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Lausanne-based AC Immune has amended its license and collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly to advance new Tau Morphomer small molecule candidates for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, with IND-enabling studies set to commence in the first half of 2026.

AC Immune secures CHF 10 million from Lilly to advance Alzheimer’s therapy

15 April 2026

Neuchâtel's flagship Bitcoin event, Le Paradigme Bitcoin, returns for its fifth edition on 26–27 June 2026 at Coworking Blockchain Neuchâtel, bringing together the French-speaking Bitcoin community for two days of conferences, workshops, and networking.

Le Paradigme Bitcoin returns to Neuchâtel for its fifth edition on 26–27 June 2026

15 April 2026

French robotics company Meanwhile has established its Swiss subsidiary at the Marly Innovation Center in Fribourg, bringing its collaborative mobile robots for intralogistics transport closer to clients in Western Switzerland's watchmaking, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries.

Why Meanwhile established its Swiss base at the Marly Innovation Center

14 April 2026

Youdera, a one-stop clean energy partner for commercial and industrial customers, has secured a strategic investment from Amundi Energy Transition to support a EUR 150 million deployment plan in distributed energy infrastructure across Europe.

Youdera raises Amundi investment for EUR 150 million clean energy plan

14 April 2026

Geneva-based dEEGtal has appointed neurotechnology entrepreneur and investor Ann Bunnenberg to its board of directors, as the AI-powered brain signal platform advances clinical studies across Switzerland, Spain, and the United States ahead of a CHF 4–5 million seed round.

dEEGtal strengthens governance and advances clinical validation across three continents

14 April 2026

Four life sciences projects were recognized at BIND – BioInnovation Day 2026, held at CHUV Lausanne on 1 April 2026, as the region's flagship academic innovation showcase drew 340 participants from academia, healthcare, industry, and investment.

BIND 2026 highlights Western Switzerland’s life sciences innovation pipeline

14 April 2026

Insurteam has closed a USD 1.3 million funding round led by Spicehaus Partners to fund the launch of its Managing General Agent insurance operations across Europe, building on technology already serving over 100,000 customers.

Insurteam raises USD 1.3 million to accelerate European expansion

14 April 2026

*Under the regional initiative “Work West 4.0” signed into law on 1 April 2026.

Western Switzerland to enforce a mandatory four-day work week from 2027

1 April 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (March 2026)

1 April 2026

miros, an EPFL ecosystem start-up developing a network of bookable connected workpods, has closed a CHF 1 million pre-seed round to scale its deployment across Switzerland, targeting over 100 units by end of 2026.

miros raises CHF 1 million to deploy a national network of connected workpods

31 March 2026

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