Innosuisse funding new RocketVax coronavirus vaccine
Leading Swiss experts in immunology and virology have joined forces in the Basel-based startup RocketVax with the aim of developing...
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MTIP using new fund to invest in innovative companies
The Basel-based firm MTIP AG specializes in investments in HealthTech companies. A total of 130 million euros has already been...
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Technology Circle: Recommended concepts, components and methodologies of transformation strategies
The fourth online Technology Circle Event in February 2021 focused on concepts and components as well as on project methodologies...
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Basel Area records successful 2020
Basel Area Business & Innovation was able to newly settle a total of 27 companies in the Basel Area in...
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Titan-e, the transnational network that supports companies in their technological transition
Titan-e is the product of transnational partnerships with the objective of bringing business and science closer together in order to...
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BetterDoc opts for Basel
The online medical service BetterDoc has selected Basel as its Swiss location. Together with the health insurance firm Assura, it...
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RN Laboratories arrives in the Basel Area
The global Indian chemicals firm RN Laboratories is establishing a presence in Muttenz. The company will also be building a...
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Kybora settles its European headquarters in Basel
The American consultancy Kybora, which operates within the life sciences industry, has established its European headquarters in Basel. Kybora GmbH...
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Escientia establishes subsidiary in the Basel Area
The U.S. company Escientia Life Sciences Group has established a subsidiary in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. Escientia Switzerland will offer...
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Basel presents itself as center of innovation at the House of Switzerland in Tokyo
Around a dozen innovative companies and institutions from the Basel Area are planning a joint marketing presence in Tokyo under...
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MyCamper is a European growth champion
The Financial Times has included the Basel-based firm MyCamper in its list of the 1,000 fastest-growing startups in Europe. MyCamper...
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Researchers in Basel develop dual-virus therapy for cancer
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a promising strategy for therapeutic cancer vaccines. They are expanding upon pre-existing...
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BLKB supporting startups in Basel region
Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB) has founded the inQbator startup accelerator. Together with its partners Hemex and Launchpad, the bank will be...
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BioVersys receives funding in the fight against tuberculosis
The Basel-based pharma company BioVersys has received 2.7 million euros in funding alongside two partners. This financing serves to help...
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Biosynex takes up residence in Delémont
The French company Biosynex develops analytical, diagnostic and prophylactic medical devices. Its portfolio includes a test for Covid-19. It has...
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Novartis Campus opening further
Novartis' 25-year anniversary also marks the next step in the ongoing opening of the campus. The Switzerland Innovation Park Basel...
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docdok.health increases safety of coronavirus vaccinations
The Basel-based startup docdok.health has developed an app that aims to increase the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccinations. The...
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Hemex attracts Swiss investors
A group of experienced Swiss entrepreneurs and private investors have participated in a significantly oversubscribed financing round for Hemex. The...
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Rhizen drug secures approval in the USA
The United States Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval for the drug Umbralisib. Basel biotech Rhizen has discovered...
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Novaremed secures US$50 million
Basel biotech Novaremed is receiving US$50 million through an agreement with an investment group. Novaremed will use this financing to...
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Axtria driving growth from Basel
The US firm Axtria has established a new office in Basel. The company offers services for the life sciences industry...
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Technologiepark Basel celebrates its role as a driver of innovation
The Technologiepark Basel will be ten years old in 2021. Over the past decade, it has supported many startups and...
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Basel Area has ever more to offer investors
The canton of Basel-Stadt has displayed the most striking performance in the Swiss Venture Capital Report. Last year, more than...
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Basel researchers developing universal cancer therapy
Researchers from Basel are working on the development of a therapy in which pre-prepared immune cells can be used to...
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Opterion Health AG moving to Muttenz
Opterion is moving from the canton of Obwalden to Muttenz in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in order to benefit from...
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Evolva brings natural sugar blocker to market
The biotech company Evolva is introducing L-arabinose to the market. This product is a natural sugar blocker and can be...
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Holmusk opens new office in Basel
Holmusk has opened an office in Basel. The company from Singapore develops digital therapies on the basis of data analysis....
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Zifo RnD Solutions coming to Basel
Zifo RnD Solutions, a global provider of IT solutions for research-based organizations, opens its latest subsidiary in Basel. With Zifo...
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Announcing the chosen ventures for the DayOne Accelerator (2020/2021)
The DayOne Accelerator ventures for 2020/21 have been chosen. Over 100 teams applied for the program which will run from...
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«We will show the new product at the Olympic Games 2021 in Tokyo»
The new Basel Area Business & Innovation Podcast offers exciting conversations with interesting interview partners. The first guest is surgeon...
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Announcing the final winners of the i4Challenge 2020
The expert jury of the i4Challenge selected this year's winners. The solutions from the field of Industry 4.0 range from...
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Patients stand to benefit from innovative tech project
The investment and innovation promotion agency Basel Area Business & Innovation is joining forces with several partners to realize a...
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Boehringer Ingelheim acquires Basel’s NBE-Therapeutics
German pharma group Boehringer Ingelheim is to acquire the Basel life sciences company NBE-Therapeutics for €1.18 billion. NBE-Therapeutics specializes in...
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Entrepreneurship in the Basel Area — An Interview with Daniel Ginter
Before Daniel joined Basel Area Business & Innovation, he was responsible for corporate innovation and acceleration at digitalswitzerland. He gained...
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How the industry can make the most of data management and AI
Data management can play a major role in the digital transformation of the industry: it helps with maintenance, reduces downtime...
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Noema Pharma raises 54 million Swiss francs
The Basel-based pharmaceutical company Noema Pharma has raised a total of 54 million Swiss francs as part of a Series...
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Meteoblue constantly presents new developments
The meteoblue weather service based in Basel has developed a weather map widget that can be embedded in any website....
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Lonza manufactures coronavirus vaccine for Moderna
Lonza plans to start production of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine in Switzerland before the end of the year. Moderna published the...
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Synendos raises 20 million Swiss francs
Synendos Therapeutics has concluded a Series A financing round, raising 20 million Swiss francs. The Basel biotech will use the...
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Both Basel cantons are first class borrowers
Standard & Poor’s has awarded the canton of Basel-City its top rating of AAA. The rating agency anticipates that Basel...
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ChemAxon establishes subsidiary in Basel
ChemAxon develops software for application in the chemicals and biopharma industries. Now, the Hungarian company has established a subsidiary in...
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DSM strengthens the Basel Area life sciences cluster
The global nutrition and health corporation Royal DSM is establishing a new innovation center at the headquarters of Nutritional Products...
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Canton of Jura looking towards robotics
The canton of Jura has for quite some time been a hub for the precision industry. Now, however, companies such...
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Novartis agrees cooperation to fight Covid-19
A collaboration between Molecular Partners and Novartis has been announced. Molecular Partners will be responsible for the Phase 1 trials...
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How to become an angel investor
With our Partner Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC), we organized the first Angel Investor workshop in the Basel Area.
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An intense and ambitious year for the Jura site of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, which has delayed some projects, the Jura site of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area has...
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The action fields of digital transformation
During our Technology Circle Event in autumn 2020 (the second of the Technology Circle program, was conducted online), Prof. Dr....
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VectivBio secures investments totaling 110 million dollars
The Basel-based biotechnology firm VectivBio has received a capital injection of 110 million US dollars from both new and existing...
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Polyphor receives up to 18 million dollars for development of antibiotics
The Allschwil-based company Polyphor has received a second funding award from the global consortium CARB-X to combat antimicrobial resistance. Polyphor...
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What makes Switzerland’s economy resilient in face of COVID pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit economies worldwide – and we have not yet overcome it. However, Switzerland is among the...
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DayOne Accelerator applications open
We are excited to announce the opening of the call for the DayOne Accelerator, now in its 3rd year!
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Matériaux Sabag printing concrete elements
The Jura-based company Matériaux Sabag is now using a 3D printing solution to produce its concrete elements. This approach allows...
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Monte Rosa Therapeutics banks 96 million US dollars
The Basel-based biotechnology firm Monte Rosa Therapeutics has raised a total of 96 million US dollars after closing a successful...
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Roche launches new coronavirus antibody test
Roche is launching on the market a new antibody test to determine coronavirus infections. This should help with the development...
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Investors see great potential in Polyneuron
The Basel-based company Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals extended its Series A funding round and has now raised a total of 36.5 million...
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3 predictions of the future of work
What are the implications of the big reset on the future of work? Frank Kumli takes a look at the...
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Lonza set to manufacture coronavirus drug for Humanigen
The Basel-based pharmaceutical supplier Lonza is supporting the US firm Humanigen in the development of a potential coronavirus therapeutic. Lonza...
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The coworking space The 5th Floor is open for business
The coworking space "The 5th Floor" was opened in Muttenz on more than 4'000 square meters. The space offers fixed...
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Startups from the Basel Area ranked among the best
Startups from the Basel Area have been ranked highly in the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award by Venturelab. The medtech...
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Roche testing for coronavirus and flu simultaneously
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the Basel-based life sciences company Roche authorization to use a test that...
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Hengrui Medicine sets up clinical research and development in Basel
The Chinese life sciences company Hengrui Medicine is establishing a Swiss subsidiary in Basel. The European hub for clinical research...
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Polyphor awarded exclusive licensing agreement for China
The Basel Area-based company Polyphor has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Fosun Pharma in China. Fosun Pharma will lead...
