EUPATI Switzerland is expanding its commitment to strengthening patient involvement in medical research with a new online course. Developed in collaboration with the Department of Clinical Research at the University of Basel, the course is available in German, French,...

With a mental illness, work is not necessarily a burden for those affected. On the contrary: without work, a large part of the daily structure is missing and often there is no social network, which can exacerbate certain symptoms. Dr Jochen Uebel, Head of Work...

The influence of gender on health and illness is not a new topic. However, it is highly topical in social and political terms and harbours great potential for research, communication and the healthcare system as a whole. The fact is: for many years, biological...

The rendezvous of the Swiss biotechnology industry took place in Basel from April 22 to 23. With over 2,500 participants, more than 40% of whom came from 75 countries, Swiss Biotech Day, which was launched by the Swiss Biotech Association, has long since become an...

Dear clients, partners and friends of the agency, After 12 years at the Europaallee quarter in Zurich, we are moving our head office to the university and ETH campus in Zurich and thus even closer to the life sciences. Thank you for your interest and looking forward...

The Selo symposium, a national trialogue event for those affected, interested parties and professionals, will take place for the 14th time on 30 October 2024. The range of topics is once again high-calibre and dedicated to the overarching question of the extent to...

The Dialog Ethik Foundation has been contributing for 25 years for a healthcare system that respectfully takes into account the situation of patients and in which resources and access to services are distributed fairly. Important medical decisions should be discussed...

In order to be better prepared for future pandemics, the European Commission has launched the €50 million call "Pandemic preparedness and response: Broad spectrum anti-viral therapeutics for infectious diseases with epidemic potential" as part of the Horizon research...

As part of the knowledge transfer for the National Research Programme "Covid-19" (NRP 78) of the Swiss National Science Foundation, Life Science Communication was allowed to document various research projects on film. The result is an entertaining series of...

The European Patients' Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI) is a non-profit foundation in the Netherlands that offers education and training to improve the opportunities and skills of patients and patient representatives so that they can better understand...

The mobile exhibition «Humboldt, the Explorer» is continuing its journey. Its next stop will be in Yverdon-les-Bains in the canton of Vaud. From 7 to 21 February 2024, it will be open to the public for a two-week interactive experience on the premises of the...

PatBox.ch is a new reporting platform where patients and relatives can directly report specific incidents or personal experiences. The platform is operated jointly by the Swiss Patient Organisation SPO and the Swiss Patient Safety Foundation and aims to strengthen the...

An exciting, eventful and intensive year is coming to an end. Life Science Communication was able to continue long-standing customer projects and work on new interesting mandates. The first highlight of 2023 was the AADC Deficiency Regional Masterclass in February in...

The 13th Selo symposium in Zug on the topic of «Burnout, anxiety and panic disorders in the context of current global crises» brought together more than 120 participants: people affected by mental illness with experts from the fields of medicine, psychology and social...

CHF 75 million in annual costs have been saved so far, with the potential for a further CHF 60 million. This is the interim result of the HTA program, which was launched by the federal government in 2016. Health Technology Assessments are used to comprehensively...

75 million francs in annual costs have been saved so far, with a potential of a further 60 million francs. This is the interim result of the HTA programme, which was launched by the federal government in 2016. Health Technology Assessments are used to comprehensively...

For 20 years, the Patient Safety Switzerland Foundation has been committed to consistently improving patient safety in Swiss healthcare institutions through quality programmes, quality projects and various services. As a national competence centre, it is committed to...

The Federal Office of Public Health's NOSO strategy for monitoring, preventing and combating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) aims to reduce the number of infections in hospitals and nursing homes in Switzerland. According to a study from 2022, 5.9% of patients...

About one in seven people are affected by carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger finger. These functional disorders of the hand and wrist cause pain, numbness and restrict mobility. Surgical intervention is necessary to correct them. The Swiss medtech start-up Spirecut...

A Disease is considered rare if it affects no more than five in 10,000 people. Many rare diseases are genetic and occur at birth and in childhood. With the progressive development of gene therapy, attempts are being made to correct the malfunctioning of the defective...

The new upway app for people with mental stress is a new web-based community platform that aims to make it easier for those affected to exchange information with people in similar situations, their families and friends, and specialists or contact points.  People...

The exhibition will make its first stop in 2023 at the Zurich Kantonsschule Hottingen. After a break of about one and a half years due to the corona pandemic, it will be on show in the auditorium for five days in the first week of September. Visitors will have the...

The topic of this year's Selo symposium could not be more current - worldwide crises and threats have shaken people's minds in recent months and years as hardly ever before. In addition to Christian Imboden's presentation on the question of how much current life...

