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A new study by BAK Economics shows that the life sciences sector generates CHF 20.6 billion in direct value added in Western Switzerland, and CHF 28.3 billion once its ripple effects across the regional economy are taken into account.

Life sciences generate CHF 28.3 billion in direct value in Western Switzerland

6 October 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (September 2026)

5 October 2026

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology has awarded CHF 100,000 Tech Seed loans to Dexterous Endoscopes, for an endoscope that switches from flexible to rigid during a procedure, and to Precisia Care, for its hospital data analytics platform.

FIT grants Tech Seed loans to Dexterous Endoscopes and Precisia Care

14 September 2026

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology has awarded five Tech Grants of CHF 100,000 each to projects from the canton of Vaud: three FIT-InnoTREK grants to Chorus Tre, HeteroSight and SixtineAI, all arising from the CHUV, and two FIT-Innogrant grants to Cookd Labs and Endobotica, both from EPFL.

FIT awards five Tech Grants to projects from the CHUV and EPFL

7 September 2026

An interdisciplinary team from the University of Bern and Inselspital has developed CARESCORE, an AI model that calculates a patient's individual risk of postoperative infection within seconds of surgery ending, by drawing on vital signs recorded during the procedure.

Bern researchers develop an AI model that predicts infection risk at the end of surgery

31 August 2026

Adaptyv Biosystems has closed a USD 40 million Series A round to expand the automated laboratory it operates for the rapid experimental validation of newly designed proteins.

Adaptyv raises USD 40 million for its automated protein lab

31 August 2026

Bewe, a University of Fribourg spin-off developing a neuroscience-based digital intervention for unhealthy food cravings, has been awarded Biopôle's Pre-Clinical Top-Up, a CHF 250,000 convertible loan supporting start-ups facing high clinical validation costs.

Bewe awarded the Biopôle Pre-Clinical Top-Up for its digital therapy against food cravings

20 August 2026

Researchers at EPFL, with colleagues from the University of Geneva, Geneva University Hospitals and Zurich, have developed VirTues, an AI foundation model for tissue biology that analyzes tumor tissue across many cancer types, with results published in Nature.

EPFL’s VirTues AI model maps tumor tissue across cancer types

17 August 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (July 2026)

3 August 2026

Hilo closes a USD 19 million Series B extension to fuel its US expansion

3 August 2026

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