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New label guarantees that data remains in Switzerland
With the new “swiss hosting” label, the Basel-based company swiss made software Gmbh is guaranteeing that data will not be...
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Coworking in the Basel Area – An Interview with Karin Crisanto
Karin Crisanto recently joined Basel Area Business & Innovation as Head of Innovation Space and Infrastructure. She previously worked for...
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Switzerland ranked in second place globally
The chemical and pharmaceutical industry of Switzerland has been ranked number two in the world after the USA in terms...
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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area opens site on Novartis Campus
Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area has opened a new location at the Novartis Campus. From here, the innovation park’s operator,...
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Moderna driving forward production of vaccine from Basel
Moderna is opening a location in Basel and is advancing the production of the coronavirus vaccine from there. The Swiss...
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Yokogawa establishes innovation center in Allschwil
The Japanese conglomerate Yokogawa has established a Swiss subsidiary based at the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area. Here, the focus...
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Basel gains new biotech in Bright Peak
Versant Ventures has made a US$35 million Series A funding commitment to Bright Peak Therapeutics and has now announced the...
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Robots from Basel set to revolutionize surgery
The Werner Siemens Foundation is to invest an additional 12 million Swiss francs in the Miracle project. Researchers at the...
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T3 Pharma raises over 25 million Swiss francs
T3 Pharmaceuticals AG has closed its third financing round, raising over 25 million Swiss francs. The Basel-based startup has developed...
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Versameb raises 6 million Swiss francs
The Basel-based biopharmaceutical company Versameb has successfully closed a seed financing round. Versameb develops therapies on the basis of mRNA...
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Genedata accelerating drug development
Genedata, a Basel IT company specializing in the life sciences sector, has agreed a collaboration with Thermo Fisher. The integration...
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Basel is “probably the most productive life sciences location in the world”
Two thirds of the value added attributable to the pharmaceutical industry as a whole in Switzerland is generated in the...
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Basel Area cantons publish joint economic report
The cantons of Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt and Jura have just published their first joint Economic Report. The fundamental environment is described...
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Resistell receives high-level EU grant
Resistell AG, based in Muttenz in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, has received a grant of up to 2.5 million euros...
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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area Site Novartis Campus
We are happy to present our latest addition to the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area: Our site on the Novartis...
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The innovation campus GRID is filling up
Two institutes from the University of Basel and a pharmaceutical company are relocating to the GRID innovation campus, which is...
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Artidis ends successful study
Artidis, a startup from Basel, has developed a nanotechnology platform that can be used for cancer diagnosis, among other things....
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Startup Academy celebrates anniversary
Startup Academy is on the road to success ten years after being founded. The initiative has supported 280 startups to...
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Syngenta grows strongly and stays true to Basel
Syngenta AG, Adama and Sinochem are to be united under the umbrella of the new Syngenta Group. The group is...
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Tolremo raises additional funding
The Muttenz-based biotechnology company Tolremo Therapeutics has raised an additional 4.7 million Swiss francs as part of a financing round....
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Polyneuron medication receives orphan drug status in the USA
The American health authority has granted Polyneuron’s drug PN-1007 orphan designation. This status uses special conditions to balance out commercial...
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BaseLaunch Applications open
BaseLaunch helps build therapeutic ventures to the point where they can raise a Series-A financing round or similar.
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i4Challenge Applications open
The i4Challenge is an acceleration program for SME, startups and new projects focused on innovative solutions, new approaches and next-generation...
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Ricola earns the trust of Switzerland
Ricola has been voted the most trustworthy brand in Switzerland. The manufacturer of herbal candy, which is based in the...
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Basel leads the way in Swiss exports
The canton of Basel-Stadt accounts for 26 percent of Swiss exports. The pharma and chemical industries have above all contributed...
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Celonic agrees cooperation to combat coronavirus
The Basel-based biopharmaceutical company Celonic Group has agreed a partnership with Airway Therapeutics from the USA. Together, the two companies...
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docdok.health involved in coronavirus research project
A research project is investigating the improvement in the condition of patients who have been hospitalized due to COVID-19. docdok.health...
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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...
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Humard robot disinfects using UV light
Humard has developed a robot that can disinfect spaces using UV light. For this, the system manufacturer from the canton...
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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...
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Healthtech sector growing rapidly in the Basel Area
The investment and innovation promotion agency Basel Area Business & Innovation, previously known as BaselArea.swiss, can look back on a...
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Basel is the most popular Swiss location for headquarters
Basel is valued as a location for company headquarters. In a rating from the fDi Intelligence platform of the Financial...
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Support program has roots in Basel
The online program Selfapy supports people suffering from mental health conditions during the coronavirus lockdown. BaselArea.swiss has provided startup help...
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University Hospital Basel treats coronavirus patients with plasma
The University Hospital Basel is the first Swiss hospital to have treated two Covid-19 patients with the plasma from a...
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Botnar Research Center advancing research into coronavirus
The Basel-based Botnar Research Center for Child Health is providing capital in the amount of 15 million Swiss francs to...
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CEO of Novartis pinning hopes on malaria drug
In the fight against the coronavirus, Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis, is above all pinning his hopes on a malaria...
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Cantons in the Basel Area agree aid measures
Basel/Liestal/Delémont – Because of the coronavirus crisis.the three sponsor cantons of BaselArea.swiss have adopted emergency aid measures in addition to...
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Roivant developing treatment for coronavirus patients
The Basel-based pharmaceutical company Roivant Sciences wants to develop a special antibody for coronavirus patients. This is intended to help...
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Roche Coronavirus test gets FDA approval
The US regulatory authority has authorized a test developed by the Basel-based pharmaceutical company Roche to detect the SARS-CoV 2...
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University of Basel investigating active substances against the coronavirus
The University of Basel is using computer-aided methods in its efforts to find an active substance to fight the coronavirus....
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Novartis and Roche are among the most innovative companies
Novartis and Roche feature among the hundred most innovative companies worldwide. This is from the Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators...
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The pharma centers of Basel and India are influencing each other
Basel has long been one of the world’s most important locations within the pharmaceutical industry. But pharma firms are now...
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Roche builds “best research center in the world”
The pharmaceutical giant Roche has officially started building its new research center in Basel. Around 1,800 researchers should be able...
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Oettinger Davidoff AG: Swiss precision paired with caribbean expertise
Oettinger Davidoff AG, with sales of over half a billion Swiss francs and 3,600 employees around the world, is a...
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“Patient centricity means communicating on eye level”
The university hospital of Basel not only wants to use innovation, but also drive innovation. For this reason, the hospital...
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FutureHealth conference brings international experts to Basel
The FutureHealth Basel conference brought together experts, startups and those affected by digital healthcare. In addition to exploring the opportunities...
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Novartis opens campus up for innovation
Basel-based pharmaceutical Novartis is opening up its campus in Basel to external partners, including Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area, which...
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NBE-Therapeutics raises 22 million dollars
The Basel biotech company NBE-Therapeutics has successfully closed a series C financing round. The funds raised will help the company...
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Sotio opens office in Basel
The Czech biotech company Sotio has opened an office in the Technologiepark Basel. Sotio Biotech AG will be responsible for...
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New at Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area: Coretag
Coretag, a new dynamic biotech company, launches a radioligand platform technology for a range of therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. A...
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Basel leads in international tax competition
The canton of Basel-Stadt offers one of the world’s most attractive tax burdens for companies, according to the latest BAK...
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Basel is evolving into a pediatrics hub
The Botnar Research Center for Child Health in Basel has started its research activities. The first four projects have now...
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Data Driven Healthcare – and Europe?
The future of health is data driven. But are we ready for this to happen? This question was raised at...
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Roche diabetes app replaces blood glucose meter
Diabetes patients can use an app developed by Roche to determine their blood sugar levels on the basis of two...
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BeiGene wins Scrip Award
The pharmaceutical company BeiGene has won a Scrip Award that recognizes contributions across the pharma sector to improving healthcare. BeiGene’s...
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“The first steps are slow and then suddenly things start rolling”
After more than 25 years in the pharma business, Andreas Katopodis founded the biotech company Anaveon together with Professor Onur...
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Basel areas hold promise for investors
Substantial efforts are underway in Basel to develop new areas and create space for people and companies. The efforts were...
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Canton of Basel-Landschaft cuts corporate tax rates
Corporate tax rates in the canton of Basel-Landschaft will be cut from a maximum of 20.7 percent today to 13.45...
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Initiative for innovative companies in Basel-Landschaft
A new initiative has been launched to support innovative SMEs and startups in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in an effort...
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DayOne Accelerator finalizes participants
BaselArea.swiss manages the DayOne initiative, which is now organizing the second round of the DayOne Accelerator. The participants are Digital...
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startup baselland supports company creation
BaselArea.swiss is working with selected organizations and Standortförderung Baselland to support the foundation of companies in the canton of Basel-Landschaft....
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Artidis joins world’s largest medical center
The Basel-based startup Artidis is developing a medical device based on nanotechnology to help with cancer diagnoses. The spin-off from...
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Jura has plenty of greenfield sites
The canton of Jura has more than 544 hectares of building land available, a study from the Federal Institute of...
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Vaximm is using AI to develop cancer vaccines
Basel-based biotech company Vaximm has agreed a collaboration with IT company NEC. Vaximm wants to develop personalized cancer vaccines using...
