Basel Area Business & Innovation Archives

DayOne gains importance

DayOne, a BaselArea.swiss initiative, is creating a world-leading healthcare innovation hub based on the strengths of the Basel region. A…

Jérémie Meyer08.08.2019

Synendos Therapeutics awarded EU funding

Synendos Therapeutics AG with headquarters in Allschwil is benefiting from the financial support for which small and medium-sized enterprises can…

Jérémie Meyer07.29.2019

Swiss TPH breaks ground on new headquarters

The Swiss Tropical and Public Health institute (Swiss TPH) has broken ground on the new building for its headquarters in…

Jérémie Meyer06.24.2019

Project uptown Basel taking shape

A competence center for Industry 4.0 is being created on the former site of ABB. Private investors have contributed around…

Jérémie Meyer06.11.2019

“I am amazed by the level of innovation in the Jura”

The Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area already has two sites, in Allschwil and Basel, and will soon add a third…

Jérémie Meyer06.11.2019

BaseLaunch is top European accelerator

Healthcare Accelerator BaseLaunch, which is operated by the location promotion organization BaselArea.swiss, is among the leading accelerators of its kind…

Jérémie Meyer05.21.2019

Pfizer acquires Basel-based Therachon

U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer is acquiring Basel biotech Therachon for US$ 340 million. Additional payments of US$ 470 million may…

Jérémie Meyer05.09.2019

Switzerland excels with biotech start-ups

According to an article in the journal “Nature”, Switzerland is the European leader with its biotech start-up ecosystem. Based on…

Jérémie Meyer05.06.2019

33 recently arrived companies create hundreds of jobs

The efforts of BaselArea.swiss proved extremely successful in 2018. 33 companies – seven more than in the previous year –…

Jérémie Meyer03.28.2019

Basel offers the lowest corporate income tax of all major Swiss business centres

The Canton of Basel-Stadt has lowered its tax rates on income, corporate income and capital retroactively to 1 January 2019.…

Jérémie Meyer02.27.2019