Swiss Medtech Award
The Swiss Medtech Award is aimed at companies in the Swiss medical technology sector that have achieved outstanding entrepreneurial achievements or innovations. Companies are nominated by the nomination committee, which consists of eight individuals with extensive networks covering all regions of Switzerland. The nomination committee conducts an initial pre-selection and chooses the companies to be presented for jury appraisal.
The nominated companies must also meet formal and objective criteria to be eligible to present their achievements to the jury, chaired by Prof. Mirko Meboldt from ETH Zurich. The winning team will be announced and celebrated at Swiss Medtech Day, the most important event for the Swiss medical technology industry, and will receive a prize valued at CHF 50,000. Reserve now to attend this interesting event on 25 June 2025.
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Who can be nominated?
During the nomination phase, the nomination committee will make their preselection. After that, the nominated companies will be evaluated, and three finalists will be selected. The top three companies will have the opportunity to present their performance to the jury at the jury hearing.
The winning team will be announced at the Swiss Medtech Day and honored with a prize money of CHF 50,000.
Nomination criteria
Candidates selected by the nominating partners must meet the following criteria.
Official criteria
All three official criteria must be fully met.
- Medical Technology Sector
The companies, their products and solutions must be active in the medical technology industry. - Market success
Candidates must prove that the goods or services provided have already found success on the market. - «Swissness» factor
The achievements and provision of services must have been developed to a significant extent within Switzerland.
Factual criteria
At least one of the following factual criteria must be met.
- Proven patient benefit
A new product or product line with significant patient benefits has already been launched. - Provision of Health care
Public healthcare has been advanced through pioneering, groundbreaking, and innovative technologies or processes. - Entrepreneurial achievement
Outstanding entrepreneurial performance has been achieved in the recent past.
Nominating Partners
Magali Bischof
Member of the nomination committee
Secretary General
BioAlps Association
Adrian Hunn
Member of the nomination committee
Director
Swiss Medtech
Hans Ebinger
Member of the nomination committee
CEO
Switzerland Innovation Park Ost
Lukas Huber
Member of the nomination committee
Deputy Managing Director
Greater Zurich Area Ltd.
Ulrike Neuberger
Member of the nomination committee
Co-Founder & Partner
MEDICALBOARD – Expertise in Healthcare
Giuseppe Perale
Member of the nomination committee
Executive VP & Founder I.B.I. SA
Regenera SA
Katrin Siebenbürger Hacki
Member of the nomination committee
Director
Medows GmbH
Jury
Prof Dr Mirko Meboldt
President of the Jury
Chair of Product Development
& Engineering
ETH Zurich
Dr Gery Colombo
Member of the Jury
Chief Technology Officer
VAMED Schweiz
Prof Dr Emanuela Keller
Member of the Jury
Head Neurocritical Care Unit
University Hospital Zurich
Stefan Launer
Member of the Jury
VP Audiology and Health Innovation
Sonova AG
Hans Ulrich Lehmann
Member of the Jury
Vice President, Product Area Head Autoinjectors
Ypsomed
Stephan Oehler
Member of the Jury
Head of Technology & Testing
Straumann
Andy Tonazzi
Member of the Jury
Owner & Co-CEO
konplan Group AG
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