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Basel startup Nutrix beats 900 startups
The Basel startup Nutrix has won a competition at the Web Summit with its business concept. It has developed a...
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The winners of the i4Challenge introduce themselves
Six companies won the i4Challenge: Arviem, Crevoisier, LCB Sarl, Qiio, Unitelabs and United Planet. We asked the winners to introduce...
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“It’s a great reward, especially for the team”
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“Arviem is like the crystal ball of supply chain managers”
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MultiEtch SA, une entreprise à la pointe de l’innovation dans la micro-mécanique
Vous êtes deux dirigeants à la tête de MultiEtch, qu’est-ce qui vous a motivé à relever ce défi entrepreneurial ?
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Polyphor discovers new class of antibiotics
Researchers at the Allschwil pharmaceutical company Polyphor and the University of Zurich have discovered a novel antibiotics class. It has...
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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area opens site in Jura
Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area has opened its third location. The park is now represented in Jura alongside its locations...
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Investments in Basel start-ups on the rise
Start-ups established in Basel raised more than 200 million euro in investments during the first half of 2019. Basel therefore...
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Versameb raises 6.4 million Swiss francs
Basel-based biopharmaceutical Versameb has raised 6.4 million Swiss francs in a Seed C financing round and will put the funds...
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Tide Ocean turns ocean plastic waste into watches
Basel-based start-up Tide Ocean turns ocean plastic waste into new products such as watches. It has now won a German...
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Kindoh opens global headquarters in Basel
Kindoh, a daily consumer product brand, is moving its headquarters to Basel. The location promotion organization BaselArea.swiss supported the company’s...
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Basel positions itself as international fintech hub
The Swiss National Bank is working on a fintech project with the SIX stock exchange to explore technological options to...
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Novartis works with Microsoft on artificial intelligence
Novartis has selected Microsoft as its new strategic artificial intelligence (AI) and data science partner. With the collaboration, the Basel...
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Six companies win the i4Challenge 2019
As part of the competition i4Challenge, BaselArea.swiss offers six start-ups and SMEs from Switzerland, Alsace or Baden-Württemberg comprehensive support, a...
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T3 Pharma raises more than 12 million Swiss francs
T3 Pharma, a Basel-based biotech company, has closed its second financing round and raised in excess of 12 million Swiss...
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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area offers glimpse into the future
The Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area offers an insight into its activities. The future home of the Park will be...
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Early mover: NextDay.Vision is first tenant at Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area in Jura
One month before the official opening, the Jura site of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area welcomes its first tenant:...
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GRID boosts innovative power of Basel region
Work on the construction of the GRID complex for innovation and commerce has begun on the BaseLink site in Allschwil...
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“The Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area and the Jura are a match made in heaven”
The Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area will be opening its Jura site on 25 October. Claude-Henri Schaller, Director of the...
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What we learned at this year’s DayOne Conference
Twenty-two panellists and speakers, among them 3 patients and digital health futurist Maneesh Juneja, 30 project champions and their mentors,...
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Indigo Agriculture opens European headquarters in Basel
Indigo Agriculture is expanding to Europe and has opened headquarters in Basel to this end. The U.S. company offers pioneering...
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La transformation industrielle commence au Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area
C’est un programme plein d’activités qui vous attend au Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area, site du Jura, sur le Campus...
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Basel startup aims to change agriculture sector
Growcer AG is currently building a machine-operated vegetable farm in Basel. Robots sow, water and fertilize the vegetables, which are...
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Leading startups benefit from BaselArea.swiss
The top 100 startups of Switzerland have been revealed. In Venturelab’s Top 100, the Basel region performs particularly well in...
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Basel is artificial intelligence hub
The canton of Basel-Stadt is one of the three largest Swiss technology clusters for advanced digitalization technologies, as the new...
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BaseLaunch supports Switzerland as an innovation location
Switzerland often receives awards for its innovative strength. Life sciences have generally played a huge part in this acclaim. The...
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“We make no compromises in creating the highest potential company”
Versant Ventures has a strong history in building successful companies such as Therachon, Black Diamond or CRISPR Therapeutics. We talked...
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Basel-based researcher combating multi-resistant bacteria
Nina Khanna Gremmelmaier has been awarded this year’s prize for science of the City of Basel. The University Hospital Basel...
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Adobe develops new technology in Basel
The US-based company Adobe is developing a technology in Basel that will make it possible to display content on screens...
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DayOne gains importance
DayOne, a BaselArea.swiss initiative, is creating a world-leading healthcare innovation hub based on the strengths of the Basel region. A...
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Synendos Therapeutics awarded EU funding
Synendos Therapeutics AG with headquarters in Allschwil is benefiting from the financial support for which small and medium-sized enterprises can...
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DayOne Lab: An inspiring place for digital health innovators
The DayOne Lab at the Technologiepark Basel provides a new and unique place for collaboration, creation and innovation: The lab...
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Lonza extends services with new factory
Basel-based chemicals and pharmaceuticals company Lonza acquires facility for sterile drug manufacturing from Novartis. With the new production facility in...
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On the verge of being born: Next generation clinical trials
Tomasz Sablinski, Founder and CEO of Transparency Life Sciences raised the crunch question of the evening: Which industry is lagging...
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Swiss TPH breaks ground on new headquarters
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health institute (Swiss TPH) has broken ground on the new building for its headquarters in...
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Project uptown Basel taking shape
A competence center for Industry 4.0 is being created on the former site of ABB. Private investors have contributed around...
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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area offre des ateliers et séminaires pour innover
Venez innover avec nous ! Tel est le slogan pour les ateliers et séminaires qui seront organisés dans le Switzerland...
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“I am amazed by the level of innovation in the Jura”
The Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area already has two sites, in Allschwil and Basel, and will soon add a third...
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BaseLaunch is a world-leading accelerator
Healthcare accelerators recently came under the spotlight of technology platform Technorely. Its list of eight of the leading accelerators features...
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T3 Pharmaceuticals wins W.A. de Vigier Award
T3 Pharmaceuticals is among the winners of this year’s W.A. de Vigier Award. The spin-off from the University of Basel...
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BaseLaunch is top European accelerator
Healthcare Accelerator BaseLaunch, which is operated by the location promotion organization BaselArea.swiss, is among the leading accelerators of its kind...
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Pfizer acquires Basel-based Therachon
U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer is acquiring Basel biotech Therachon for US$ 340 million. Additional payments of US$ 470 million may...
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Switzerland excels with biotech start-ups
According to an article in the journal “Nature”, Switzerland is the European leader with its biotech start-up ecosystem. Based on...
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“Here at Bell, we combine handcraft and automation”
Over the space of 150 years, a butcher’s in Basel has grown into an international food company, with the Bell...
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Welcome to the Basel region: Cerdia
Cerdia’s history starts with Rhodia Acetow more than 100 years ago: The company was founded in 1912 in the Rhone...
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Alentis raises 12.5 million Swiss francs
The Basel-based biotech company Alentis Therapeutics AG has successfully concluded a CHF 12.5 million Series A financing co-lead by BioMedPartners...
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Fully equipped lab spaces at the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area
Launching a biotech is a daunting endeavor. Resources – both human and capital - are scarce and have to be...
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Basel’s Lyfegen closes seed financing round
Lyfegen, an IT company specializing in healthcare from Basel, has raised 750,000 Swiss francs in a seed financing round. The...
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Novartis subsidiary Alcon is now an independent company
Novartis completed the spin-off of the Alcon eye care devices business through a dividend-in-kind distribution. The Basel pharma giant reports...
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Innolith makes breakthrough in vehicle batteries
Energy company Innolith has developed a new type of battery that gives electric vehicles a range of 1,000km. The innovation...
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Event Impressions and some Key Quotes: Perfecting Partnerships for Life Sciences Startup Success
Closing a deal is more art than science. This is especially true in the biopharma industry where investments and partnerships...
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“The Basel region is very advanced in healthcare innovation”
A new master’s degree at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland aims to prepare the next...
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Lonza plans to create new jobs at Stücki Park
Swiss Prime Site is about to create additional office and laboratory space for 1,700 new jobs at Stücki Park in...
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33 recently arrived companies create hundreds of jobs
The efforts of BaselArea.swiss proved extremely successful in 2018. 33 companies – seven more than in the previous year –...
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Healthcare innovations gain traction with the DayOne Accelerator
Three innovative healthcare startups participate in the first round of the DayOne Accelerator. Faraz Oloumi from Aurteen, Chang Yun from...
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New at Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area: SunRegen
The biopharmaceutical company SunRegen Healthcare develops a therapy for neurodegenerative eye diseases like Optic Atrophy. The two co-founders and managers...
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Aging: The Tsunami for Healthcare
Humanity is growing older. According to the UN the number of people in the world aged 60 years or over...
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Basel offers the lowest corporate income tax of all major Swiss business centres
The Canton of Basel-Stadt has lowered its tax rates on income, corporate income and capital retroactively to 1 January 2019....
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Anaveon raises CHF 35 million
Anaveon, an immuno-oncology biotech, has successfully concluded a Series A financing round led by Syncona, a UK Life Sciences fund,...
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BaseLaunch funds four healthcare ventures
BaseLaunch supports carefully selected ventures in two phases. After an intense pressure test period, four projects were selected for Phase...
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Grosspeter Tower – Basel’s sustainable model skyscraper
With the ambitious goal of being a zero-emission building, Basel’s youngest skyscraper Grosspeter Tower was constructed to cover its own...
