Noema Pharma raises 103 million Swiss francs from investors
Noema Pharma has raised a total of 103 million Swiss francs as part of an oversubscribed Series B financing round....
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Basel still the most attractive small city for business in Europe
As with last year, Basel once again features among the most attractive locations in Europe for investments. It was ranked...
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Ariceum Therapeutics establishes subsidiary in Basel
The German life sciences firm Ariceum Therapeutics has established a subsidiary in Basel. This company has received support from Basel...
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RocketVax raises fresh capital
The Basel-based biotech startup RocketVax has successfully closed another financing round. This additional funding will primarily be used to further...
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Find the perfect business match
Businesses need partners to grow and become successful. Valentina Francia helps companies find suitable partners in the Basel Area: She...
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Clinerion is now part of Citeline
Clinerion has been integrated into New York-based company Citeline. Clinerion plans to expand its portfolio with Citeline’s complementary opportunities with...
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KUORI developing biodegradable plastics
The Basel-based cleantech company KUORI GmbH develops alternative materials for conventional plastics. The aim is to reduce the accumulation of...
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Cell and gene therapies gain momentum in Basel
Companies specializing in the research and development of innovative cell and gene therapies continue to spring up all around the...
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Digital twins and data visualization in Industry 4.0
We invited five speakers to talk about digital twins, data visualization and the Building Information Modeling (BIM) used in the...
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BLKB expanding support for startups
BLKB offers particularly promising SMEs and startups financial support within the framework of the “100 fürs Baselbiet” program. These companies...
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Cyber security for the digitized and networked world
No company is safe from cybercriminals. Everyone has heard of hacker attacks, but few companies are really prepared.
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Combatting the rise of antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global threat that, without intervention, could lead to as many as 10 million deaths...
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AMR Action Fund invests in new antibiotics developed by BioVersys
The AMR Action Fund has made its first European investment in BioVersys, which is headquartered at Tech Park Basel. The...
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Investors give Resistell 8.5 million Swiss francs
Resistell AG has secured 8.5 million Swiss francs in the first part of its series B funding round. The biotechnology...
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BSI integrating AI from Parashift in banking software
Parashift, the specialist in the area of smart document processing on the basis of Artificial Intelligence (AI), has entered into...
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UptownBasel joins IBM Quantum Network
UptownBasel is partnering with IBM. The emerging competence center for Industry 4.0 will provide its partners with the IBM Quantum...
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South Korean pharma firms show interest in the Basel Area
Several South Korean firms from the life sciences industry, including three pharmaceutical multinationals, have visited the Basel Area on fact-finding...
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Gamma Technologies acquires ProFEMAG portfolio
The Basel-based firm ProFEMAG AG has sold its FEMAG software for electrical machine applications to Gamma Technologies. The company based...
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Databaum establishes headquarters in Basel
Databaum is establishing its headquarters in Basel and plans to grow from its location there. The startup provides the agricultural...
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Clinerion launches patient information platform
Basel-based Clinerion is introducing its machine learning platform. It comprises a global network of hospitals and enables researchers to recognize...
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New innovation campus opens in the Basel Area
The Main Campus of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area was officially opened on October 29. In his speech, Federal...
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Sumitovant acquires all shares in Myovant
Sumitovant is in the process of making Basel-based Myovant Sciences a wholly owned subsidiary by acquiring a 100 percent shareholding...
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VectivBio raises 125 million US dollars in stock sale
VectivBio has announced the closing of the subscription offer for 16,700,000 ordinary shares. The Basel-based biotechnology firm has generated gross...
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KetoSwiss secures capital increase of 4 million dollars
KetoSwiss has banked a total of 4 million US dollars from investors. The Basel-based startup develops products to alleviate neurological...
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“The Basel Area is steaming ahead of the international competition”
Switzerland’s research-based pharmaceutical companies are a success story, says René P. Buholzer. The Managing Director of Interpharma explains why certain...
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Escientia Switzerland becomes Primopus
The Indian company Deccan Fine Chemicals is acquiring Escientia Switzerland and renaming it as Primopus AG. The new owner announces...
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Novartis investing 100 million Swiss francs in new biologics center
The pharmaceutical company Novartis is investing a sum of 100 million Swiss francs in a new competence center for biologics...
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Official opening of the competence center uptownBasel
uptownBasel celebrated its official opening. Technology companies such as Bouygues and Vinci Energies are already occupying the first building of...
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Eight startups from Basel Area feature in TOP 100 Swiss Startups
Among the most promising startups in Switzerland eight companies from Basel Area's startup ecosystem have been named. They are some...
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Roche opens tallest building in Switzerland
Roche has inaugurated a new office building with 3,200 positions in Basel. Standing 205 meters high, Building 2 is the...
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DayOne Tech supports three medtech startups
DayOne, the healthcare innovation initiative from Basel Area Business & Innovation, has started its medtech accelerator in the canton of...
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DelphianLogic opens European headquarters in Basel
DelphianLogic has opted for Basel as the location for its European headquarters. From its new base in Basel, the award-winning...
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Versant Ventures establishes Vector BioPharma AG
Vector Biopharma is the latest company to be founded by Ridgeline, a discovery engine from Basel-based venture capitalist Versant Ventures....
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BioFi AG newly settles in Basel
BioFi has set up its headquarters in Basel. The company has emerged from Crowley Davis Research, which was established in...
