Keyword: Switzerland

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Dottikon, Büchi and Systag: Faster Scale-up to Production

05.03.2014 - Better Together - Systag, Büchi Glas, and Dottikon, all of Swiss origin and each consistently pursuing a one-site strategy, unify 220 years of corporate scale-up experience from...

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Novartis' Vasella Exit Opens Door to Roche Stake Sale

16.05.2013 - A changing of the guard at Switzerland's two biggest drugmakers is fuelling talk that Novartis may finally sell its multi-billion-dollar stake in cross-town rival Roche...

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Actelion Shareholders Reject Biotech Firm's Pay Plans

18.04.2013 - Actelion shareholders rejected a $5.6 million pay award for the biotechnology company's chief executive Jean-Paul Clozel on Thursday, making it the second Swiss company in as many...

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Innovation as a Recipe for Success

29.01.2013 - Banking on Life Sciences - Swiss science-based industries feature highly specialized products, in particular from the field of pharmaceuticals, which are mainly exported to the EU...

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Swiss Health Insurer Makes Claim Against Bayer Over Yasmin Pill

09.01.2013 - Switzerland's biggest health insurer CSS is supporting a young woman in her claim against Bayer, as the fall-out from alleged side effects of the German drugmaker's contraceptive...

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Six Hurt in Novartis Plant Chemical Leak

12.12.2012 - Six people who inhaled leaking chemicals at the Novartis plant which makes the company's top-selling drug Diovan were taken to hospital on Tuesday, police said. Novartis had no...

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Clariant Profit Weakens with World Economy

31.10.2012 - Swiss speciality chemicals maker Clariant reported a larger-than-expected fall in net income for the third quarter, hit by fresh deterioration in the global economy. Clariant...

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Switzerland's Lonza to Cut 500 Jobs

31.10.2012 - Swiss drugs industry supplier Lonza plans to cut 500 jobs, including 400 at its main plant in Visp, to improve profitability as it grapples with price pressures, a strong Swiss...