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DayOne Catalyst Project: Oonida
One of the pillars of BaselArea.swiss’ DayOne (www.DayOne.swiss) strategy is to drive Catalyst projects – collaborative approaches to bottleneck issues...
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“It doesn’t always have to stay the same”
Désirée Mettraux has been the CEO of Creadi since 2016. The Pax spin-off has developed the Simpego online insurance platform....
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Infographic: The Basel Biotech & Pharma Ecosystem
To develop a scientific discovery into a life-changing drug or technology, it takes experts from various fields. The Basel region...
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Le Groupe RECOMATIC soigne l’état de surface du luxe suisse
Rencontre au cœur des champs d’un petit village jurassien, entre traditions rurales voisines et haute précision mécanique. Entretien avec le...
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Resistell closes successful financing round
Resistell has closed on oversubscribed seed financing round. The Basel-based startup is developing an antibiotic susceptibility test that is much...
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BaselArea.swiss fights antimicrobial resistance as a part of the CARB-X Global Accelerator Network
Antibiotic resistance is fatal: If antibiotics have no effect, simple infections become deadly. According to the World Health Organization, an...
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“Momentum for blockchain in healthcare is growing in Basel”
Marco Cuomo and Daniel Fritz from Novartis got engaged in blockchain two years ago. Today, their aim is set high:...
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Three projects to start in the DayOne Accelerator
DayOne and BaselArea.swiss are happy to announce the winners of the first DayOne Accelerator supported by Fondation Botnar:
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Expats like Basel best
Expats find Basel to be the best city in Switzerland, according to a study published by InterNations. Six Swiss cities...
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GETEC acquires Infrapark Baselland
The energy services provider GETEC is acquiring Infrapark Baselland AG and its activities from the chemicals company Clariant. GETEC also...
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Roivant raised USD 200 million, now valued at USD 7 billion
The Basel-based pharmaceutical company Roivant Sciences has raised USD 200 million in a funding round. As a result, the company...
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Van Baerle to benefit from Schweizerhalle location
Next year, chemical company Van Baerle will move from Münchenstein in the canton of Basellandschaft to the Schweizerhalle industrial location....
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La passion, l’ingéniosité et le plaisir d’aller au travail font partie des valeurs d’entreprise chez HUMARD Automation SA
Rencontre avec Georges HUMARD, le co-propriétaire et CEO de HUMARD Automation SA à Delémont.
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Three entrepreneurs, three visions of Industry 4.0
BaselArea.swiss invited startups and Industry 4.0 projects to participate in the first Industry 4.0 Challenge. A jury from the industry...
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Mit den Powercoders werden Geflüchtete in Basel zu Programmierern
100’000 geflüchtete Menschen leben derzeit in der Schweiz, darunter viele High Potentials mit IT-Kenntnissen. Gleichzeitig herrscht in der Branche Fachkräftemangel....
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I Was Always One of Few Women in the Industry
SOLO Swiss in Porrentruy in the canton of Jura has been making industrial furnaces for heat-treating metals since 1924. The...
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First semester starts well for FHNW Campus Muttenz
The semester has got off to a successful start at FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland’s new...
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BaselArea.swiss welcomes BeiGene to Basel
BeiGene, Ltd., a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, has established a regional headquarters in Basel. BaselArea.swiss assisted BeiGene in evaluating and...
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BaseLaunch’s second round – 10 projects enter Phase I
The BaseLaunch Accelerator, managed and operated by BaselArea.swiss, started on 14 September 2018 with ten projects entering Phase I. Over...
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500 words on the DayOne Conference 2018
DayOne has a history of changing and growing each year. This year the DayOne Conference took place on 11 September,...
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Inauguration du nouveau site de production Cartier à Glovelier
M. Karim Drici, directeur des manufactures Cartier Horlogerie et M. Jacques Gerber, Ministre de l’économie et de la santé de...
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Impact Hub Basel has successfully launched
Startups in the Basel region have a new home: The 2017 established Hubbasel Association is now an official member of...
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Basel has the biggest economic potential
Basel has the biggest economic potential in Europe, according to a new study from BAK Economics. The city on the...
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“Processes Kill Innovation”
The serial entrepreneur Neil Goldsmith is drawn to new ventures. We spoke to him about discovering talent suitable for start-ups...
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Artificial Intelligence – the Holy Grail to Healthcare Innovation?
Last winter, Julia got a cough and a headache. For the third time she went to her physician, who sent...
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Most exciting biotechs are based in Basel
Basel is among the European biotech hubs with the most exciting companies as named by labiotech.eu. The industry platform highlighted...
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“Basel has all the ingredients required to host a successful company”
The physician and pharmacologist Nicole Onetto is a member of the Board of Directors at the Basilea Pharmaceutica AG. In...
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“We will not shy away from taking risks”
In 2016, Roivant Sciences established their global headquarters in Basel. Roivant founder and CEO Vivek Ramaswamy talked to us about...
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BaselArea.swiss Presents the DayOne Acceleration Program Supported by Fondation Botnar
Seeking brilliant project ideas that, combined with digital technologies, healthcare expertise and entrepreneurial spirit, will help solve the health challenges...
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BaseLaunch startup Polyneuron raises new financing
Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals has successfully raised over 3 million Swiss francs in a financing round. The Basel-based pharmaceutical company is developing...
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Willemin-Macodel porte l’innovation dans son ADN
A l’heure où l’industrie 4.0 envahit le quotidien des éditions spécialisées, des PME et industries, il existe encore des sociétés...
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Basel scores tenth place in quality of living ranking
Basel among the ten cities with the highest quality of living in the world, according to a survey from the...
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Meet the BaseLaunch Startups
Six of the BaseLaunch startups recently started Phase II. They received either grants up to 250,000 Swiss francs or gained...
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BioMedPartners closes new venture capital fund
Basel-based venture capitalist firm BioMedPartners has closed its new venture capital fund BioMedInvest III at 100 million Swiss francs. The...
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New prosthetic ankle is successfully implanted
The world renowned surgeon from Basel, Beat Hintermann, has successfully implanted ankle prosthesis of his own design in five patients...
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BaseLaunch up to a solid Phase II start
BaseLaunch has officially started Phase II of its accelerator program, and four startups are receiving grants ranging from 120,000 to...
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Roivant Sciences to join BaseLaunch Accelerator as Healthcare Partner
Roivant becomes the fifth healthcare partner of BaselArea.swiss accelerator program joining Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Novartis Venture Fund, Pfizer and...
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“We’re giving Basel Impact Hub fever”
Impact Hubs are a real success story. Founded in 2005 in London, there are now over 100 Impact Hubs around...
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Roche and Novartis among most valuable companies
The Basel pharmaceutical companies Roche and Novartis are among the 40 most valuable companies in the world, according to an...
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Novartis medication effective against psoriasis
The Basel-based pharmaceutical company Novartis has released positive data on the long-term efficacy of its medication Cosentyx, which is used...
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Pharmaceutical industry is driving the Swiss economy
The number of jobs in the pharmaceutical industry is on a steady rise – and other industries are benefiting from...
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The changing healthcare system in China
On September 15th 2017, the first Swiss-Chinese Life Sciences Forum took place at Roche in Basel. The event focused on...
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13 startup projects qualify for the first phase of BaseLaunch
The BaseLaunch Healthcare Accelerator program from BaselArea.swiss started on September 14. Over 100 applications were received from more than 30...
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Patient Data – Faster but with Respect and Trust
“Faster but with Respect and Trust“ - these were the final words from Effy Vayena at the DayOne Experts event...
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Halozyme Therapeutics opens European headquarters
Halozyme, a U.S. biotechnology company developing novel oncology and drug-delivery therapies, has established their European headquarters office in Basel, Switzerland.
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“In Switzerland, we often sell promising technologies too early”
Ulf Claesson is a "serial entrepreneur". During the past 25 years, he has set up companies that have gone on...
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3D im Spital
Wo der 3D-Druck bereits heute standardmässig eingesetzt wird, in welche Richtungen sich die Technik entwickelt und welche rechtlichen Fragen dadurch...
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Zweites Leben für gebrauchte Laborgeräte
Wer Laborgeräte oder eine mikrobiologische Sicherheitswerksbank benötigt, muss bei Neuanschaffungen tief in die Tasche greifen. Werden hingegen Laborgeräte nicht mehr...
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Interest from startups in the BaseLaunch healthcare accelerator exceeds expectations
More than 100 projects from Switzerland and abroad competed for a place in the BaselArea.swiss accelerator program for healthcare startups.
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Gilbert Achermann wird neuer Verwaltungsratspräsident bei Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area AG
Die ausserordentliche Generalversammlung vom 29. Juni 2017 wählte Gilbert Achermann einstimmig in den Verwaltungsrat der Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area...
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Bayer is growing in Basel
The German life sciences company Bayer wants to continue to grow in Basel, as company representatives announced in a press...
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Investing in strengths – Swiss leadership in life sciences
How can Switzerland and the Basel region maintain their international leadership role in life sciences? As part of the Biotech...
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“I see a very innovation-friendly climate in Basel”
It all began with research resources that were a quarter of a century old. Simon Ittig and his colleagues at...
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Bio-Rad Opens European headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, in April 2017
In April, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products opened a facility in...