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Forty51 closes first fund totaling 43 million US dollars
A new Basel-based venture fund, Forty51 Ventures I, has raised a total of 43 million US dollars following a first...
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Basel life sciences sector is the most productive in the world
No other life sciences hub in the world is growing as rapidly as the Basel Region, which recorded growth of...
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AstraZeneca and docdok.health improving asthma control
AstraZeneca and the Basel-based startup docdok.health are jointly developing a new digital solution to treat chronic respiratory diseases. Studies at...
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Basel Area achieves milestone with settling of LifeMine
Life sciences company LifeMine Therapeutics from the USA has established its European headquarters in the Basel Area. With this, Basel...
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Space Pharmaceuticals establishes presence in Basel
Space Pharmaceuticals AG is strengthening the life sciences cluster in the Basel Area. At its research lab, the cheminformatics company...
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What’s fueling Basel Area’s advanced manufacturing ecosystem
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have an unmistakable effect on the pharmaceutical industry and its manufacturing processes. Learn more about...
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NextImmune to benefit from Venture Kick financing
The startup accelerator Venture Kick is supporting NextImmune with financing in the amount of 150,000 Swiss francs. The spin-off from...
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OECD impressed by the canton of Jura’s innovation system
The OECD has examined the innovation systems in place in rural areas of its member states, including the canton of...
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ti&m opens branch in Basel
ti&m now has an office in Basel. With this action, the company specializing in digitization, security and innovation projects is...
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What can artificial intelligence do for health?
Algorithms help diagnose and treat diseases, discover new drugs and personalize prevention. Thus, the potential of artificial intelligence has been...
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Economic promotion agency creates 55 new jobs in Jura
The economic promotion agency of the canton of Jura supported a total of 26 companies in founding, establishing a presence...
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Investors top up capital of BioVersys
BioVersys has raised 24.2 million Swiss francs in a series C funding round. The Basel-based pharmaceutical company plans to use...
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Swiss made software label awarded to 1000th company
Swiss made software GmbH has now awarded its seal of quality to its 1,000th member firm. The “swiss made software”...
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EvokAI to acquire Advancience
EvokAI Creative Labs Inc. has agreed a deal to acquire Advancience. The diagnosis profiles enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) developed...
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BeiGene opens European headquarters in Basel
BeiGene has opened its new European headquarters in Basel. The global biotech specializing in innovative cancer treatments intends to build...
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Engimmune Therapeutics banks 15.5 million Swiss francs
Engimmune Therapeutics will now be in a position to drive forward its innovative platforms for the development of T-cell therapies...
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Bionter receives 3 million US dollars in investments
Bionter AG has received 3 million US dollars in a seed funding round. These funds will enable Bionter to bring...
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Resistell seeking to further develop test to combat antibiotic resistance
The startup Resistell has launched a study looking into the applicability of a test against antibiotic resistances that is being...
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Biotech startup Cimeio receives 46 million Swiss francs for cell therapy
Cimeio Therapeutics from Basel has received initial financing amounting to 46 million Swiss francs from Versant Ventures. The startup is...
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Superlab Suisse heading to Basel
Superlab Suisse is bringing its Lab-as-a-Service business concept to Basel. The company will open a new location with lab and...
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Swiss TPH opens new building on the site of BaseLink
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute has officially opened its multifunctional new building at the Basel Area’s new life...
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World first in the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area
Eldico Scientific has opened the world’s first experience center for electron diffractometry in the site Allschwil of the Switzerland Innovation...
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DayOne healthtech accelerator launches new offering
DayOne shares the launch of DayOne Accelerator 2.0, marking a transition to three verticals that will enable the growth of...
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Basel Area sets new record for new company settlements
For Basel Area Business & Innovation, 2021 was a record year. Last year, the investment and innovation promotion agency supported...
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Ginkgo Bioworks to acquire Basel-based firm FGen AG
The US biotechnology firm Ginkgo Bioworks has agreed a takeover deal for the startup FGen. The Basel-based firm develops technologies...
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Antimicrobial Resistance is a threat – and the Basel Area is part of the solution
Antimicrobial Resistance is a global threat, but Switzerland is part of the solution. Learn more about the Basel Area ecosystem...
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ACROBiosystems establishes presence in the Basel Area
ACROBiosystems headquartered in Beijing has selected the Basel Area to expand its research and commercial activities in Europe.
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Basel among the most future-oriented cities in Europe
fDi Intelligence has investigated the most important tech cities across Europe. Basel secured top spot in the category of small...
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AMR Action Fund opens European office in Basel
The AMR Action Fund has moved into its new European office in Basel. The venture fund is the largest public-private...
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InOpSys heading to Basel
The Belgian company InOpSys is opening a subsidiary in Basel. The supplier of water purification solutions intends to press on...
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Basel startups impress investors
According to the latest Swiss Venture Capital Report, investments in Swiss startups increased by 44 percent last year. As a...
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Basel Area – exactly the right chemistry for South Korean pharma companies
KPBMA and Basel Area Business & Innovation establish tailored collaboration to support Korean biopharmaceutical companies to enter the European market
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Basel Area supporting three digital health startups
Basel Area Business & Innovation will be offering intensive support to the three winners of its DayOne Digital Health Accelerator...
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Gray establishes presence in Basel
The North American fully integrated specialty service provider Gray has established a subsidiary in Basel. The key factors in favor...
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Artificial Intelligence able to identify potentially life-saving antibiotics
A computer algorithm has identified antibiotics that that are still effective against infections in which multi-resistant germs are present. University...