250 participants from research and science met in March 2023 for the National SNSF Corona Research Conference in Thun. About 80 research groups of the National Research Programmes "Covid-19 in Society" (NRP 80) and "Covid-19" (NRP 78) as well as other Corona research...

From 21-23 March, the Swiss National Science Foundation will hold the national SNSF Corona Research Conference, bringing together all SNSF-funded Corona research teams and other researchers working in the field. Around 100 research groups are expected to attend,...

Following the National Council, the Council of States approved a parliamentary motion in September 2022 to allow egg donation. This will remove a major obstacle for infertile couples in Switzerland to fulfil their desire to have a child. But until the law is...

With one new case per 100,000 inhabitants per year, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a rare disease. The insidious thing about this incurable blood tumour is that it mainly manifests itself in the skin. Patients suffer from severe itching and develop red patches....

For one part of society an almost forgotten topic, for another highly relevant - HIV, hepatitis and co-infections. In addition to the medical challenges, affected people still have to struggle with discrimination and stigmatisation. Positive Council Switzerland is an...

An estimated 80,000 people live with epilepsy in Switzerland. Life Science Communication has been working on this on behalf of Epi-Suisse to launch the awareness and education campaign with the hashtag #Epilepsy Why in May 2022. The campaign aims to raise awareness...

Healthcare was created to diagnose and treat disease. This with great success. However, today's system is reaching its limits. Challenges such as an increasingly aging, but not necessarily healthier, population; the growing number of people having to live with a...

More than 100 participants flocked to the Burgbach Hall in Zug on November 9 for the 12th Selo symposium, including many association members, other sufferers and numerous experts from the fields of medicine, psychology and social services. Under the headline...

The Santé is the special edition of Touring magazine, which with 1.4 million copies is the most successful magazine for mobility topics. The content of Santé, on the other hand, revolves around health and well-being. In the current issue, you can find out how to plan...

The sigh of relief after Corona has not lasted long, and already there comes a new announcement from the WHO: monkeypox! But will this virus lead to a pandemic again? And where does it actually come from? Since May 2022, an accumulation of monkeypox cases was...

This year's Selo symposium will focus on one of the most important aspects of the pandemic - its impact on the psyche. For many people, the last few years have been marked by loneliness and worries about a secure future due to the measures and the lockdown. At the...

The dialogue event of the National Research Program "Covid-19" (NRP 78) and the Swiss Trade Association (sgv) took place in Bern at the end of August. Kickoff were the input presentations for the research side from Annelies Wilder-Smith, Professor at the London School...

Most people use medications throughout their lives. Medications help us to cure diseases or live better with them. However, when used incorrectly, they can also cause harm, for example when there is overuse or underuse, or when medications are administered...

The pandemic has taught us many things. For example, that there is still a lot of room for improvement in terms of communication between science, politics and the working world. Therefore, a dialogue event of the National Research Program "Covid-19" (NRP 78) and the...

Their home country. Inspired by our Humboldt exhibition, which toured Switzerland last year, we were delighted to receive a request for another mobile exhibition. This time the content on the columns revolved around the beautiful country of Belgium. Besides...

The supplement "Santé" of the Touring Magazine is published by the Touring Club Schweiz TCS and with more than 1.5 million copies it is one of Switzerland largest public magazines. It presents topics around health and medicine. Life Science Communication is...

Fortunately, the program conference of the NRP 78 could take place face-to-face again this year and Life Science Communication was allowed to organize and accompany it. Around 100 researchers met in the Kursaal Interlaken. The program was complemented by an excursion...

Epi-Suisse's new awareness and education campaign with the hashtag #EpilepsyWhy was launched in mid-May 2022. With unexpected questions, the Swiss Epilepsy patient organisation aims to arouse curiosity and draw attention to the challenges the disease brings with it....

The Selo symposium will take place this year on Wednesday, November 9 in the Burgbach Hall in Zug. The symposium deals with various topics related to mental illness. This year, the focus is on the longer-term effects on mental health of the Corona pandemic. Michael...

No more studying but finally some hands-on experience! With this thought in mind, I started my internship in July 2021 at Life Science Communication in Zurich. What I didn't know yet, however, was that this internship would be the most intensive, exciting and one of...

On 13 February 2022, the Swiss electorate will decide on the popular initiative "Yes to a ban on animal and human experimentation". The initiative calls for a ban on all experiments on animals and humans and, in addition, a ban on the trade and approval of medicines...

