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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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3 August 2026

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

3 August 2026

MoleSense and Impli, both based at the Biopôle life sciences campus, have been selected by Germany's Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation to develop biosensors capable of continuously measuring at least four hormones over seven days.

MoleSense and Impli selected for the SPRIND Challenge on continuous hormone monitoring

3 August 2026

Carewell, a Lausanne-based start-up whose platform helps Swiss healthcare institutions manage staff shortages, has raised CHF 1.5 million in a seed round to accelerate its expansion across Switzerland.

Carewell raises CHF 1.5 million to manage healthcare staff shortages

6 July 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (June 2026)

29 June 2026

Geneva-based medtech company ABCDx has reached several milestones with LVOCheck, its point-of-care platform for diagnosing large vessel occlusion stroke, including a peer-reviewed publication, the completion of a Eurostars project and the start of its industrialization.

Geneva’s ABCDx reaches several milestones with its acute stroke diagnostics platform

29 June 2026

LEM Surgical, a Bern-based developer of robotic technologies for hard tissue surgery, has received a second FDA 510(k) clearance for its Dynamis Robotic Surgical System, adding new capabilities for spine surgery.

Bern-based LEM Surgical secures second FDA clearance for its Dynamis surgical robot

24 June 2026

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