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Biotech companies wing their way to the Basel Area
Basel Area has proven to be the favoured location for many of the world’s biggest, best and newest innovators in...
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Investors give Anaveon 110 million Swiss francs
Anaveon has received investment commitments amounting to 110 million Swiss francs in a Serie B funding round. The Basel-based biopharmaceutical...
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Basel alliance seeks to combat antibiotic resistance
The Spearhead alliance has been founded in Basel with the aim of combating the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance. By...
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Kinarus and Noorik awarded federal grants
The Basel-based biopharmaceutical companies Kinarus and Noorik have been awarded federal grants for their clinical trials investigating drug candidates to...
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Alloy acquires deepCDR and will expand Basel site
Alloy Therapeutics, a biotechnology firm from Boston in the USA, has acquired the Basel-based startup deepCDR Biologics. Alloy labs and...
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Basel Healthtech fund successfully closed
The venture capital firm MTIP has announced the successful closing of its FUND II. It is one of the first...
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Roche tests able to detect Omicron
The Roche subsidiary TIB Molbiol has developed new coronavirus testing kits that can also detect the new Omicron variant of...
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Hemex banks 7.1 million Swiss francs
Hemex has raised a total of 7.1 million Swiss francs as part of a Series C financing round. The company...
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EsoCap impresses investors
EsoCap, a biotech company based in Basel, has concluded a successful funding round. The funds from new and existing investors...
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Plug and Play settles in the Basel Area
Plug and Play is coming to the canton of Basel-Landschaft. The first founding partner of the innovation promoter from Silicon...
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Bachem builds its largest production building
Bachem has laid the foundation stone for its largest production building to date. The company specializing in the manufacture of...
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Bottneuro advancing personalized Alzheimer’s therapy
Basel-based startup Bottneuro is working on the development of personalized therapies to treat Alzheimer’s disease in which certain areas of...
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Straumann plans to build innovation center in the Basel Area
The Basel-based dental specialist Straumann is planning to construct a new technology and innovation center in Arlesheim in the canton...
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“To create the future of health, we need to come together as an ecosystem”
The future of health has already begun – but where does it lead us to? Patricia Gee is director of the...
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Ontotext opens new office in the Basel Area
Ontotext, a company based in New York City and the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, has opened a new location at...
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The gravitational attraction of the Basel Area – Europe’s leading healthcare hub.
Breakthrough advances in digital technology and artificial intelligence are transforming how we manage our health, and helping data-driven life science...
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Owkin heads to Basel
The Franco-US startup Owkin is establishing a branch office in Basel. The company develops solutions for the life sciences industry...
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Danish AI company settling in the Basel Area
Abzu has settled on the Novartis Campus of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area. From there, the Danish deep tech...
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«I always wanted to create something from scratch»
Already when he was young, he was driven to create and invent. Today at the age of 33, Gwenael Hannema...
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Basel Area becomes the Swiss hotspot for Chinese pharma companies
More and more Chinese pharmaceutical companies are choosing the Basel Area as location for their subsidiary in Switzerland. Among them...
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New offering for digital health startups in the Basel Area
Basel Area Business & Innovation is expanding the offering of its DayOne Accelerator – both in terms of content and...
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Botanikind settles in Basel
The internationally active Swiss company Botanikind has settled in Basel and established Botanikind AG there. It provides natural ingredients for...
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Kinarus secures capital commitment of 57 million Swiss francs
The biopharmaceutical company Kinarus has signed a capital commitment of up to 57 million Swiss francs with the investment group...
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Biotech startups from the Basel Area confirm leading position
As part of the Top 100 Swiss Startup Awards 2021, the most promising startups in Switzerland are honored. These also...
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T3 Pharma wins Swiss Economic Award
T3 Pharma has won the Swiss Economic Award 2021. Switzerland’s most prestigious young entrepreneur prize is awarded by the Swiss...
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Worg selects Basel Area for European headquarters
Worg Pharmaceuticals has opted to establish its European headquarters at the site Allschwil of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area....
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ten23 health settles in Basel
The life sciences cluster Rosental Mitte located in Basel is home to a new, globally active company called ten23 health....
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Lumineo installs translucent concrete wall for Vinci
The global construction and energy group Vinci engaged the jurassic Lumineo Group to design a wall made from translucent concrete...
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Roivant invests 200 million dollars in Immunovant
The Basel-based Roivant Group has invested a total of 200 million dollars in the US biopharmaceutical company Immunovant. This investment...
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Lyfegen collaborating with Johnson & Johnson
The Basel-based startup Lyfegen has developed a platform for value-based healthcare. This should provide improved outcomes for patients and result...
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Bottmedical enters the market with innovative braces
The Basel-based startup Bottmedical has developed clear braces made from bio-based polymers. After closing a successful financing round, the company...
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TargImmune raises nearly 18 million Swiss francs
The Basel-based biotechnology firm TargImmune has raised 17.7 million Swiss francs as part of a financing round. It now intends...
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KetoSwiss launches first product in the USA
The Basel-based biotech startup KetoSwiss develops innovative therapies for neurological disorders. Following a successful capital increase, the company now has...
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For Swiss startups, China might be closer than it seems
China wants to strengthen domestic demand and be less dependent on imports. This policy has huge implications for the life...
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Basel Area treads unique path
Basel Area is responsible for both location and innovation promotion. This approach, which is unique across Switzerland, is very successful...
