BioAlps Association

Booth 1743
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Founded in 2003, BioAlps Association empowers the Swiss Health Valley and represents Western Switzerland Life Sciences ecosystem (medtech, biotech, pharma, digital health, nutrition, cosmetics, etc.).

The organisation is supported by 7 cantons: Bern, Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva, Valais and Jura, by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and by 15 academic institutions.

It offers a dynamic network in medtech, biotech, pharma and digital health, and an innovative and supportive environment. With more than 1 000 companies, 60 Research & Academic institutions, over 60 public institutions and innovation parks, 3 university hospitals, more than 35 000 jobs, the region is the most diversified life sciences ecosystem in Europe. Startup companies and large multinationals are concentrated within a small, attractive geographic area with great infrastructure.

BioAlps Association:
- Offers the most updated database of life sciences actors in Western Switzerland, and offers a close and inclusive biotech, medtech and digital health community
- Gathers and disseminates all the key information, News, Events, Business Opportunities, of the Swiss Health Valley
- Organises networking events : 4à6, Deep Dives, Innovators Connect, BioAlps Networking Day, etc.
- Promotes and strengthens synergies among its members in the academic and private sectors
- Fully supports the transfer of technologies and competencies from academic to industrial settings
- Develops the exchange of information and resources between scientists, the financial community and government representatives
- Establishes relationships with similar initiatives in life sciences at the local and national levels
- Provides a communication network throughout Switzerland and internationally
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