After a long break, the Humboldt exhibition went on tour again this year. It started with a stop at the Zentralbibliothek Solothurn in November, where visitors could learn more about Alexander von Humboldt's spirit of discovery. The highlight of the exhibition was an...

For the 11th time the Selo symposium took place in Zug, Switzerland, on November 9, 2021. After a long time being isolated, participants enjoyed the opportunity to meet in person and engaged in lively discussions. This year's symposium was focused on "Burnout and...

On Sunday 17 October, the Brain Days exhibition opens its doors as part of the "Aktionstage Demenz" in Sarnen. As the conclusion of the project "dementia-friendly community Sarnen", visitors can explore the topic of dementia with the help of various lectures and...

Around 200 scientists are conducting research on the coronavirus at various Swiss research institutions in 28 projects to find better therapies, further vaccines and new insights into how to deal with the virus. The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is funding...

"Burnout and depression in the working environment -. Mental illnesses caused by stress and pandemic-related strains". Life Science Communication is organising the Selo conference for the eleventh time. After being held online due to the pandemic in 2020, every effort...

For over a year now, NPOs and aid organisations have been able to make their filler advertisements easily accessible on the platform Füllerinserate.ch and benefit from a promotion service addressing over 400 media and publishing addresses. Due to the great demand, the...

The pharmaceutical company Abbott has been active in the field of nutrition since 1900. In the areas of malnutrition, sip feeds and tube feeds, Life Science Communication accompanies the latest brand campaigns in Switzerland in four languages. Patient brochures,...

Endurance and perseverance are top priorities in both the triathlon and Alzheimer's research. The scientist Pierre De Rossi, whose research work at the University of Zurich is supported by the Synapsis Foundation, will take part in the Uster Triathlon in July. With...

With a circulation of 1.4 million copies, the TCS Touring magazine is the largest and most important magazine for mobility and leisure in Switzerland. The 2021 summer edition of the magazine includes a 32-page supplement "Santé" in German and French. The issue is...

Social loneliness has been a concept for many since the pandemic. Hansruedi Völkle and Mark Bächer have written a technical article on the occasion of the Swiss Patient Forum 2021 of Eupati CH on topics such as the importance of communication in times of the pandemic,...

ALK-Abéllo AG is a research-driven global company headquartered in Denmark with nearly 100 years of experience dedicated to the health and well-being of people with allergies. The specific immunotherapies and symptomatic treatments for allergies are based on natural...

PTC Therapeutics is a global biopharmaceutical company from the USA that focuses on innovative small molecules and gene therapies for rare genetic diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) or AADC deficiency. Children as patients are a special challenge for...

The SNSF has launched a National Research Program on Covid-19 in summer 2020. The NRP 78 will support research projects that aim to provide new insights into the coronavirus (SARS-CoV2), the spread and impact of Covid-19 diseases, and epidemiological, immunological...

Eupati Switzerland's Swiss Patient Forum is starting its fourth round. On March 19, 2021, representatives of patient organizations will meet with stakeholders from the healthcare sector for an exchange on "Patients in a Pandemic". The event will be held in German. The...

In a retirement and nursing center in Germany, 14 seniors recently contracted the British Corona variant despite being vaccinated twice. Such events raise the question of how well the Covid -19 vaccine actually protects and whether one can continue to infect others...

Covid-19 has brought various changes in our everyday lives, and above all it has triggered a huge digitalization push. This has made location-independent collaboration far easier. In times of a lockdown, virtual meetings are therefore becoming increasingly important...

The current corona situation has fundamentally changed the everyday life of many senior citizens and has greatly reduced direct personal contact with family and friends. For many elderly people, this means increasing loneliness and isolation. digital real wants to...

The biotech start-up company TOLREMO therapeutics AG develops small molecule drugs that are combined with existing standard cancer therapies to prevent the development of resistance in tumour cells from the outset. The goal is to achieve a better response rate, longer...

More than 150 research projects are underway worldwide with the aim of finding a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. Great hopes are placed on this vaccine research, as the treatment of people with the disease is more expensive than the preventive measures of vaccination....

With the decrease in the number of cases and the relaxation of the protective measures, it is also worthwhile to take a look at communications during COVID-19 and its perception. In general, science communication in Switzerland has a very high credibility compared to...

Audiovisual communication is also playing an increasingly important role in the health industry. The new video portrait of the Medizinische Zentren Geissberg shows their range of treatments for mental illnesses. Short interview clips of employees, supplemented by...

Marianne Guarisco has been running her leading cosmetics specialist institute «Beauty – What else? Guarisco» in Erlen. It is part of her business to reinvent herself and current treatment methods again and again. New in Marianne Guarisco's product portfolio is the...