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Alentis secures 67 million US dollars
The Basel-based biotechnology company Alentis Therapeutics has secured 67 million US dollars in a series B funding round. The funds...
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Bright Peak secures investment of 107 million dollars
Bright Peak has raised a total of 107 million US dollars as part of a financing round. The biotechnology firm...
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Scailyte now calls Basel home
The biotechnology firm Scailyte is now installed at the Novartis Campus of Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area. Scailyte develops solutions...
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BGO Software establishes branch in Basel
The Bulgarian firm BGO Software has now established a presence in Basel after founding BGO Software und Technologie GmbH. The...
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Basel is very open to newcomers
Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan talks about diversity at Novartis and his positive experience of living in Basel. “I’ve found that...
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ACM Biosciences receives support for Covid-19 vaccine
Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency, is supporting the Basel-based biotechnology company ACM Biosciences with a grant. This is intended for...
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Basilea receives grant for novel antibiotic
The CARB-X initiative is granting a sum of 2.7 million US dollars to the Basel-based pharmaceuticals company Basilea. This will...
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Discover the Basel Area as #1 in biotech investment
A total of 700+ life science companies call the Basel Area their home. It has become the premier biotech cluster...
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Qnami secures investment of 4 million Swiss francs
Qnami has raised a total of 4 million Swiss francs from investors after successfully closing a Series A financing round....
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TÜV NORD CERT opens office in Basel
The certification specialist TÜV NORD CERT has opened its own office in Basel. From here, customers across the whole of...
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Typewise presents new smartphone keyboard
The startup Typewise is presenting the third generation of its virtual keyboard for smartphones. Typewise 3.0 uses a new patented...
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Basel Area starts new i4Challenge
The next round of the i4Challenge support program is getting underway. With this, Basel Area Business & Innovation is striving...
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Basel Area shapes future health innovations
A success factor for the Basel Area has been its steady transformation. From chemicals through the pharmaceutical industry to the...
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Biggest successes in 2020 for biotechs in the Basel Area
Biotech companies in the Basel Area played a key role in the sector’s record performance in 2020. The latest Swiss...
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New innovation campus to be named Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area Main Campus
A new innovation campus is currently under construction in Allschwil. This will be known as Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area...
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Synendos Therapeutics expands financing to 24 million Swiss francs
Ysios Capital joins the existing consortium of European investors to expand the Series A financing for Synendos Therapeutics. The Allschwil-based...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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«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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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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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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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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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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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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Roche testet gleichzeitig auf Corona und Grippe
Die amerikanische Zulassungsbehörde erlaubt dem Basler Life Sciences-Konzern Roche, einen Test einzusetzen, mit dem gleichzeitig eine Corona- und eine Grippe-Erkrankung...
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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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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 siedelt Forschung und Entwicklung in Basel an
Die chinesische Life Sciences-Firma Hengrui Medicine gründet in Basel eine Schweizer Tochterfirma. Im europäischen Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum sollen innovative Medikamente...
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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 schliesst exklusiven Lizenzvertrag für China
Die in der Basel Area ansässige Firma Polyphor hat mit Fosun Pharma eine Vereinbarung getroffen. Die chinesische Fosun Pharma wird...
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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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Neues Label garantiert den Datenverbleib in der Schweiz
Die swiss made software Gmbh mit Sitz in Basel garantiert mit dem neuen Label „swiss hosting“, dass Daten die Schweiz...
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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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Standort Schweiz ist weltweit Nummer zwei
Der Chemie- und Pharmastandort Schweiz ist in Sachen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit hinter den USA die Nummer zwei in der Welt. Die Basel...
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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 eröffnet Standort auf dem Novartis Campus
Der Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area eröffnet seinen neuen Standort auf dem Novartis Campus. Die Betreiberin Basel Area Business &...
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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 treibt Produktion von Impfstoff aus Basel voran
Moderna eröffnet einen Standort in Basel und treibt von dort aus die Produktion des Impfstoffes gegen das Coronavirus voran. Die...
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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 gründet Innovationszentrum in Allschwil
Der japanische Mischkonzern Yokogawa hat im Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area eine Schweizer Tochtergesellschaft gegründet. Dort sollen Innovationen im Bereich...
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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 bekommt mit Bright Peak neue Biotechfirma
Versant Ventures hat Bright Peak Therapeutics eine Serie-A-Finanzierung von 35 Millionen Dollar zugesagt und jetzt die Gründung der Biotechfirma bekanntgegeben....
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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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Wichtige Änderungen beim Anmeldeverfahren für Kurzarbeit
Beim Anmeldeverfahren für Kurzarbeit treten am 1. September 2020 wichtige Änderungen in Kraft. Dies teilt das Amt für Wirtschaft und...
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Basel ist der „wohl produktivste Life Sciences-Standort“
In der Basel Area werden zwei Drittel der gesamten Pharmawertschöpfung der Schweiz generiert, zeigt ein Bericht von Interpharma. Der Standort...
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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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Les cantons de Basel Area présentent un rapport économique commun
Pour la première fois, les cantons de Bâle-Campagne, Bâle-Ville et du Jura ont présenté un rapport économique conjoint. Les conditions-cadres...
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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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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area Standort Novartis Campus
Wir freuen uns, weiteren Zuwachs für den Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area bekannt zu geben: Unser neuer Standort auf dem...