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BaseLaunch can take full advantage of the potential of Basel’s life sciences ecosystem
The new accelerator for healthcare ventures, BaseLaunch, wants to link the best start-ups to the Basel region – and in...
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BaseLaunch wants to bring the best healthcare start-ups to Basel
“If we invest billions in university research, then this remains an abortive effort if we do not make sure at...
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MTIP using new fund to invest in innovative companies
The Basel-based firm MTIP AG specializes in investments in HealthTech companies. A total of 130 million euros has already been...
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Technology Circle: Recommended concepts, components and methodologies of transformation strategies
The fourth online Technology Circle Event in February 2021 focused on concepts and components as well as on project methodologies...
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Basel Area records successful 2020
Basel Area Business & Innovation was able to newly settle a total of 27 companies in the Basel Area in...
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Titan-e, the transnational network that supports companies in their technological transition
Titan-e is the product of transnational partnerships with the objective of bringing business and science closer together in order to...
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BetterDoc opts for Basel
The online medical service BetterDoc has selected Basel as its Swiss location. Together with the health insurance firm Assura, it...
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RN Laboratories arrives in the Basel Area
The global Indian chemicals firm RN Laboratories is establishing a presence in Muttenz. The company will also be building a...
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Kybora settles its European headquarters in Basel
The American consultancy Kybora, which operates within the life sciences industry, has established its European headquarters in Basel. Kybora GmbH...
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Escientia establishes subsidiary in the Basel Area
The U.S. company Escientia Life Sciences Group has established a subsidiary in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. Escientia Switzerland will offer...
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Basel presents itself as center of innovation at the House of Switzerland in Tokyo
Around a dozen innovative companies and institutions from the Basel Area are planning a joint marketing presence in Tokyo under...
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MyCamper is a European growth champion
The Financial Times has included the Basel-based firm MyCamper in its list of the 1,000 fastest-growing startups in Europe. MyCamper...
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Researchers in Basel develop dual-virus therapy for cancer
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a promising strategy for therapeutic cancer vaccines. They are expanding upon pre-existing...
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BLKB supporting startups in Basel region
Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB) has founded the inQbator startup accelerator. Together with its partners Hemex and Launchpad, the bank will be...
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BioVersys receives funding in the fight against tuberculosis
The Basel-based pharma company BioVersys has received 2.7 million euros in funding alongside two partners. This financing serves to help...
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Biosynex takes up residence in Delémont
The French company Biosynex develops analytical, diagnostic and prophylactic medical devices. Its portfolio includes a test for Covid-19. It has...
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Novartis Campus opening further
Novartis' 25-year anniversary also marks the next step in the ongoing opening of the campus. The Switzerland Innovation Park Basel...
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docdok.health increases safety of coronavirus vaccinations
The Basel-based startup docdok.health has developed an app that aims to increase the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccinations. The...
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Hemex attracts Swiss investors
A group of experienced Swiss entrepreneurs and private investors have participated in a significantly oversubscribed financing round for Hemex. The...
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Rhizen drug secures approval in the USA
The United States Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval for the drug Umbralisib. Basel biotech Rhizen has discovered...
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Novaremed secures US$50 million
Basel biotech Novaremed is receiving US$50 million through an agreement with an investment group. Novaremed will use this financing to...
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Axtria driving growth from Basel
The US firm Axtria has established a new office in Basel. The company offers services for the life sciences industry...
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Technologiepark Basel celebrates its role as a driver of innovation
The Technologiepark Basel will be ten years old in 2021. Over the past decade, it has supported many startups and...
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Basel Area has ever more to offer investors
The canton of Basel-Stadt has displayed the most striking performance in the Swiss Venture Capital Report. Last year, more than...
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Basel researchers developing universal cancer therapy
Researchers from Basel are working on the development of a therapy in which pre-prepared immune cells can be used to...
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Opterion Health AG moving to Muttenz
Opterion is moving from the canton of Obwalden to Muttenz in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in order to benefit from...
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Evolva brings natural sugar blocker to market
The biotech company Evolva is introducing L-arabinose to the market. This product is a natural sugar blocker and can be...
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Holmusk opens new office in Basel
Holmusk has opened an office in Basel. The company from Singapore develops digital therapies on the basis of data analysis....
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Zifo RnD Solutions coming to Basel
Zifo RnD Solutions, a global provider of IT solutions for research-based organizations, opens its latest subsidiary in Basel. With Zifo...
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Announcing the chosen ventures for the DayOne Accelerator (2020/2021)
The DayOne Accelerator ventures for 2020/21 have been chosen. Over 100 teams applied for the program which will run from...
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«We will show the new product at the Olympic Games 2021 in Tokyo»
The new Basel Area Business & Innovation Podcast offers exciting conversations with interesting interview partners. The first guest is surgeon...
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Announcing the final winners of the i4Challenge 2020
The expert jury of the i4Challenge selected this year's winners. The solutions from the field of Industry 4.0 range from...
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Patients stand to benefit from innovative tech project
The investment and innovation promotion agency Basel Area Business & Innovation is joining forces with several partners to realize a...
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Boehringer Ingelheim acquires Basel’s NBE-Therapeutics
German pharma group Boehringer Ingelheim is to acquire the Basel life sciences company NBE-Therapeutics for €1.18 billion. NBE-Therapeutics specializes in...
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Entrepreneurship in the Basel Area — An Interview with Daniel Ginter
Before Daniel joined Basel Area Business & Innovation, he was responsible for corporate innovation and acceleration at digitalswitzerland. He gained...
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How the industry can make the most of data management and AI
Data management can play a major role in the digital transformation of the industry: it helps with maintenance, reduces downtime...
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Noema Pharma raises 54 million Swiss francs
The Basel-based pharmaceutical company Noema Pharma has raised a total of 54 million Swiss francs as part of a Series...
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Meteoblue constantly presents new developments
The meteoblue weather service based in Basel has developed a weather map widget that can be embedded in any website....
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Lonza manufactures coronavirus vaccine for Moderna
Lonza plans to start production of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine in Switzerland before the end of the year. Moderna published the...
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Synendos raises 20 million Swiss francs
Synendos Therapeutics has concluded a Series A financing round, raising 20 million Swiss francs. The Basel biotech will use the...
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Both Basel cantons are first class borrowers
Standard & Poor’s has awarded the canton of Basel-City its top rating of AAA. The rating agency anticipates that Basel...
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ChemAxon establishes subsidiary in Basel
ChemAxon develops software for application in the chemicals and biopharma industries. Now, the Hungarian company has established a subsidiary in...
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DSM strengthens the Basel Area life sciences cluster
The global nutrition and health corporation Royal DSM is establishing a new innovation center at the headquarters of Nutritional Products...
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Canton of Jura looking towards robotics
The canton of Jura has for quite some time been a hub for the precision industry. Now, however, companies such...
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Novartis agrees cooperation to fight Covid-19
A collaboration between Molecular Partners and Novartis has been announced. Molecular Partners will be responsible for the Phase 1 trials...
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How to become an angel investor
With our Partner Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC), we organized the first Angel Investor workshop in the Basel Area.
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An intense and ambitious year for the Jura site of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, which has delayed some projects, the Jura site of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area has...
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The action fields of digital transformation
During our Technology Circle Event in autumn 2020 (the second of the Technology Circle program, was conducted online), Prof. Dr....
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VectivBio secures investments totaling 110 million dollars
The Basel-based biotechnology firm VectivBio has received a capital injection of 110 million US dollars from both new and existing...
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Polyphor receives up to 18 million dollars for development of antibiotics
The Allschwil-based company Polyphor has received a second funding award from the global consortium CARB-X to combat antimicrobial resistance. Polyphor...
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What makes Switzerland’s economy resilient in face of COVID pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit economies worldwide – and we have not yet overcome it. However, Switzerland is among the...
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DayOne Accelerator applications open
We are excited to announce the opening of the call for the DayOne Accelerator, now in its 3rd year!
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Matériaux Sabag printing concrete elements
The Jura-based company Matériaux Sabag is now using a 3D printing solution to produce its concrete elements. This approach allows...
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Monte Rosa Therapeutics banks 96 million US dollars
The Basel-based biotechnology firm Monte Rosa Therapeutics has raised a total of 96 million US dollars after closing a successful...
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Roche launches new coronavirus antibody test
Roche is launching on the market a new antibody test to determine coronavirus infections. This should help with the development...
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Investors see great potential in Polyneuron
The Basel-based company Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals extended its Series A funding round and has now raised a total of 36.5 million...
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3 predictions of the future of work
What are the implications of the big reset on the future of work? Frank Kumli takes a look at the...
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Lonza set to manufacture coronavirus drug for Humanigen
The Basel-based pharmaceutical supplier Lonza is supporting the US firm Humanigen in the development of a potential coronavirus therapeutic. Lonza...
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The coworking space The 5th Floor is open for business
The coworking space "The 5th Floor" was opened in Muttenz on more than 4'000 square meters. The space offers fixed...
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Startups from the Basel Area ranked among the best
Startups from the Basel Area have been ranked highly in the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award by Venturelab. The medtech...
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Roche testing for coronavirus and flu simultaneously
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the Basel-based life sciences company Roche authorization to use a test that...
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Hengrui Medicine sets up clinical research and development in Basel
The Chinese life sciences company Hengrui Medicine is establishing a Swiss subsidiary in Basel. The European hub for clinical research...
