Posts Tagged ‘Innovation’
CHF 400 Million for Digisanté, a programme to transform the Swiss Healthcare system
The Swiss Federal Council wants to start Digisanté, a programme for the digital transformation of the healthcare system. The aim is to facilitate the exchange of patient data, and to improve efficiency, treatment quality and patient safety. The Swiss healthcare system is good, but it is lagging behind when it comes to digitisation.…
Read MoreMara Graziani receives the prestigious Latsis Prize
Mara Graziani, research assistant at the HES-SO Valais-Wallis, has been awarded the prestigious Latsis prize worth CHF 25,000, which rewards young researchers for promising scientific and technological contributions made in Switzerland. Mara Graziani obtained her bachelor’s degree from La Sapienza University in Rome; she then continued her studies with a master’s degree at…
Read MoreA new medtech hub in Bern
The Canton of Bern wants to establish itself as a leading international medical location by 2030. To achieve this, the Insel Group, the University of Bern, and the technology innovation center, CSEM, will combine their exceptional medical expertise and work together on research and development projects. Their goal is to strengthen the competitiveness of local…
Read MoreComphya SA announce successful inaugural surgery for erectile dysfunction in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
The first implantation of CaverSTIM, the medical devices invented by Swiss company Comphya, in spinal cord injury individuals has been successfully completed, heralding the commencement of a pivotal phase in research to address the specific needs of spinal cord injury patients. In collaboration with FMABC (Faculdade de Medicina do ABC), the clinical study…
Read MoreBioAlps Awards 2023
Dr. Hervé Bourlard receive the BioAlps Academia Award, and Dr. Igor Fish and Dr Nicolas Mermod receive the BioAlps Industry Award.
Read MoreCancer Research: CHF 1.1 Million for Novochizol SA
Cancer: EPFL and Novochizol SA to collaborate on designing more efficient immunotherapies, with the support of Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency.
Read MoreDEBIOTECH, your local expert and partner for the development of medical devices
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.
Read MoreImpossible Materials wins the Mass Challenge Diamond Prize
The University of Fribourg chemtech spin-off has been granted CHF 120,000 in cash. The start-up provides cellulose white pigment solutions to enable businesses greener product formulations. In April, the start-up raised CHF 3.4 million to work on marketing its first product, a cellulose-based white pigment. The product is positioned as an alternative to…
Read MoreHUG wins award for smarter medicine in intensive care
At the 46th World Hospital Congress organised by the International Hospital Federation (IHF), the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) received the silver Mastercard Excellence Award in the field of quality of care and patient safety. The award went to the “Smarter medicine in intensive care” project. Bertrand Levrat, Chief Executive Officer of the…
Read MoreEarlySight SA and ArtemiX Biotech SA supported by the FIF
Two Geneva-based life sciences startups have been awarded the Fongit Innovation Fund (FIF) for their innovative projects. A seed loan has been awarded to EarlySight SA for its imaging-based detection tools in the healthcare sector and a grant has been provided to the ArtemiX project to continue the development of an innovative solution for treating chronic kidney…
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