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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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Syngenta wächst stark und bleibt Basel treu
Die Unternehmen Syngenta AG, Adama und Sinochem werden unter dem Dach der neuen Syngenta Group vereint. Die Gruppe hat ihren...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Basel still the most attractive small city for business in Europe
As with last year, Basel once again features among the most attractive locations in Europe for investments. It was ranked...
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Ariceum Therapeutics establishes subsidiary in Basel
The German life sciences firm Ariceum Therapeutics has established a subsidiary in Basel. This company has received support from Basel...
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RocketVax raises fresh capital
The Basel-based biotech startup RocketVax has successfully closed another financing round. This additional funding will primarily be used to further...
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Find the perfect business match
Businesses need partners to grow and become successful. Valentina Francia helps companies find suitable partners in the Basel Area: She...
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Clinerion is now part of Citeline
Clinerion has been integrated into New York-based company Citeline. Clinerion plans to expand its portfolio with Citeline’s complementary opportunities with...
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KUORI developing biodegradable plastics
The Basel-based cleantech company KUORI GmbH develops alternative materials for conventional plastics. The aim is to reduce the accumulation of...
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Cell and gene therapies gain momentum in Basel
Companies specializing in the research and development of innovative cell and gene therapies continue to spring up all around the...
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Digital twins and data visualization in Industry 4.0
We invited five speakers to talk about digital twins, data visualization and the Building Information Modeling (BIM) used in the...
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BLKB expanding support for startups
BLKB offers particularly promising SMEs and startups financial support within the framework of the “100 fürs Baselbiet” program. These companies...
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Cyber security for the digitized and networked world
No company is safe from cybercriminals. Everyone has heard of hacker attacks, but few companies are really prepared.
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Combatting the rise of antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global threat that, without intervention, could lead to as many as 10 million deaths...
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AMR Action Fund invests in new antibiotics developed by BioVersys
The AMR Action Fund has made its first European investment in BioVersys, which is headquartered at Tech Park Basel. The...
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Investors give Resistell 8.5 million Swiss francs
Resistell AG has secured 8.5 million Swiss francs in the first part of its series B funding round. The biotechnology...
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BSI integrating AI from Parashift in banking software
Parashift, the specialist in the area of smart document processing on the basis of Artificial Intelligence (AI), has entered into...
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UptownBasel joins IBM Quantum Network
UptownBasel is partnering with IBM. The emerging competence center for Industry 4.0 will provide its partners with the IBM Quantum...
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South Korean pharma firms show interest in the Basel Area
Several South Korean firms from the life sciences industry, including three pharmaceutical multinationals, have visited the Basel Area on fact-finding...
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Gamma Technologies acquires ProFEMAG portfolio
The Basel-based firm ProFEMAG AG has sold its FEMAG software for electrical machine applications to Gamma Technologies. The company based...
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Databaum establishes headquarters in Basel
Databaum is establishing its headquarters in Basel and plans to grow from its location there. The startup provides the agricultural...
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Clinerion launches patient information platform
Basel-based Clinerion is introducing its machine learning platform. It comprises a global network of hospitals and enables researchers to recognize...
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New innovation campus opens in the Basel Area
The Main Campus of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area was officially opened on October 29. In his speech, Federal...
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Sumitovant acquires all shares in Myovant
Sumitovant is in the process of making Basel-based Myovant Sciences a wholly owned subsidiary by acquiring a 100 percent shareholding...
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VectivBio raises 125 million US dollars in stock sale
VectivBio has announced the closing of the subscription offer for 16,700,000 ordinary shares. The Basel-based biotechnology firm has generated gross...
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KetoSwiss secures capital increase of 4 million dollars
KetoSwiss has banked a total of 4 million US dollars from investors. The Basel-based startup develops products to alleviate neurological...
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“The Basel Area is steaming ahead of the international competition”
Switzerland’s research-based pharmaceutical companies are a success story, says René P. Buholzer. The Managing Director of Interpharma explains why certain...
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Escientia Switzerland becomes Primopus
The Indian company Deccan Fine Chemicals is acquiring Escientia Switzerland and renaming it as Primopus AG. The new owner announces...
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Novartis investing 100 million Swiss francs in new biologics center
The pharmaceutical company Novartis is investing a sum of 100 million Swiss francs in a new competence center for biologics...
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Official opening of the competence center uptownBasel
uptownBasel celebrated its official opening. Technology companies such as Bouygues and Vinci Energies are already occupying the first building of...
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Eight startups from Basel Area feature in TOP 100 Swiss Startups
Among the most promising startups in Switzerland eight companies from Basel Area's startup ecosystem have been named. They are some...
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Roche opens tallest building in Switzerland
Roche has inaugurated a new office building with 3,200 positions in Basel. Standing 205 meters high, Building 2 is the...
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DayOne Tech supports three medtech startups
DayOne, the healthcare innovation initiative from Basel Area Business & Innovation, has started its medtech accelerator in the canton of...
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DelphianLogic opens European headquarters in Basel
DelphianLogic has opted for Basel as the location for its European headquarters. From its new base in Basel, the award-winning...
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Versant Ventures establishes Vector BioPharma AG
Vector Biopharma is the latest company to be founded by Ridgeline, a discovery engine from Basel-based venture capitalist Versant Ventures....
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BioFi AG newly settles in Basel
BioFi has set up its headquarters in Basel. The company has emerged from Crowley Davis Research, which was established in...
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Forty51 closes first fund totaling 43 million US dollars
A new Basel-based venture fund, Forty51 Ventures I, has raised a total of 43 million US dollars following a first...
