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Biomanufacturing in the future – learn from the past?

When modern biotechnology began to emerge in Switzerland in the late 1970s and early 1980s, no biotech start-up ecosystem existed. However, Switzerland already had something that is difficult to find today: an open pilot facility where biological processes could be taken from the laboratory to the cubic-meter scale. To tackle current scale-up challenges, we thus might learn something from the past.
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    Policy recommendations for AI in European healthcare

    AI systems are already being used in many areas of healthcare. How can we ensure that AI delivers patient-centered benefits while being used safely, transparently and fairly? A report sets out recommendations for the responsible use of AI in European healthcare.

  • Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences SAMS

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    Ethics consultation: Curriculum and certification of specialists

    There are numerous forms of ethical counselling and support within the Swiss healthcare system. Until now, however, there has been no structured and coordinated program for the certification of specialists working in this field. In September, the Swiss Society for Biomedical Ethics (SGBE) published a curriculum and certification model, thereby closing this gap.

  • Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences SAMS

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    New funding program: Advanced Physician Scientists Grants

    The Gottfried and Julia Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation and the SAMS are launching the funding program «Advanced Physician Scientists Grants» to support outstanding mid-career clinicians trained in Switzerland. The program allows them to devote 50 percent of their working time to their research project for two years, alongside their clinical activity.

     

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