News May 20, 2020 Empa setting standards for textile masks Empa researchers have developed technologies and quality standards for protective textile masks together with the Swiss textiles industry. This w...
News May 19, 2020 Medela trebles production The MedTech firm Medela has more than trebled production of its respiratory tract suction pumps. This means the company has been able to react to...
News May 15, 2020 Artificial Intelligence set to make horse breeding easier The MedTech start-up Piavita is working together with researchers to improve wearable devices for horses. Thanks to the use of artificial intelli...
News May 14, 2020 Idorsia receives payment of 45 million US dollars The Allschwil-based pharmaceutical company Idorsia receives a payment of 45 million US dollars as part of an agreement with Neurocrine Bioscience...
News May 13, 2020 Neovii developing COVID-19 vaccine The biotech company Neovii Pharmaceuticals AG has agreed on a collaboration with Tel Aviv University. Together, both partners hope to develop a v...
News May 07, 2020 Bern synthetic coronavirus clone goes “viral” In mid-February, a team of researchers from the University of Bern succeeded in reconstructing a synthetic clone of the novel coronavirus using a...
News May 07, 2020 Digital Health: Swiss solutions are in demand The effects of COVID-19 are having a major impact on the development of digital healthcare solutions all over the world. Innovative Swiss compani...
News May 05, 2020 Fribourg institutions launch a smell test to detect Covid-19 Researchers from the SICHH and the University of Fribourg are conducting a study to determine whether loss of taste and smell is a reliable bioma...
News May 04, 2020 Roche authorized to distribute coronavirus antibody tests Roche has received Emergency Use Authorization in the USA for an antibody test in connection with the novel coronavirus. The tests are already be...
News May 04, 2020 EPFL develops a new app that can help detect COVID-19 EPFL researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based system that can listen to a person’s cough and indicate if this person is infect...
News Apr 29, 2020 Molecular Partners develops treatment for COVID-19 The biotechnology firm Molecular Partners has launched a therapy program to combat COVID-19. The company has developed artificial proteins aimed ...
News Apr 24, 2020 Smolsys fighting viruses with UV light Minute glass capsules featuring a welded-in microsystem that produces virus-neutralizing UV light have been produced by smolsys, a start-up based...
News Apr 23, 2020 Regulations applying to workers temporarily assigned to trade fairs in the EU Swiss companies participating in a trade fair in France have to provide new documents to the French authorities regarding the lawful employment o...
News Apr 22, 2020 The date of application of the MDR has been postponed by one year to the 26th of May 2021 On the 17th of April 2020, the EU Parliament adopted a proposal to postpone the date of application of the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) by on...
News Apr 17, 2020 Roche launches new antibody test on the market The Basel-based pharmaceutical and diagnostics group Roche has developed a new test to verify the presence of antibodies against the coronav...
Success stories Apr 15, 2020 Switzerland is an interesting playground for IBM to develop artificial intelligence IBM Switzerland This year's Swiss Biotech Report by the Swiss Biotech Association outlines a new decade - a decade in which Switzerland can rely on a compre...
News Apr 15, 2020 B. Braun expands production in Sempach The pharmaceutical device manufacturer B. Braun is doubling its capacity to produce disinfectants in Sempach. Overall, it aims to invest 70 milli...
News Apr 14, 2020 Geneva world leading laboratory CERN establishes task force to fight Covid-19 The canton of Geneva’s world leading laboratory in particle physics CERN has established a task force to identify and support contributions from ...