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Basel life sciences sector is the most productive in the world
No other life sciences hub in the world is growing as rapidly as the Basel Region, which recorded growth of...
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AstraZeneca and docdok.health improving asthma control
AstraZeneca and the Basel-based startup docdok.health are jointly developing a new digital solution to treat chronic respiratory diseases. Studies at...
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Basel Area achieves milestone with settling of LifeMine
Life sciences company LifeMine Therapeutics from the USA has established its European headquarters in the Basel Area. With this, Basel...
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Space Pharmaceuticals establishes presence in Basel
Space Pharmaceuticals AG is strengthening the life sciences cluster in the Basel Area. At its research lab, the cheminformatics company...
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What’s fueling Basel Area’s advanced manufacturing ecosystem
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have an unmistakable effect on the pharmaceutical industry and its manufacturing processes. Learn more about...
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NextImmune to benefit from Venture Kick financing
The startup accelerator Venture Kick is supporting NextImmune with financing in the amount of 150,000 Swiss francs. The spin-off from...
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OECD impressed by the canton of Jura’s innovation system
The OECD has examined the innovation systems in place in rural areas of its member states, including the canton of...
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ti&m opens branch in Basel
ti&m now has an office in Basel. With this action, the company specializing in digitization, security and innovation projects is...
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What can artificial intelligence do for health?
Algorithms help diagnose and treat diseases, discover new drugs and personalize prevention. Thus, the potential of artificial intelligence has been...
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Economic promotion agency creates 55 new jobs in Jura
The economic promotion agency of the canton of Jura supported a total of 26 companies in founding, establishing a presence...
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Investors top up capital of BioVersys
BioVersys has raised 24.2 million Swiss francs in a series C funding round. The Basel-based pharmaceutical company plans to use...
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Swiss made software label awarded to 1000th company
Swiss made software GmbH has now awarded its seal of quality to its 1,000th member firm. The “swiss made software”...
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EvokAI to acquire Advancience
EvokAI Creative Labs Inc. has agreed a deal to acquire Advancience. The diagnosis profiles enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) developed...
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BeiGene opens European headquarters in Basel
BeiGene has opened its new European headquarters in Basel. The global biotech specializing in innovative cancer treatments intends to build...
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Engimmune Therapeutics banks 15.5 million Swiss francs
Engimmune Therapeutics will now be in a position to drive forward its innovative platforms for the development of T-cell therapies...
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Bionter receives 3 million US dollars in investments
Bionter AG has received 3 million US dollars in a seed funding round. These funds will enable Bionter to bring...
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Resistell seeking to further develop test to combat antibiotic resistance
The startup Resistell has launched a study looking into the applicability of a test against antibiotic resistances that is being...
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Biotech startup Cimeio receives 46 million Swiss francs for cell therapy
Cimeio Therapeutics from Basel has received initial financing amounting to 46 million Swiss francs from Versant Ventures. The startup is...
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Superlab Suisse heading to Basel
Superlab Suisse is bringing its Lab-as-a-Service business concept to Basel. The company will open a new location with lab and...
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Swiss TPH opens new building on the site of BaseLink
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute has officially opened its multifunctional new building at the Basel Area’s new life...
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World first in the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area
Eldico Scientific has opened the world’s first experience center for electron diffractometry in the site Allschwil of the Switzerland Innovation...
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DayOne healthtech accelerator launches new offering
DayOne shares the launch of DayOne Accelerator 2.0, marking a transition to three verticals that will enable the growth of...
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Basel Area sets new record for new company settlements
For Basel Area Business & Innovation, 2021 was a record year. Last year, the investment and innovation promotion agency supported...
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Ginkgo Bioworks to acquire Basel-based firm FGen AG
The US biotechnology firm Ginkgo Bioworks has agreed a takeover deal for the startup FGen. The Basel-based firm develops technologies...
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Antimicrobial Resistance is a threat – and the Basel Area is part of the solution
Antimicrobial Resistance is a global threat, but Switzerland is part of the solution. Learn more about the Basel Area ecosystem...
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ACROBiosystems establishes presence in the Basel Area
ACROBiosystems headquartered in Beijing has selected the Basel Area to expand its research and commercial activities in Europe.
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Basel among the most future-oriented cities in Europe
fDi Intelligence has investigated the most important tech cities across Europe. Basel secured top spot in the category of small...
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AMR Action Fund opens European office in Basel
The AMR Action Fund has moved into its new European office in Basel. The venture fund is the largest public-private...
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InOpSys heading to Basel
The Belgian company InOpSys is opening a subsidiary in Basel. The supplier of water purification solutions intends to press on...
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Basel startups impress investors
According to the latest Swiss Venture Capital Report, investments in Swiss startups increased by 44 percent last year. As a...
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Basel Area – exactly the right chemistry for South Korean pharma companies
KPBMA and Basel Area Business & Innovation establish tailored collaboration to support Korean biopharmaceutical companies to enter the European market
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Basel Area supporting three digital health startups
Basel Area Business & Innovation will be offering intensive support to the three winners of its DayOne Digital Health Accelerator...
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Gray establishes presence in Basel
The North American fully integrated specialty service provider Gray has established a subsidiary in Basel. The key factors in favor...
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Artificial Intelligence able to identify potentially life-saving antibiotics
A computer algorithm has identified antibiotics that that are still effective against infections in which multi-resistant germs are present. University...
