
Read MoreThe 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 research and medical practice. The Centre for Virtual Medicine (CMV) is the result of collaboration between the Departments of Diagnostics, Clinical Neurosciences and Medicine and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).…
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