
Swiss Medtech Award 2022: The winner is called AlveoliX
AlveoliX AG has reason to celebrate. It is the winner of the Swiss Medtech Award 2022 with prize money totaling CHF 75,000. AlveoliX has created a small-scale replica of the human lung called «Lung-on-Chip» that can also mimic respiratory motions. According to the jury, this organ-on-chip technology has the potential to establish itself as the new standard in preclinical drug development, as a leading alternative to animal testing, and to significantly advance personalised medicine.

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Medtech in Switzerland 2030
In order to permanently strengthen its position as one of the most attractive global medtech locations, Switzerland needs a joint strategy that includes all the players and stakeholders. Today in Bern, several hundred guests attended a presentation of Swiss Medtech’s vision for «Medtech in Switzerland 2030». The plan’s main objective is to continue the successful track record of the Swiss medical technology industry into the future.