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Biotech companies wing their way to the Basel Area
Basel Area has proven to be the favoured location for many of the world’s biggest, best and newest innovators in...
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Investors give Anaveon 110 million Swiss francs
Anaveon has received investment commitments amounting to 110 million Swiss francs in a Serie B funding round. The Basel-based biopharmaceutical...
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Basel alliance seeks to combat antibiotic resistance
The Spearhead alliance has been founded in Basel with the aim of combating the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance. By...
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Kinarus and Noorik awarded federal grants
The Basel-based biopharmaceutical companies Kinarus and Noorik have been awarded federal grants for their clinical trials investigating drug candidates to...
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Alloy acquires deepCDR and will expand Basel site
Alloy Therapeutics, a biotechnology firm from Boston in the USA, has acquired the Basel-based startup deepCDR Biologics. Alloy labs and...
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Basel Healthtech fund successfully closed
The venture capital firm MTIP has announced the successful closing of its FUND II. It is one of the first...
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Roche tests able to detect Omicron
The Roche subsidiary TIB Molbiol has developed new coronavirus testing kits that can also detect the new Omicron variant of...
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Hemex banks 7.1 million Swiss francs
Hemex has raised a total of 7.1 million Swiss francs as part of a Series C financing round. The company...
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EsoCap impresses investors
EsoCap, a biotech company based in Basel, has concluded a successful funding round. The funds from new and existing investors...
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Plug and Play settles in the Basel Area
Plug and Play is coming to the canton of Basel-Landschaft. The first founding partner of the innovation promoter from Silicon...
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Bachem builds its largest production building
Bachem has laid the foundation stone for its largest production building to date. The company specializing in the manufacture of...
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Bottneuro advancing personalized Alzheimer’s therapy
Basel-based startup Bottneuro is working on the development of personalized therapies to treat Alzheimer’s disease in which certain areas of...
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Straumann plans to build innovation center in the Basel Area
The Basel-based dental specialist Straumann is planning to construct a new technology and innovation center in Arlesheim in the canton...
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“To create the future of health, we need to come together as an ecosystem”
The future of health has already begun – but where does it lead us to? Patricia Gee is director of the...
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Ontotext opens new office in the Basel Area
Ontotext, a company based in New York City and the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, has opened a new location at...
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The gravitational attraction of the Basel Area – Europe’s leading healthcare hub.
Breakthrough advances in digital technology and artificial intelligence are transforming how we manage our health, and helping data-driven life science...
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Owkin heads to Basel
The Franco-US startup Owkin is establishing a branch office in Basel. The company develops solutions for the life sciences industry...
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Danish AI company settling in the Basel Area
Abzu has settled on the Novartis Campus of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area. From there, the Danish deep tech...
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«I always wanted to create something from scratch»
Already when he was young, he was driven to create and invent. Today at the age of 33, Gwenael Hannema...
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Basel Area becomes the Swiss hotspot for Chinese pharma companies
More and more Chinese pharmaceutical companies are choosing the Basel Area as location for their subsidiary in Switzerland. Among them...
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New offering for digital health startups in the Basel Area
Basel Area Business & Innovation is expanding the offering of its DayOne Accelerator – both in terms of content and...
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Botanikind settles in Basel
The internationally active Swiss company Botanikind has settled in Basel and established Botanikind AG there. It provides natural ingredients for...
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Kinarus secures capital commitment of 57 million Swiss francs
The biopharmaceutical company Kinarus has signed a capital commitment of up to 57 million Swiss francs with the investment group...
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Biotech startups from the Basel Area confirm leading position
As part of the Top 100 Swiss Startup Awards 2021, the most promising startups in Switzerland are honored. These also...
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T3 Pharma wins Swiss Economic Award
T3 Pharma has won the Swiss Economic Award 2021. Switzerland’s most prestigious young entrepreneur prize is awarded by the Swiss...
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Worg selects Basel Area for European headquarters
Worg Pharmaceuticals has opted to establish its European headquarters at the site Allschwil of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area....
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ten23 health settles in Basel
The life sciences cluster Rosental Mitte located in Basel is home to a new, globally active company called ten23 health....
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Lumineo installs translucent concrete wall for Vinci
The global construction and energy group Vinci engaged the jurassic Lumineo Group to design a wall made from translucent concrete...
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Roivant invests 200 million dollars in Immunovant
The Basel-based Roivant Group has invested a total of 200 million dollars in the US biopharmaceutical company Immunovant. This investment...
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Lyfegen collaborating with Johnson & Johnson
The Basel-based startup Lyfegen has developed a platform for value-based healthcare. This should provide improved outcomes for patients and result...
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Bottmedical enters the market with innovative braces
The Basel-based startup Bottmedical has developed clear braces made from bio-based polymers. After closing a successful financing round, the company...
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TargImmune raises nearly 18 million Swiss francs
The Basel-based biotechnology firm TargImmune has raised 17.7 million Swiss francs as part of a financing round. It now intends...
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KetoSwiss launches first product in the USA
The Basel-based biotech startup KetoSwiss develops innovative therapies for neurological disorders. Following a successful capital increase, the company now has...
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For Swiss startups, China might be closer than it seems
China wants to strengthen domestic demand and be less dependent on imports. This policy has huge implications for the life...
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Basel Area treads unique path
Basel Area is responsible for both location and innovation promotion. This approach, which is unique across Switzerland, is very successful...
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Alentis secures 67 million US dollars
The Basel-based biotechnology company Alentis Therapeutics has secured 67 million US dollars in a series B funding round. The funds...
