News Mar 02, 2022 Vaccines unique to each patient and cancer are being tested at the CHUV Two clinical trials on anti-cancer vaccines have just started at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV). Their groundbreaking nature could revol...
News Feb 23, 2022 Neo Medical raises USD 20.6 million for its AR surgery platform Neo Medical, a Vaud-based medtech company developing high-value solutions for spine surgery, has closed a USD 20.6 million financing round.
News Feb 22, 2022 Digital neurotherapeutics specialist MindMaze secures USD 105 million MindMaze has closed a USD 105 million financing round to accelerate its global commercial growth plans, supercharge ongoing R&D and consolidate t...
News Feb 15, 2022 ARTORG Center spin-off PeriVision awarded EUR 1.5 million Bernese start-up PeriVision topped the EIT Wild Card 2021 challenge, winning EUR 1.5 million to finalize its first product and prepare its EU and...
News Feb 09, 2022 The Sense, a new innovation and research center focused on sensory science A new innovation and research center, called The Sense, has been created by the HES-SO Valais-Wallis, the University of Lausanne and the Lausanne...
News Feb 01, 2022 Merck acquires Geneva-based biopharmaceutical company Chord Therapeutics Chord Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing drugs for rare neuroinflammatory diseases, is being acquired by Merck.
News Jan 20, 2022 Nidwalden Hospital investing in digitalization Nidwalden Hospital has invested a total of 2 million Swiss francs in fundamentally expanding its IT infrastructure. In so doing, the hospital, wh...
News Jan 12, 2022 ObsEva achieves positive results in the treatment of endometriosis Geneva-based women’s health biopharmaceutical company ObsEva has announced positive topline results from the Phase 3 EDELWEISS 3 trial of linzago...
News Jan 11, 2022 Western Switzerland tech premiered at CES 2022 On the occasion of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, biped and Aktiia made major announcements, including product launches and m...
News Dec 20, 2021 Body monitoring specialist Xsensio raises CHF 4.2 million With the closing of a CHF 4.2 million financing round, Xsensio will be able to advance its proprietary Lab-on-Skin sensing platform for continuou...
News Dec 15, 2021 La Source launches the H4 collaborative innovation hub With H4, La Source is opening the first collaborative innovation platform dedicated to healthcare in the canton of Vaud.
News Dec 01, 2021 Sun Genomics sets up European subsidiary in Fribourg Probiotics specialist Sun Genomics has chosen Fribourg to set up its European subsidiary. This is the first establishment of a US company in West...
News Nov 16, 2021 A hub dedicated to medical innovation at the Clinique de Genolier The Clinique de Genolier and the Swiss Medical Network Group have laid the first stone of a new hub dedicated to medical innovation. Estimated at...
News Nov 04, 2021 Bottneuro advancing personalized Alzheimer’s therapy Bottneuro is working on the development of personalized therapies to treat Alzheimer’s disease in which certain areas of a patient’s brain are st...
News Nov 03, 2021 USD 17.5 million for Aktiia’s 24/7 blood pressure monitor Neuchâtel-based health tech start-up Aktiia raised USD 17.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Draper Esprit.
News Nov 03, 2021 Opening of the NeuroTec research facility in Bern After almost two years of development, the NeuroTec research facility was launched. NeuroTec explores the use of modern medical technology to imp...
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.