08.09.2021

Versantis AG, a clinical-stage company developing novel therapies for rare liver diseases and rare pediatric diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to its lead product candidate VS-01 for the treatment of hyperammonemia (HA) in inborn errors of metabolism (IEM).

03.08.2021

With a further EUR 1.5 million from the European Innovation Council EIC Fund, Technopark Zurich based  Medtech Positrigo is one of the first companies to receive equity funding under the EIC Accelerator programme. The funds will contribute to the second tranche of Positrigo’s series A and support the start-up’s breakthrough brain PET scanner technology.

26.07.2021

With over 280 influential Swiss FoodTech startups (including Technopark Zurich based Planted) and ecosystem partners, IT infrastructure, R&D laboratories, incubators, Switzerland is poised to grow and become a trailblazer in the FoodTech sector. A report by Accenture and the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley sheds light on the landscape.

07.07.2021

The Swiss Fintech Awards have established themselves as an important annual award for start-ups from the highly dynamic vertical. This year, two start-ups came out on top, which significantly simplify tedious and complex processes through digitisation. Zum Beitrag auf Startupticker

18.06.2021

ETH Zurich spin-off Animatico, developer of interactive avatars as digital touch points in retail stores, is one of the winners of the international FoodTech Award 2021, Retail Edition. The award ceremony took place in Lugano, during the Annual general assembly of the LifestyleTech Competence Center Association. Zum Beitrag auf Startupticker.ch