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Bright Peak secures investment of 107 million dollars
Bright Peak has raised a total of 107 million US dollars as part of a financing round. The biotechnology firm...
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Scailyte now calls Basel home
The biotechnology firm Scailyte is now installed at the Novartis Campus of Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area. Scailyte develops solutions...
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BGO Software establishes branch in Basel
The Bulgarian firm BGO Software has now established a presence in Basel after founding BGO Software und Technologie GmbH. The...
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Basel is very open to newcomers
Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan talks about diversity at Novartis and his positive experience of living in Basel. “I’ve found that...
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ACM Biosciences receives support for Covid-19 vaccine
Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency, is supporting the Basel-based biotechnology company ACM Biosciences with a grant. This is intended for...
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Basilea receives grant for novel antibiotic
The CARB-X initiative is granting a sum of 2.7 million US dollars to the Basel-based pharmaceuticals company Basilea. This will...
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Discover the Basel Area as #1 in biotech investment
A total of 700+ life science companies call the Basel Area their home. It has become the premier biotech cluster...
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Qnami secures investment of 4 million Swiss francs
Qnami has raised a total of 4 million Swiss francs from investors after successfully closing a Series A financing round....
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TÜV NORD CERT opens office in Basel
The certification specialist TÜV NORD CERT has opened its own office in Basel. From here, customers across the whole of...
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Typewise presents new smartphone keyboard
The startup Typewise is presenting the third generation of its virtual keyboard for smartphones. Typewise 3.0 uses a new patented...
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Basel Area starts new i4Challenge
The next round of the i4Challenge support program is getting underway. With this, Basel Area Business & Innovation is striving...
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Basel Area shapes future health innovations
A success factor for the Basel Area has been its steady transformation. From chemicals through the pharmaceutical industry to the...
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Biggest successes in 2020 for biotechs in the Basel Area
Biotech companies in the Basel Area played a key role in the sector’s record performance in 2020. The latest Swiss...
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New innovation campus to be named Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area Main Campus
A new innovation campus is currently under construction in Allschwil. This will be known as Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area...
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Synendos Therapeutics expands financing to 24 million Swiss francs
Ysios Capital joins the existing consortium of European investors to expand the Series A financing for Synendos Therapeutics. The Allschwil-based...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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«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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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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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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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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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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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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Roche testet gleichzeitig auf Corona und Grippe
Die amerikanische Zulassungsbehörde erlaubt dem Basler Life Sciences-Konzern Roche, einen Test einzusetzen, mit dem gleichzeitig eine Corona- und eine Grippe-Erkrankung...
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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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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 siedelt Forschung und Entwicklung in Basel an
Die chinesische Life Sciences-Firma Hengrui Medicine gründet in Basel eine Schweizer Tochterfirma. Im europäischen Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum sollen innovative Medikamente...
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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 schliesst exklusiven Lizenzvertrag für China
Die in der Basel Area ansässige Firma Polyphor hat mit Fosun Pharma eine Vereinbarung getroffen. Die chinesische Fosun Pharma wird...
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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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Neues Label garantiert den Datenverbleib in der Schweiz
Die swiss made software Gmbh mit Sitz in Basel garantiert mit dem neuen Label „swiss hosting“, dass Daten die Schweiz...
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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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Standort Schweiz ist weltweit Nummer zwei
Der Chemie- und Pharmastandort Schweiz ist in Sachen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit hinter den USA die Nummer zwei in der Welt. Die Basel...
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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 eröffnet Standort auf dem Novartis Campus
Der Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area eröffnet seinen neuen Standort auf dem Novartis Campus. Die Betreiberin Basel Area Business &...
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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 treibt Produktion von Impfstoff aus Basel voran
Moderna eröffnet einen Standort in Basel und treibt von dort aus die Produktion des Impfstoffes gegen das Coronavirus voran. Die...
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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 gründet Innovationszentrum in Allschwil
Der japanische Mischkonzern Yokogawa hat im Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area eine Schweizer Tochtergesellschaft gegründet. Dort sollen Innovationen im Bereich...
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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 bekommt mit Bright Peak neue Biotechfirma
Versant Ventures hat Bright Peak Therapeutics eine Serie-A-Finanzierung von 35 Millionen Dollar zugesagt und jetzt die Gründung der Biotechfirma bekanntgegeben....
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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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Wichtige Änderungen beim Anmeldeverfahren für Kurzarbeit
Beim Anmeldeverfahren für Kurzarbeit treten am 1. September 2020 wichtige Änderungen in Kraft. Dies teilt das Amt für Wirtschaft und...
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Basel ist der „wohl produktivste Life Sciences-Standort“
In der Basel Area werden zwei Drittel der gesamten Pharmawertschöpfung der Schweiz generiert, zeigt ein Bericht von Interpharma. Der Standort...
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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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Les cantons de Basel Area présentent un rapport économique commun
Pour la première fois, les cantons de Bâle-Campagne, Bâle-Ville et du Jura ont présenté un rapport économique conjoint. Les conditions-cadres...
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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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Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area Standort Novartis Campus
Wir freuen uns, weiteren Zuwachs für den Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area bekannt zu geben: Unser neuer Standort auf dem...
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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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Syngenta wächst stark und bleibt Basel treu
Die Unternehmen Syngenta AG, Adama und Sinochem werden unter dem Dach der neuen Syngenta Group vereint. Die Gruppe hat ihren...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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