News Dec 19, 2022 Lonza uses virtual reality to train and attract talented workers Lonza's Visp site has developed a training tool that uses virtual reality. To this day, more than 250 people have been trained using this new tec...
News Dec 07, 2022 Canada approves brain tumor therapy developed by Novocure Novocure has received authorization for its glioblastoma treatment on the Canadian market. Very few effective treatment options have so far been ...
News Dec 07, 2022 Bloom Biorenewables to disrupt the future of packaging Bloom Biorenewables is among the first recipients of Amcor's Lift-Off seed funding initiative, which supports state-of-the-art technologies that ...
News Nov 16, 2022 Valais-based electrochemistry specialist RedElec wins the Swiss Startcup Challenge Redelec has won the Swiss Startcup Challenge organized by Nespresso Switzerland and B Lab Switzerland. This prize rewards companies that prioriti...
News Nov 02, 2022 IBSA inaugurates its largest production facility IBSA Institut Biochimique has opened COSMOS, the multinational Group’s largest production facility, at its headquarters in the Greater Zurich Are...
News Oct 26, 2022 Chinese vaccine manufacturer CanSino Biologics sets up shop in Geneva to launch its inhaled Covid vaccine This first inhaled Covid vaccine against was approved by Chinese authorities a month ago. This technology has the potential to protect against ot...
News Oct 26, 2022 Cordis to acquire Vaud-based medtech MedAlliance for up to USD 1.1 billion In a total transaction of up to USD 1.135 billion, MedAlliance has signed an exit agreement with Cordis, a worldwide leader in interventional car...
News Oct 24, 2022 VectivBio raises 125 million US dollars in stock sale VectivBio has announced the closing of the subscription offer for 16,700,000 ordinary shares. The biotechnology firm has generated gross proceeds...
News Oct 18, 2022 KetoSwiss secures capital increase of 4 million dollars KetoSwiss has banked a total of 4 million US dollars from investors. The Basel-based start-up develops products to alleviate neurological disease...
News Oct 17, 2022 1STMC: Switzerland’s first translational medicine conference Organized by sitem-insel, the 1st Swiss Translational Medicine Conference will take place in Bern on 27 October 2022.
News Oct 17, 2022 Escientia Switzerland becomes Primopus The Indian company Deccan Fine Chemicals is acquiring Escientia Switzerland and renaming it as Primopus AG. The Swiss subsidiary of America’s Esc...
News Sep 14, 2022 Novartis investing 100 million Swiss francs in new biologics center The pharmaceutical company Novartis is investing a sum of 100 million Swiss francs in a new competence center for biologics at its Basel campus. ...
News Aug 10, 2022 Hydrogel facilitates vaccine transportation without the need for cold chains A hydrogel has been developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich that vastly improves the shelf life of vaccines even without...
News Jul 06, 2022 Qarad, part of the QbD Group, expands to Switzerland Belgian-based IVD specialist Qarad is your gateway to Europe for In Vitro Diagnostics and Medical Devices. The company has recently opened a new ...
News Jul 05, 2022 CHF 178 million to further develop life sciences in the canton of Vaud To consolidate the development of life sciences in the canton of Vaud, the State Council has announced an investment of CHF 178.71 million in the...
News Jun 21, 2022 Takeda to invest CHF 200 million in its Neuchâtel production site Japanese pharmaceutical group Takeda will be expanding its production site in Pierre-à-Bot and build a new aseptic filling line, an investment of...
News Jun 13, 2022 BioVersys tops up capital by 24.2 million Swiss francs BioVersys has raised 24.2 million Swiss francs in a series C funding round. The Basel-based pharmaceutical company plans to use this to develop a...
News Jun 09, 2022 Geistlich Pharma expanding in Wolhusen Geistlich Pharma is expanding its research and production site in Wolhusen in the canton of Lucerne. In the first stage, the international compan...