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Polyphor awarded exclusive licensing agreement for China
The Basel Area-based company Polyphor has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Fosun Pharma in China. Fosun Pharma will lead...
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New label guarantees that data remains in Switzerland
With the new “swiss hosting” label, the Basel-based company swiss made software Gmbh is guaranteeing that data will not be...
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Coworking in the Basel Area – An Interview with Karin Crisanto
Karin Crisanto recently joined Basel Area Business & Innovation as Head of Innovation Space and Infrastructure. She previously worked for...
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Switzerland ranked in second place globally
The chemical and pharmaceutical industry of Switzerland has been ranked number two in the world after the USA in terms...
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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area opens site on Novartis Campus
Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area has opened a new location at the Novartis Campus. From here, the innovation park’s operator,...
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Moderna driving forward production of vaccine from Basel
Moderna is opening a location in Basel and is advancing the production of the coronavirus vaccine from there. The Swiss...
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Yokogawa establishes innovation center in Allschwil
The Japanese conglomerate Yokogawa has established a Swiss subsidiary based at the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area. Here, the focus...
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Basel gains new biotech in Bright Peak
Versant Ventures has made a US$35 million Series A funding commitment to Bright Peak Therapeutics and has now announced the...
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Robots from Basel set to revolutionize surgery
The Werner Siemens Foundation is to invest an additional 12 million Swiss francs in the Miracle project. Researchers at the...
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T3 Pharma raises over 25 million Swiss francs
T3 Pharmaceuticals AG has closed its third financing round, raising over 25 million Swiss francs. The Basel-based startup has developed...
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Versameb raises 6 million Swiss francs
The Basel-based biopharmaceutical company Versameb has successfully closed a seed financing round. Versameb develops therapies on the basis of mRNA...
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Genedata accelerating drug development
Genedata, a Basel IT company specializing in the life sciences sector, has agreed a collaboration with Thermo Fisher. The integration...
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Basel is “probably the most productive life sciences location in the world”
Two thirds of the value added attributable to the pharmaceutical industry as a whole in Switzerland is generated in the...
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Basel Area cantons publish joint economic report
The cantons of Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt and Jura have just published their first joint Economic Report. The fundamental environment is described...
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Resistell receives high-level EU grant
Resistell AG, based in Muttenz in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, has received a grant of up to 2.5 million euros...
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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area Site Novartis Campus
We are happy to present our latest addition to the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area: Our site on the Novartis...
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The innovation campus GRID is filling up
Two institutes from the University of Basel and a pharmaceutical company are relocating to the GRID innovation campus, which is...
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Artidis ends successful study
Artidis, a startup from Basel, has developed a nanotechnology platform that can be used for cancer diagnosis, among other things....
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Startup Academy celebrates anniversary
Startup Academy is on the road to success ten years after being founded. The initiative has supported 280 startups to...
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Syngenta grows strongly and stays true to Basel
Syngenta AG, Adama and Sinochem are to be united under the umbrella of the new Syngenta Group. The group is...
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Tolremo raises additional funding
The Muttenz-based biotechnology company Tolremo Therapeutics has raised an additional 4.7 million Swiss francs as part of a financing round....
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Polyneuron medication receives orphan drug status in the USA
The American health authority has granted Polyneuron’s drug PN-1007 orphan designation. This status uses special conditions to balance out commercial...
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BaseLaunch Applications open
BaseLaunch helps build therapeutic ventures to the point where they can raise a Series-A financing round or similar.
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i4Challenge Applications open
The i4Challenge is an acceleration program for SME, startups and new projects focused on innovative solutions, new approaches and next-generation...
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Ricola earns the trust of Switzerland
Ricola has been voted the most trustworthy brand in Switzerland. The manufacturer of herbal candy, which is based in the...
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Basel leads the way in Swiss exports
The canton of Basel-Stadt accounts for 26 percent of Swiss exports. The pharma and chemical industries have above all contributed...
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Celonic agrees cooperation to combat coronavirus
The Basel-based biopharmaceutical company Celonic Group has agreed a partnership with Airway Therapeutics from the USA. Together, the two companies...
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docdok.health involved in coronavirus research project
A research project is investigating the improvement in the condition of patients who have been hospitalized due to COVID-19. docdok.health...
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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...
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Humard robot disinfects using UV light
Humard has developed a robot that can disinfect spaces using UV light. For this, the system manufacturer from the canton...
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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...
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Healthtech sector growing rapidly in the Basel Area
The investment and innovation promotion agency Basel Area Business & Innovation, previously known as BaselArea.swiss, can look back on a...
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Basel is the most popular Swiss location for headquarters
Basel is valued as a location for company headquarters. In a rating from the fDi Intelligence platform of the Financial...
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Support program has roots in Basel
The online program Selfapy supports people suffering from mental health conditions during the coronavirus lockdown. BaselArea.swiss has provided startup help...
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University Hospital Basel treats coronavirus patients with plasma
The University Hospital Basel is the first Swiss hospital to have treated two Covid-19 patients with the plasma from a...
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Botnar Research Center advancing research into coronavirus
The Basel-based Botnar Research Center for Child Health is providing capital in the amount of 15 million Swiss francs to...
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CEO of Novartis pinning hopes on malaria drug
In the fight against the coronavirus, Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis, is above all pinning his hopes on a malaria...
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Cantons in the Basel Area agree aid measures
Basel/Liestal/Delémont – Because of the coronavirus crisis.the three sponsor cantons of BaselArea.swiss have adopted emergency aid measures in addition to...
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Roivant developing treatment for coronavirus patients
The Basel-based pharmaceutical company Roivant Sciences wants to develop a special antibody for coronavirus patients. This is intended to help...
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Roche Coronavirus test gets FDA approval
The US regulatory authority has authorized a test developed by the Basel-based pharmaceutical company Roche to detect the SARS-CoV 2...
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University of Basel investigating active substances against the coronavirus
The University of Basel is using computer-aided methods in its efforts to find an active substance to fight the coronavirus....
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Novartis and Roche are among the most innovative companies
Novartis and Roche feature among the hundred most innovative companies worldwide. This is from the Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators...
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The pharma centers of Basel and India are influencing each other
Basel has long been one of the world’s most important locations within the pharmaceutical industry. But pharma firms are now...
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Roche builds “best research center in the world”
The pharmaceutical giant Roche has officially started building its new research center in Basel. Around 1,800 researchers should be able...
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Oettinger Davidoff AG: Swiss precision paired with caribbean expertise
Oettinger Davidoff AG, with sales of over half a billion Swiss francs and 3,600 employees around the world, is a...
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“Patient centricity means communicating on eye level”
The university hospital of Basel not only wants to use innovation, but also drive innovation. For this reason, the hospital...
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FutureHealth conference brings international experts to Basel
The FutureHealth Basel conference brought together experts, startups and those affected by digital healthcare. In addition to exploring the opportunities...
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Novartis opens campus up for innovation
Basel-based pharmaceutical Novartis is opening up its campus in Basel to external partners, including Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area, which...
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NBE-Therapeutics raises 22 million dollars
The Basel biotech company NBE-Therapeutics has successfully closed a series C financing round. The funds raised will help the company...
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Sotio opens office in Basel
The Czech biotech company Sotio has opened an office in the Technologiepark Basel. Sotio Biotech AG will be responsible for...
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New at Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area: Coretag
Coretag, a new dynamic biotech company, launches a radioligand platform technology for a range of therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. A...
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Basel leads in international tax competition
The canton of Basel-Stadt offers one of the world’s most attractive tax burdens for companies, according to the latest BAK...
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Basel is evolving into a pediatrics hub
The Botnar Research Center for Child Health in Basel has started its research activities. The first four projects have now...
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Data Driven Healthcare – and Europe?
The future of health is data driven. But are we ready for this to happen? This question was raised at...
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Roche diabetes app replaces blood glucose meter
Diabetes patients can use an app developed by Roche to determine their blood sugar levels on the basis of two...
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BeiGene wins Scrip Award
The pharmaceutical company BeiGene has won a Scrip Award that recognizes contributions across the pharma sector to improving healthcare. BeiGene’s...
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After more than 25 years in the pharma business, Andreas Katopodis founded the biotech company Anaveon together with Professor Onur...
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Basel areas hold promise for investors
Substantial efforts are underway in Basel to develop new areas and create space for people and companies. The efforts were...
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Canton of Basel-Landschaft cuts corporate tax rates
Corporate tax rates in the canton of Basel-Landschaft will be cut from a maximum of 20.7 percent today to 13.45...
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Initiative for innovative companies in Basel-Landschaft
A new initiative has been launched to support innovative SMEs and startups in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in an effort...
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DayOne Accelerator finalizes participants
BaselArea.swiss manages the DayOne initiative, which is now organizing the second round of the DayOne Accelerator. The participants are Digital...
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startup baselland supports company creation
BaselArea.swiss is working with selected organizations and Standortförderung Baselland to support the foundation of companies in the canton of Basel-Landschaft....
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Artidis joins world’s largest medical center
The Basel-based startup Artidis is developing a medical device based on nanotechnology to help with cancer diagnoses. The spin-off from...
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Jura has plenty of greenfield sites
The canton of Jura has more than 544 hectares of building land available, a study from the Federal Institute of...
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Vaximm is using AI to develop cancer vaccines
Basel-based biotech company Vaximm has agreed a collaboration with IT company NEC. Vaximm wants to develop personalized cancer vaccines using...
