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Breakthrough antibody therapies target the roots of inflammation and promise breakthroughs for millions of patients
30-Apr-2025
Granite Bio AG has emerged from stealth with $100 million in funding. This includes a $30 million Series A led by founding investors Versant Ventures and Novartis Venture Fund, and a $70 million Series B led by Forbion and Sanofi Ventures. Granite’s pipeline features two first-in-class antibodies ...
Shorten research and development time for cancer drugs from 3 years to 12 months and significantly reduce development costs
24-Mar-2025
The German-Swiss biotechnology start-up BioCopy has secured new capital of 8 million euros. This sum is an important step for the company on its mission to produce more effective cancer drugs in the shortest possible time and at significantly lower costs. The company is supported by a group of ...
Empa spin-off awarded
12-Feb-2025
Thanks to a new type of airflow booster for ionic wind, completely new fields of application are opening up for the start-up Ionic Wind Technologies. In future, the patented technology is to be used primarily for cooling data centers and high-performance electronics. The Empa spin-off has already ...
In 2024, 37 new spin-offs were founded at ETH Zurich, a large proportion of them in the fields of AI and biotechnology.
04-Feb-2025
With 37 new spin-offs, ETH Zurich continues its long-term upward trend in the launch of new companies from its research. Start-ups in the fields of artificial intelligence and biotechnology were particularly well represented. Artificial Intelligence and machine learning led the list with ten ...
Her start-up Baxiva is developing a vaccine that makes bacteria visible to the immune system
03-Feb-2025
Every second woman and every eighth man suffer from urinary tract infections. These are painful and can recur with serious health consequences. Pioneer Fellow Giorgia Greter has a solution. Giorgia Greter could have been sitting in one of these minimalist, but elegant offices of a venture capital ...
Revolutionary water treatment technology destroys over 99% of PFAS and changes the way industries deal with toxic water pollution
31-Jan-2025
Even as a child in Delhi, Fajer Mushtaq asked himself the same question every time he turned on the tap: Is this water safe to drink? Today, this question is more relevant than ever - not only in India, but worldwide. The reason for this is PFAS, so-called "perpetual chemicals", which are found ...
Protocol AI accelerates clinical trial development and patient access to medical device
27-Jan-2025
Risklick, a spin-off from the University of Bern, has launched its latest product, Protocol AI, for medical devices. Protocol AI is the first software of its kind and marks a turning point in the medical device industry. It uses artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of clinical ...
Araris to receive an upfront fee and milestone payments potentially totalling USD 780 million plus royalties on net product sales
15-Jan-2025
Araris Biotech AG, a Swiss oncology biotech spin-off company developing next-generation antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), announced they have entered a Research Collaboration and Option to License Agreement (“RCO”) under which Araris will use its proprietary linker-conjugation platform, AraLinQ™, ...
“Our method, which involves equipping blood cells with a kind of protective shield and then targeting and removing diseased cells, smooths the way for treatments that could not have been used in that way before”
17-Dec-2024
Start-up Cimeio Therapeutics intends to pave the way for gentler and more efficient treatments for diseases such as blood cancer. The company, a spin-off of the University of Basel, has just concluded an important collaboration agreement: Cimeio is joining forces with the pharmaceutical firm ...
ETH spin-off Aeroskin Tech is developing innovative thermal insulation that uses aerogel technology to insulate buildings more efficiently and more sustainably
10-Dec-2024
When winter arrives and the temperature drops, we can either put on some warm clothing or turn up the heating and live with the additional costs. But what if the solution for a warm and energy-friendly home lies in the walls of the building? The more effectively buildings are thermally insulated ...
