Switzerland Archives

News and Trends 28 Sep 2015

New Smart Collaboration of Nestlé and AC Immune Against Alzheimer’s disease

Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) is teaming up with the Swiss AC Immune to develop a new minimally invasive Tau diagnostic assay for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease has a new case every three seconds, totaling up to 9.9 million new cases of dementia every year. To combat this, AC Immune will […]

September 28, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 19 Sep 2015

Swiss Biotech Boom: Life sciences startups dominate top 100 awards

Exciting news for the Swiss biotech frontline! The TOP 100 Start-Up award is hosted by Startup.ch the Swiss start-up platform (through IFJ Institut für Jungunternehmen) in collaboration with the major paper Handelszeitung and PME Magazine, ranking the 100 most promising new start up companies. Of these 100, a whopping 68 of these start-ups are in the […]

September 19, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 15 Sep 2015

The 9 EU-based Billion-Euro Biotechs you Should (really) Know

Update 22/10/2015: I added Galapagos from Belgium and Basilea from Switzerland, they deserved it … Talking about billon-dollar companies in the US is such a hype. Even the Wall street journal has its own start-up club (which btw is stunning). By looking at it, I wondered which European Biotechs were worth over €1Bn in Europe. […]

September 15, 2015 - 6 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 10 Sep 2015

Roche adds AveXis to its SMA portfolio – determined to dominate market

Swiss Roche is looking to dominate market in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) research, now also investing in AveXis as part of €58M series D investment in their SMA one-time treatment pipeline. Other veteran VC parties include Deerfield Management and Venrock, with new investors also looking to claim a stake in AveXis SMA candidate treatment. SMA […]

September 10, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 10 Sep 2015

Debiopharm teams up with Solid Biosciences to treat DMD

The Debiopharm Group, headquartered in Lausanne (Switzerland) has announced its Alisporovir brand will under-go preclinical trials to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) in collaboration with Solid Biosciences, a Cambridge (MA) biotech dedicated to research of DMD. The Debiopharm Group has been around for over 40 years, with 4 international subsidiary companies within the Swiss-based group. […]

September 10, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 8 Sep 2015

The First Biosimilar reached the US market… and it’s from Novartis

Biosimilar or copies of biological drugs are arriving on the market. After Europe, US gets its first Biosimilar too. The drug is produced by Novartis generic subsidiary, Sandoz and it will compete with Amgen‘s blockbuster drug Neupogen. When a drug generates $1.2Bn of annual revenues and its patent has expired, which company on earth wouldn’t be […]

September 8, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 4 Sep 2015

CAR-T therapy first clinical proof: Patient lives cancer-free 5 years on

A pioneering CAR-T cell therapy study from Novartis and the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates the impressive potential of the next-generation therapy. Five years after the start of the study, three patients have achieved complete remission and remain cancer-free. Here it is, the proof that the hype about CAR-T cell therapy was no hollow promise. Penn’s […]

September 4, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 24 Aug 2015

Novartis signs $1Bn deal for GSK’s Multiple Sclerosis Antibody

Is this Novartis‘ next blockbuster? The Swiss company has acquired GlaxoSmithKline‘s (GSK) immunosuppressive antibody Ofatumumab for up to $1Bn. The new drug allows Novartis to enter the multiple sclerosis market for the third time. Earlier this year, Novartis purchased GSK’s oncology portfolio for $16 billion (€14Bn), including the fully human monoclonal anitbody Ofatumumab, which is […]

August 24, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 19 Aug 2015

Sobi gets a long-lasting grip on a rare type of Hemophilia

In the 19th century, Queen Victoria passed the Hemophilia B to diverse royal houses of Europe. Today, its characteristic heavy bleedings can be treated quite well, as Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) and its partner Biogen showed in the results of an ongoing long-term study. Sobi was formed in 2001 through a fusion of several units […]

August 19, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 18 Aug 2015

Fresh money for Kuros to Speed up Bone repair

Kuros Biosurgery raised CHF15 million (€13.8M) to bring its late stage bone-repairing agents to the market. A second financing round is already planned for later this year. Bones can suffer a lot during surgeries, sports or severe accidents. To accelerate its healing, Swiss Kuros has established a late stage pipeline of bone-repairing agents. The company was […]

August 18, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 14 Aug 2015

Roche’s €382M Acquisition to Expand its Fight against Drug-Resistant Bacteria

The biggest biotech company worldwide has just become even bigger: Roche acquired the Californian GeneWEAVE BioSciences, a privately held company that developed a cool technology to diagnose drug-resistant bacteria. For the integration, Roche shells out $190M (€171M) upfront and up to $235M (€211M) product-related milestones. GeneWEAVE is an American company that developed a technology which is […]

August 14, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 13 Aug 2015

Roche abandons Wilex to Make Way for Immuno-Oncology

Roche just dropped a first-generation antibody-based treatment preventing cancer cells from proliferating. Interestingly enough, the partner of the collaboration, Wilex’ subsidiary Heidelberg Pharma, stated the research “progressed well, on schedule, and in a mutually satisfactory manner”. What happened? Heidelberg Pharma is a German company that discovers new drugs using its platform technology for antibody drug […]

August 13, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

Knowledge hub

Categories

Catalonia: A biotech hub going from strength to strength, with Barcelona at its core

Top biotech deals of February 2025

Approaches

Therapeutic areas

Grab your free report on 3D organoids and explore their future potential

These 7 biotechs are shaping the next generation of endometriosis care

R&D

BD

World biotech leaders

Connect with decision-makers and researchers worldwide for collaborative opportunities

Company

Join Us

Subscribe to our newsletter

Advertise with us

Catalonia: A biotech hub going from strength to strength, with Barcelona at its core

Top biotech deals of February 2025

Grab your free report on 3D organoids and explore their future potential

These 7 biotechs are shaping the next generation of endometriosis care

Connect with decision-makers and researchers worldwide for collaborative opportunities

Subscribe to our newsletter

Advertise with us

Switzerland

New Smart Collaboration of Nestlé and AC Immune Against Alzheimer’s disease

Swiss Biotech Boom: Life sciences startups dominate top 100 awards

The 9 EU-based Billion-Euro Biotechs you Should (really) Know

Roche adds AveXis to its SMA portfolio – determined to dominate market

Debiopharm teams up with Solid Biosciences to treat DMD

The First Biosimilar reached the US market… and it’s from Novartis

CAR-T therapy first clinical proof: Patient lives cancer-free 5 years on

Novartis signs $1Bn deal for GSK’s Multiple Sclerosis Antibody

Sobi gets a long-lasting grip on a rare type of Hemophilia

Fresh money for Kuros to Speed up Bone repair

Roche’s €382M Acquisition to Expand its Fight against Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Roche abandons Wilex to Make Way for Immuno-Oncology

Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest biotech news!

Catalonia: A biotech hub going from strength to strength, with Barcelona at its core

Top biotech deals of February 2025

Grab your free report on 3D organoids and explore their future potential

These 7 biotechs are shaping the next generation of endometriosis care

Connect with decision-makers and researchers worldwide for collaborative opportunities

Subscribe to our newsletter

Advertise with us

Catalonia: A biotech hub going from strength to strength, with Barcelona at its core

Top biotech deals of February 2025

Grab your free report on 3D organoids and explore their future potential

These 7 biotechs are shaping the next generation of endometriosis care

Connect with decision-makers and researchers worldwide for collaborative opportunities

Subscribe to our newsletter

Advertise with us

Subscribe to our newsletter

Get the latest biotech news directly to your inbox!

Newsletter Signup - Footer

Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest biotech news!