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Basel startup Nutrix beats 900 startups
The Basel startup Nutrix has won a competition at the Web Summit with its business concept. It has developed a...
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The winners of the i4Challenge introduce themselves
Six companies won the i4Challenge: Arviem, Crevoisier, LCB Sarl, Qiio, Unitelabs and United Planet. We asked the winners to introduce...
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Vous êtes deux dirigeants à la tête de MultiEtch, qu’est-ce qui vous a motivé à relever ce défi entrepreneurial ?
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Polyphor discovers new class of antibiotics
Researchers at the Allschwil pharmaceutical company Polyphor and the University of Zurich have discovered a novel antibiotics class. It has...
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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area opens site in Jura
Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area has opened its third location. The park is now represented in Jura alongside its locations...
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Investments in Basel start-ups on the rise
Start-ups established in Basel raised more than 200 million euro in investments during the first half of 2019. Basel therefore...
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Versameb raises 6.4 million Swiss francs
Basel-based biopharmaceutical Versameb has raised 6.4 million Swiss francs in a Seed C financing round and will put the funds...
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Tide Ocean turns ocean plastic waste into watches
Basel-based start-up Tide Ocean turns ocean plastic waste into new products such as watches. It has now won a German...
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Kindoh opens global headquarters in Basel
Kindoh, a daily consumer product brand, is moving its headquarters to Basel. The location promotion organization BaselArea.swiss supported the company’s...
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Basel positions itself as international fintech hub
The Swiss National Bank is working on a fintech project with the SIX stock exchange to explore technological options to...
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Novartis works with Microsoft on artificial intelligence
Novartis has selected Microsoft as its new strategic artificial intelligence (AI) and data science partner. With the collaboration, the Basel...
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Six companies win the i4Challenge 2019
As part of the competition i4Challenge, BaselArea.swiss offers six start-ups and SMEs from Switzerland, Alsace or Baden-Württemberg comprehensive support, a...
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T3 Pharma raises more than 12 million Swiss francs
T3 Pharma, a Basel-based biotech company, has closed its second financing round and raised in excess of 12 million Swiss...
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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area offers glimpse into the future
The Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area offers an insight into its activities. The future home of the Park will be...
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Early mover: NextDay.Vision is first tenant at Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area in Jura
One month before the official opening, the Jura site of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area welcomes its first tenant:...
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GRID boosts innovative power of Basel region
Work on the construction of the GRID complex for innovation and commerce has begun on the BaseLink site in Allschwil...
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“The Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area and the Jura are a match made in heaven”
The Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area will be opening its Jura site on 25 October. Claude-Henri Schaller, Director of the...
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What we learned at this year’s DayOne Conference
Twenty-two panellists and speakers, among them 3 patients and digital health futurist Maneesh Juneja, 30 project champions and their mentors,...
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Indigo Agriculture opens European headquarters in Basel
Indigo Agriculture is expanding to Europe and has opened headquarters in Basel to this end. The U.S. company offers pioneering...
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La transformation industrielle commence au Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area
C’est un programme plein d’activités qui vous attend au Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area, site du Jura, sur le Campus...
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Basel startup aims to change agriculture sector
Growcer AG is currently building a machine-operated vegetable farm in Basel. Robots sow, water and fertilize the vegetables, which are...
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Leading startups benefit from BaselArea.swiss
The top 100 startups of Switzerland have been revealed. In Venturelab’s Top 100, the Basel region performs particularly well in...
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Basel is artificial intelligence hub
The canton of Basel-Stadt is one of the three largest Swiss technology clusters for advanced digitalization technologies, as the new...
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BaseLaunch supports Switzerland as an innovation location
Switzerland often receives awards for its innovative strength. Life sciences have generally played a huge part in this acclaim. The...
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“We make no compromises in creating the highest potential company”
Versant Ventures has a strong history in building successful companies such as Therachon, Black Diamond or CRISPR Therapeutics. We talked...
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Basel-based researcher combating multi-resistant bacteria
Nina Khanna Gremmelmaier has been awarded this year’s prize for science of the City of Basel. The University Hospital Basel...
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Adobe develops new technology in Basel
The US-based company Adobe is developing a technology in Basel that will make it possible to display content on screens...
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DayOne gains importance
DayOne, a BaselArea.swiss initiative, is creating a world-leading healthcare innovation hub based on the strengths of the Basel region. A...
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Synendos Therapeutics awarded EU funding
Synendos Therapeutics AG with headquarters in Allschwil is benefiting from the financial support for which small and medium-sized enterprises can...
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DayOne Lab: An inspiring place for digital health innovators
The DayOne Lab at the Technologiepark Basel provides a new and unique place for collaboration, creation and innovation: The lab...
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Lonza extends services with new factory
Basel-based chemicals and pharmaceuticals company Lonza acquires facility for sterile drug manufacturing from Novartis. With the new production facility in...
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On the verge of being born: Next generation clinical trials
Tomasz Sablinski, Founder and CEO of Transparency Life Sciences raised the crunch question of the evening: Which industry is lagging...
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Swiss TPH breaks ground on new headquarters
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health institute (Swiss TPH) has broken ground on the new building for its headquarters in...
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Project uptown Basel taking shape
A competence center for Industry 4.0 is being created on the former site of ABB. Private investors have contributed around...
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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area offre des ateliers et séminaires pour innover
Venez innover avec nous ! Tel est le slogan pour les ateliers et séminaires qui seront organisés dans le Switzerland...
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“I am amazed by the level of innovation in the Jura”
The Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area already has two sites, in Allschwil and Basel, and will soon add a third...
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BaseLaunch is a world-leading accelerator
Healthcare accelerators recently came under the spotlight of technology platform Technorely. Its list of eight of the leading accelerators features...
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T3 Pharmaceuticals wins W.A. de Vigier Award
T3 Pharmaceuticals is among the winners of this year’s W.A. de Vigier Award. The spin-off from the University of Basel...
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BaseLaunch is top European accelerator
Healthcare Accelerator BaseLaunch, which is operated by the location promotion organization BaselArea.swiss, is among the leading accelerators of its kind...
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Pfizer acquires Basel-based Therachon
U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer is acquiring Basel biotech Therachon for US$ 340 million. Additional payments of US$ 470 million may...
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Switzerland excels with biotech start-ups
According to an article in the journal “Nature”, Switzerland is the European leader with its biotech start-up ecosystem. Based on...
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“Here at Bell, we combine handcraft and automation”
Over the space of 150 years, a butcher’s in Basel has grown into an international food company, with the Bell...
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Welcome to the Basel region: Cerdia
Cerdia’s history starts with Rhodia Acetow more than 100 years ago: The company was founded in 1912 in the Rhone...
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Alentis raises 12.5 million Swiss francs
The Basel-based biotech company Alentis Therapeutics AG has successfully concluded a CHF 12.5 million Series A financing co-lead by BioMedPartners...
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Fully equipped lab spaces at the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area
Launching a biotech is a daunting endeavor. Resources – both human and capital - are scarce and have to be...
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Basel’s Lyfegen closes seed financing round
Lyfegen, an IT company specializing in healthcare from Basel, has raised 750,000 Swiss francs in a seed financing round. The...
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Novartis subsidiary Alcon is now an independent company
Novartis completed the spin-off of the Alcon eye care devices business through a dividend-in-kind distribution. The Basel pharma giant reports...
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Innolith makes breakthrough in vehicle batteries
Energy company Innolith has developed a new type of battery that gives electric vehicles a range of 1,000km. The innovation...
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Event Impressions and some Key Quotes: Perfecting Partnerships for Life Sciences Startup Success
Closing a deal is more art than science. This is especially true in the biopharma industry where investments and partnerships...
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“The Basel region is very advanced in healthcare innovation”
A new master’s degree at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland aims to prepare the next...
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Lonza plans to create new jobs at Stücki Park
Swiss Prime Site is about to create additional office and laboratory space for 1,700 new jobs at Stücki Park in...
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33 recently arrived companies create hundreds of jobs
The efforts of BaselArea.swiss proved extremely successful in 2018. 33 companies – seven more than in the previous year –...
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Healthcare innovations gain traction with the DayOne Accelerator
Three innovative healthcare startups participate in the first round of the DayOne Accelerator. Faraz Oloumi from Aurteen, Chang Yun from...
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New at Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area: SunRegen
The biopharmaceutical company SunRegen Healthcare develops a therapy for neurodegenerative eye diseases like Optic Atrophy. The two co-founders and managers...
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Aging: The Tsunami for Healthcare
Humanity is growing older. According to the UN the number of people in the world aged 60 years or over...
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Basel offers the lowest corporate income tax of all major Swiss business centres
The Canton of Basel-Stadt has lowered its tax rates on income, corporate income and capital retroactively to 1 January 2019....
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Anaveon raises CHF 35 million
Anaveon, an immuno-oncology biotech, has successfully concluded a Series A financing round led by Syncona, a UK Life Sciences fund,...
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BaseLaunch funds four healthcare ventures
BaseLaunch supports carefully selected ventures in two phases. After an intense pressure test period, four projects were selected for Phase...
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Grosspeter Tower – Basel’s sustainable model skyscraper
With the ambitious goal of being a zero-emission building, Basel’s youngest skyscraper Grosspeter Tower was constructed to cover its own...
