The delegation led by the Cluster Tecnolóxico Empresarial das Ciencias da Vida will also visit the Novartis Campus in Basel and the Bio-Technopark Schlieren in Zurich, where they will be able to establish contacts.
“We want to be present in the places where the future of biotechnology is being designed”, says Bioga’s president about the presence in ‘Swiss Biotech Day’, which is being held today and tomorrow, 22 and 23 April, in Basel.

Basel. 22/04/2024. The Galician biotech companies GalChimia, based in Touro; CZ Vaccines, from the Zendal group and located in O Porriño; and Bflow, Libera Bio and Diversa Technologies, the three companies located in Santiago de Compostela, will participate with the Cluster Tecnolóxico Empresarial das Ciencias da Vida (Bioga) today, 22nd April, and tomorrow, 23rd April, in Swiss Biotech Day, one of the main meetings in Europe in the life sciences sector where more than 1,800 experts in the field of biotechnology meet. Switzerland is the European headquarters of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Likewise, Galician biotech companies and Bioga will participate in a programme of visits to the cities of Basel and Zurich on Wednesday 24 April to get to know and explore the Swiss life sciences ecosystem and visit the most innovative research centres.

Bioga y las cinco compañías biotecnológicas gallegas compartirán stand en Swiss Biotech Day con la Asociación Española de Bioempresas (Asebio) y con el Basque Healt Cluster, gracias al apoyo de la Xunta de Galicia a través del Plan Foexga y al proyecto Iberobio que Bioga lidera y mediante el cual representará al sistema biotech ibérico transfronterizo y a sus 13 socios de Galicia, Castilla y León, Extramadura, Andalucía y Portugal.

The stand is located in the Global Village, where more than 100 exhibitors will be present. Swiss Biotech Day is a European benchmark in the biotech sector, attracting professionals from the global life sciences community. This 2024 edition will once again provide a platform to network, engage in discussions and explore advances in R&D, manufacturing, data management, artificial intelligence and innovative financing.

Links with Switzerland

The delegation led by the Cluster Tecnolóxico Empresarial das Ciencias da Vida and including GalChimia, CZ Vaccines, Bflow, Libera Bio and Diversa Technologies will use the meeting to explore links with Switzerland as a world biotech centre. “We want to be in the places where the future of our sector is being designed, where the latest technologies in the field of life sciences are presented”, highlights the president of Bioga, José Manuel López Vilariño, who points out that Swiss Biotech Day serves to “promote and exchange cross-border investments, learn about public-private collaboration models and explore collaborations in research and development and talent exchange, in addition to advancing in possible business”.

Galician biotech companies and Bioga, next Wednesday, 24th April, will participate in a programme of visits organised by the Swiss Biotechnology Association in collaboration with Switzerland Global Enterprise. They will have the opportunity to get to know the main science centres in Switzerland and to establish contacts with actors in the sector. In particular, they will visit the Novartis Campus in Basel, where the pharmaceutical company is headquartered and employs 7,000 people. It is a state-of-the-art research centre, with forward-looking laboratory models, offices and meeting areas.

They will also visit the Bio-Technopark Schlieren, located in Zurich, on the same day. This internationally renowned technology park is close to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), the University of Zurich and the University Hospital. Today it has 90,000 square metres of laboratories and offices and employs 1,600 people, houses around fifty companies and 30 academic institutions and research groups.

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