News Oct 27, 2021 Eye surgery start-up Optimo Medical secures an additional CHF 1.8 million Medtech company Optimo Medical has obtained more funds in a growth financing round to expand its product portfolio in eye surgery planning.
News Oct 27, 2021 Testmate Health closes CHF 1.6 million financing round Testmate Health develops an at-home pregnancy style test for the four major STDs. The start-up has successfully closed an oversubscribed seed rou...
News Oct 27, 2021 ONWARD Medical goes public and raises CHF 93 million EPFL spin-off ONWARD Medical went public on Euronext Brussels with a secondary listing on Euronext Amsterdam, bringing the value of the company t...
News Oct 19, 2021 Loop Medical raises USD 6.4 million to conquer US market Vaud-based healthcare start-up Loop Medical has completed a USD 6.4 million Series A financing round for its innovative blood collection device.
News Oct 13, 2021 Valais biotech Novochizol wins an international competition Novochizol, a biotech company with a unique chitosan-based drug formulation nanotechnology, has been selected by Boehringer Ingelheim as one of t...
News Oct 12, 2021 Neurotherapeutics pioneer MindMaze secures USD 125 million MindMaze, a global pioneer in the digital neurotherapeutics market, raised USD 125 million from AlbaCore Capital Group. This brings the Vaud-base...
News Aug 10, 2021 Women’s health biopharmaceutical company ObsEva receives USD 500 million ObsEva, a Geneva-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving women’s reproductive health, will receive up to USD 500 million for the l...
News Jul 21, 2021 A serological test to assess immunity against SARS-CoV-2 CHUV and EPFL have joined forces to develop a new and particularly accurate serological test to quantify neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV...
News Jul 21, 2021 GeNeuro raises EUR 6 million for multiple sclerosis treatment GeNeuro, a Geneva-based biopharmaceutical company developing new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, has raised EUR 6 million through a pr...
News Jul 20, 2021 World’s first hybrid robotic surgery took place at the Inselspital in Bern The Inselspital in Bern made history with the first clinical use of Distalmotion’s Dexter surgical robot in gynecology.
News Jul 13, 2021 Merck reaches key milestone in the construction of its Biotech Development Center Merck has celebrated the completion of the structural work on its Biotech Development Center currently under construction in Corsier-sur-Vevey.
News Jun 30, 2021 CSEM technology in the world’s first machine to produce human skin tissue Developed in collaboration with CSEM, the denovoCast is the world’s first automated machine to produce customized skin tissue grafts for adults a...
News Jun 23, 2021 Agora Care’s platform gives patients control over their medical images Geneva Med-IT start-up Agora Care, thanks to its new generation of web-based, patient-centered storage for medical images, has announced the clos...
News Jun 15, 2021 The Medical Manufacturing Playground of Switzerland The European country offers a number of advantages to medical device manufacturers seeking access to the continent.
News Jun 09, 2021 Swiss Motion Technologies’ 3D printed silicone sleeves get FIT boost Thanks to its automated manufacturing solution for improving disabled people’s mobility, Vaud-based start-up Swiss Motion Technologies was awarde...
News Jun 02, 2021 Eye diseases detection specialist EarlySight secures CHF 2.3 million EPFL spin-off EarlySight has secured CHF 2.3 million for the development of a medical device that helps doctors detect and treat eye diseases at ...
News May 28, 2021 EPFL develops hydrogel that repairs tears in human tissue EPFL scientists have developed an injectable gel that can attach to various kinds of soft internal tissues and repair tears resulting from an acc...
News May 18, 2021 Biopôle’s new “Start-Up Fund” aims to promote early access to innovation in the life sciences Biopôle has announced the launch of the “Biopôle Start-Up Fund”, a new fund dedicated to supporting the next generation of impact-driven life sci...