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Thailand hospital cooperates with BC Platforms
Zurich - BC Platforms develops a digital platform providing access to genomic and clinical data. Now this will be used by Bumrungrad International hospital in Thailand, enabling it to offer its patients personalized healthcare solutions.
Honda considering collaboration with UZH
Zurich - Bernhard Sendhoff, Head of Global Operations at Honda Research Institute, has paid a visit to the University of Zurich (UZH) to sound out potential options for a research collaboration.
Switzerland is at the top for globalization
Bonn – Switzerland ranks third in the latest Global Connectedness Index from DHL. Together with the Netherlands and Singapore, it is one of the top three most globally connected countries in the world.
Life insurance to be revolutionized by vlot
Laufen-Uhwiesen ZH – Insurtech vlot from the Greater Zurich Area is launching a new brokering service for life insurance policies. The goal is to broker life insurance tailored to individual needs. To this end, the company is working with the Swiss Re subsidiary elipsLife AG.
Zurich researchers win Sci-Tech Oscar
Zurich - In conjunction with Disney Research Studios in Zurich researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a method for breathing new, more realistic looking life into animated figures. They have now been presented with the Sci-Tech Oscar in Hollywood.
TradePlus24 secures 120 million Swiss francs
Zürich - The Fintech company TradePlus24 has raised 120 million Swiss francs. The main investors were venture capital firms of financial institutions. TradePlus24 specialises in providing working capital facilities for SMEs.
EraCal Therapeutics and dimpora win kick funding
Zurich – Three startups have been awarded kick grants by Venture Kick in this year’s final. Two of the winners – dimpora AG and EraCal Therapeutics AG – come from the Greater Zurich Area: dimpora develops technology for outdoor clothing, while EraCal Therapeutics has created an appetite-suppression pill.
Schaffhausen to welcome Hampton by Hilton hotel
Schaffhausen – The new Hampton by Hilton hotel is set to open in 2021 with 112 rooms. It will be part of a new multipurpose development in the Herblingen Business Park.
Lichtsteiner invests in keys that cannot be copied
Zurich – Swiss football player Stephan Lichtsteiner has participated in a financing round of UrbanAlps. The startup has developed a 3D-printed key that cannot be copied. The company raised a total of 2.5 million Swiss francs in the round.
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