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DayOne Catalyst Project: Oonida
One of the pillars of BaselArea.swiss’ DayOne (www.DayOne.swiss) strategy is to drive Catalyst projects – collaborative approaches to bottleneck issues...
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“It doesn’t always have to stay the same”
Désirée Mettraux has been the CEO of Creadi since 2016. The Pax spin-off has developed the Simpego online insurance platform....
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Infographic: The Basel Biotech & Pharma Ecosystem
To develop a scientific discovery into a life-changing drug or technology, it takes experts from various fields. The Basel region...
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Le Groupe RECOMATIC soigne l’état de surface du luxe suisse
Rencontre au cœur des champs d’un petit village jurassien, entre traditions rurales voisines et haute précision mécanique. Entretien avec le...
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Resistell closes successful financing round
Resistell has closed on oversubscribed seed financing round. The Basel-based startup is developing an antibiotic susceptibility test that is much...
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BaselArea.swiss fights antimicrobial resistance as a part of the CARB-X Global Accelerator Network
Antibiotic resistance is fatal: If antibiotics have no effect, simple infections become deadly. According to the World Health Organization, an...
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“Momentum for blockchain in healthcare is growing in Basel”
Marco Cuomo and Daniel Fritz from Novartis got engaged in blockchain two years ago. Today, their aim is set high:...
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Three projects to start in the DayOne Accelerator
DayOne and BaselArea.swiss are happy to announce the winners of the first DayOne Accelerator supported by Fondation Botnar:
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Expats like Basel best
Expats find Basel to be the best city in Switzerland, according to a study published by InterNations. Six Swiss cities...
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GETEC acquires Infrapark Baselland
The energy services provider GETEC is acquiring Infrapark Baselland AG and its activities from the chemicals company Clariant. GETEC also...
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Roivant raised USD 200 million, now valued at USD 7 billion
The Basel-based pharmaceutical company Roivant Sciences has raised USD 200 million in a funding round. As a result, the company...
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Van Baerle to benefit from Schweizerhalle location
Next year, chemical company Van Baerle will move from Münchenstein in the canton of Basellandschaft to the Schweizerhalle industrial location....
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La passion, l’ingéniosité et le plaisir d’aller au travail font partie des valeurs d’entreprise chez HUMARD Automation SA
Rencontre avec Georges HUMARD, le co-propriétaire et CEO de HUMARD Automation SA à Delémont.
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Three entrepreneurs, three visions of Industry 4.0
BaselArea.swiss invited startups and Industry 4.0 projects to participate in the first Industry 4.0 Challenge. A jury from the industry...
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Mit den Powercoders werden Geflüchtete in Basel zu Programmierern
100’000 geflüchtete Menschen leben derzeit in der Schweiz, darunter viele High Potentials mit IT-Kenntnissen. Gleichzeitig herrscht in der Branche Fachkräftemangel....
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I Was Always One of Few Women in the Industry
SOLO Swiss in Porrentruy in the canton of Jura has been making industrial furnaces for heat-treating metals since 1924. The...
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First semester starts well for FHNW Campus Muttenz
The semester has got off to a successful start at FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland’s new...
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BaselArea.swiss welcomes BeiGene to Basel
BeiGene, Ltd., a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, has established a regional headquarters in Basel. BaselArea.swiss assisted BeiGene in evaluating and...
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BaseLaunch’s second round – 10 projects enter Phase I
The BaseLaunch Accelerator, managed and operated by BaselArea.swiss, started on 14 September 2018 with ten projects entering Phase I. Over...
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500 words on the DayOne Conference 2018
DayOne has a history of changing and growing each year. This year the DayOne Conference took place on 11 September,...
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Inauguration du nouveau site de production Cartier à Glovelier
M. Karim Drici, directeur des manufactures Cartier Horlogerie et M. Jacques Gerber, Ministre de l’économie et de la santé de...
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Impact Hub Basel has successfully launched
Startups in the Basel region have a new home: The 2017 established Hubbasel Association is now an official member of...
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Basel has the biggest economic potential
Basel has the biggest economic potential in Europe, according to a new study from BAK Economics. The city on the...
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“Processes Kill Innovation”
The serial entrepreneur Neil Goldsmith is drawn to new ventures. We spoke to him about discovering talent suitable for start-ups...
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Artificial Intelligence – the Holy Grail to Healthcare Innovation?
Last winter, Julia got a cough and a headache. For the third time she went to her physician, who sent...
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Most exciting biotechs are based in Basel
Basel is among the European biotech hubs with the most exciting companies as named by labiotech.eu. The industry platform highlighted...
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“Basel has all the ingredients required to host a successful company”
The physician and pharmacologist Nicole Onetto is a member of the Board of Directors at the Basilea Pharmaceutica AG. In...
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“We will not shy away from taking risks”
In 2016, Roivant Sciences established their global headquarters in Basel. Roivant founder and CEO Vivek Ramaswamy talked to us about...
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BaselArea.swiss Presents the DayOne Acceleration Program Supported by Fondation Botnar
Seeking brilliant project ideas that, combined with digital technologies, healthcare expertise and entrepreneurial spirit, will help solve the health challenges...
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BaseLaunch startup Polyneuron raises new financing
Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals has successfully raised over 3 million Swiss francs in a financing round. The Basel-based pharmaceutical company is developing...
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Willemin-Macodel porte l’innovation dans son ADN
A l’heure où l’industrie 4.0 envahit le quotidien des éditions spécialisées, des PME et industries, il existe encore des sociétés...
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Basel scores tenth place in quality of living ranking
Basel among the ten cities with the highest quality of living in the world, according to a survey from the...
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Meet the BaseLaunch Startups
Six of the BaseLaunch startups recently started Phase II. They received either grants up to 250,000 Swiss francs or gained...
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BioMedPartners closes new venture capital fund
Basel-based venture capitalist firm BioMedPartners has closed its new venture capital fund BioMedInvest III at 100 million Swiss francs. The...
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New prosthetic ankle is successfully implanted
The world renowned surgeon from Basel, Beat Hintermann, has successfully implanted ankle prosthesis of his own design in five patients...
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BaseLaunch up to a solid Phase II start
BaseLaunch has officially started Phase II of its accelerator program, and four startups are receiving grants ranging from 120,000 to...
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Roivant Sciences to join BaseLaunch Accelerator as Healthcare Partner
Roivant becomes the fifth healthcare partner of BaselArea.swiss accelerator program joining Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Novartis Venture Fund, Pfizer and...
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“We’re giving Basel Impact Hub fever”
Impact Hubs are a real success story. Founded in 2005 in London, there are now over 100 Impact Hubs around...
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Roche and Novartis among most valuable companies
The Basel pharmaceutical companies Roche and Novartis are among the 40 most valuable companies in the world, according to an...
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Novartis medication effective against psoriasis
The Basel-based pharmaceutical company Novartis has released positive data on the long-term efficacy of its medication Cosentyx, which is used...
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Pharmaceutical industry is driving the Swiss economy
The number of jobs in the pharmaceutical industry is on a steady rise – and other industries are benefiting from...
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The changing healthcare system in China
On September 15th 2017, the first Swiss-Chinese Life Sciences Forum took place at Roche in Basel. The event focused on...
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13 startup projects qualify for the first phase of BaseLaunch
The BaseLaunch Healthcare Accelerator program from BaselArea.swiss started on September 14. Over 100 applications were received from more than 30...
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Patient Data – Faster but with Respect and Trust
“Faster but with Respect and Trust“ - these were the final words from Effy Vayena at the DayOne Experts event...
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Halozyme Therapeutics opens European headquarters
Halozyme, a U.S. biotechnology company developing novel oncology and drug-delivery therapies, has established their European headquarters office in Basel, Switzerland.
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“In Switzerland, we often sell promising technologies too early”
Ulf Claesson is a "serial entrepreneur". During the past 25 years, he has set up companies that have gone on...
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3D im Spital
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Zweites Leben für gebrauchte Laborgeräte
Wer Laborgeräte oder eine mikrobiologische Sicherheitswerksbank benötigt, muss bei Neuanschaffungen tief in die Tasche greifen. Werden hingegen Laborgeräte nicht mehr...
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Interest from startups in the BaseLaunch healthcare accelerator exceeds expectations
More than 100 projects from Switzerland and abroad competed for a place in the BaselArea.swiss accelerator program for healthcare startups.
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Gilbert Achermann wird neuer Verwaltungsratspräsident bei Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area AG
Die ausserordentliche Generalversammlung vom 29. Juni 2017 wählte Gilbert Achermann einstimmig in den Verwaltungsrat der Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area...
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Bayer is growing in Basel
The German life sciences company Bayer wants to continue to grow in Basel, as company representatives announced in a press...
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Investing in strengths – Swiss leadership in life sciences
How can Switzerland and the Basel region maintain their international leadership role in life sciences? As part of the Biotech...
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“I see a very innovation-friendly climate in Basel”
It all began with research resources that were a quarter of a century old. Simon Ittig and his colleagues at...
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Bio-Rad Opens European headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, in April 2017
In April, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products opened a facility in...
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BaseLaunch can take full advantage of the potential of Basel’s life sciences ecosystem
The new accelerator for healthcare ventures, BaseLaunch, wants to link the best start-ups to the Basel region – and in...
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BaseLaunch wants to bring the best healthcare start-ups to Basel
“If we invest billions in university research, then this remains an abortive effort if we do not make sure at...
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