Innovation Archives

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…

Jérémie Meyer01.18.2018

The panel (starting from left): Effy Vayena, ETH Zurich; Marcel Tanner, Swiss TPH, Switzerland Torsten Schwede, University of Basel and SIB; Paul Wicks, PatientsLikeMe; Susanne Baars, Human Genome Foundation; Thomas Bachofner, Swisscom Heatlh; Frank Baiden, Institute of Public Health, Ghana

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…

Jérémie Meyer09.14.2017

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.

Jérémie Meyer09.05.2017

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.

Jérémie Meyer07.25.2017

Bundesrat Johann Schneider-Ammann am Biotech and Digitization Day

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…

Jérémie Meyer05.15.2017

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…

Jérémie Meyer03.15.2017

Basel impresses with quality of living

Basel is among the top ten cities with the highest quality of living in the world, according to the latest…

Jérémie Meyer03.14.2017

Japanese company opens R&D centre in Basel

Idemitsu Kosan is a Japanese petroleum company, but it also develops and manufactures electronic materials. The company is now opening…

Jérémie Meyer01.25.2017

“Muttenz is home to the world’s largest plant for the production of 5-HMF from biomass”

Thomas Fischer is Chief Operating Officer with the biotechnology company AVA Biochem in Muttenz.

Jérémie Meyer08.03.2016

Axalta Coating Systems opens regional headquarters in the city of Basel

Philadelphia-based company Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings is establishing its European business activities…