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The Swiss Biotech Report 2026 reveals record sector revenues and a landmark year for private funding, as talent and international collaboration continue to underpin Switzerland's position at the forefront of global life sciences.

Swiss Biotech Report 2026: talent and tenacity drive record performance

5 May 2026

Neuchâtel’s CSEM has opened an industry-accessible battery dry room at its Battery Innovation Hub, giving Swiss companies, start-ups, and SMEs access to advanced battery development infrastructure.

CSEM expands its Battery Innovation Hub with a new dry room in Neuchâtel

5 May 2026

Vaud-based DPhi Space has commissioned Clustergate-2, an on-orbit compute platform that successfully ran a vision-language model aboard a satellite in orbit.

DPhi Space runs first AI language model aboard an orbiting satellite

4 May 2026

As quantum technologies move from laboratory research to industrial application, Switzerland's national metrology institute is building the measurement infrastructure that will underpin the next generation of precision industries, with Western Switzerland among the primary beneficiaries.

Switzerland’s guardian of measurement steps into the quantum era

Medtronic celebrates ten million implantable devices produced in Tolochenaz, confirming the canton of Vaud as a global medtech manufacturing hub.

Medtronic reaches 10 million implantable devices produced in the canton of Vaud

4 May 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (April 2026)

29 April 2026

Lausanne's CHUV has become the first hospital in Western Switzerland to deploy the Da Vinci Single Port robotic surgical assistant, performing minimally invasive procedures through a single 2.7 cm incision or a natural orifice across six surgical specialties.

CHUV deploys Western Switzerland’s first single-port robotic surgical assistant

29 April 2026

Dans cet épisode de Getting Serious, Woody s'entretient avec Etienne Jornod, l'un des dirigeants d'entreprise les plus accomplis de Suisse, pour explorer ce que signifie vraiment penser et agir comme un entrepreneur, que l'on dirige un géant pharmaceutique, un journal vieux de 250 ans, ou une biotech genevoise acquise à l'âge de 67 ans.

He Transformed Galenica, Reinvented the NZZ, Then Started Over at 67 (with Etienne Jornod)

28 April 2026

Three Geneva-based start-ups have received seed funding through the FONGIT Innovation Fund (FIF), supporting innovations in olfactory diagnostics, AI-powered maritime chartering, and SME cybersecurity.

Geneva backs three start-ups tackling smell, shipping, and cyber threats

27 April 2026

Murten-based precision weighing and smart cabinet manufacturer Digi Sens is investing CHF 5.5 million in a third expansion of its Fribourg headquarters.

Digi Sens invests CHF 5.5 million to expand Murten facility

27 April 2026

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