Some long for it, others find everything hasty and premature: an orderly and comprehensible relaxation of the lockdown measures is almost even more of a challenge than shutting down. The measures taken give us a certain security in dealing with the many unknowns...

The National Institute for Infectious Diseases of Italy has asked the Swedish biotech company Sobi to conduct a clinical study in several hospitals in Italy to examine whether the two drugs Anakinra and Emapalumab can alleviate complications associated with a severe...

The Sars-CoV 2 pandemic has given our daily vocabulary a new word: Lockdown. Whole countries are at a standstill, the population stays at home, and the economy groans. In these times, solidarity among people, a strong government and courageous entrepreneurs are...

A newly founded platform at the Adolphe Merkle Institute of the University of Fribourg offers analyses and characterizations of nanomaterials in products, materials and biological fluids. SwissNanoAnalytics invited to a kick-off meeting and information event at the...

Dear customers and friends In the age of the climate debate, Christmas preparations have become more complex. That's why we've put together a few tips for sustainable holidays: Even if the Nordmann fir is the most radiant, buy a tree of regional origin, such as a...

To mark Mental Health Day on 10 October, Johnson & Johnson held lunchtime events for all employees at its four largest Swiss locations. The theme was mental health and its importance at work and in private life. In many places it is still taboo to talk about...

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Tertianum Parkresidenz Meilen, the unique cultural event «Artists in Residence» will take place from 9 September to 6 October 2019. An artist's residence in this form has not yet existed in Switzerland. For four weeks, four...

Louise Brown, the first in vitro baby to be born, recently visited Switzerland for the first time. At the Ferring International Center headquarters in Saint-Prex, she told her story and gave interviews to the employees and media representatives. The picture shows...

Called Medical Writing by some, Doctor Communication or KOL Positioning by others: We support our customers and stakeholder in their communication activities. Doctors and researchers in particular are happy when they can devote their limited time to the actual...

Marianne Guarisco uses for the communications with the customers of her Cosmetic Institute «Beauty – What else?»  a periodical newsletter to existing and potential customers. Recipients stay up to date on developments in the competence areas of cosmetics, permanent...

The Mavena consultation weeks will take place for the first time in over 90 pharmacies and drugstores from 1 to 13 October 2018. Pharmacists and pharmaceutical assistants provide competent advice to people with neurodermatitis and psoriasis on their skin issues and...

In 2017, EUPATI Switzerland organised the first Swiss Patient Forum in Olten. This year the event took place in Western Switzerland. On Friday, 28 September 2018, patients, patient representatives and experts from medicine, the world of work and the pharmaceutical...

The Office of Health of the Canton of Zug is organising a film event with the documentary «Dem Himmel zu nah» (in English: Too close to heaven) on Wednesday, 12 September from 6.30 to 9.00 pm in the Reformed Church Centre Zug. The event is aimed at interested parties...

Sihlsana's wide range of services, from apartments for the elderly to a care centre and residential care and dementia groups, covers various stages and situations in the lives of the residents. However, it is a challenge to clearly differentiate between the individual...

Social participation, such as integration into the labour market, is difficult for autistic people. The specialized German IT service provider auticon, which announced its business launch in Switzerland in 2018, wants to change this. The company, which is already...

The neuroscience exhibition Brain Days, which Life Science Communication has been running successfully for years in cooperation with neuroscience institutes of universities and technical colleges in Switzerland, will once again be visiting various locations in 2018....

Life Science Communication has again implemented a campaign for Hepatitis Switzerland for the World Hepatitis Day on 28 July 2018. "I've been tested, have you?" Swiss personalities such as the writer Pedro Lenz or the doctor and comedian Fabian Unteregger ask. In...

To read the newspaper in the morning, to look at the departure board at the train station, to study the menu in the restaurant: everyday life without reading is almost inconceivable for us. But reading is not a matter of course for everyone. More than 300,000 people...

For the 8th time the Werner Alfred Selo Foundation in cooperation with Life Science Communication organized a symposium on mental health. The all-day event was dedicated to the topic « Family in Crisis - Burnout and Depression between Family and Work». The symposium...

The European Patients' Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI) is committed to patient-centered research. EUPATI believes that involving patients in research and development leads to better medicines. Therefore, EUPATI is dedicated to the education and training of...

A recent study published in the renowned journal The Lancet shows that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the brain can help many people with therapy-resistant depression. In half of the people treated, the symptoms are significantly reduced, in...

With a relaunch of its website and a comprehensive digital strategy, Mavena International AG strengthens its position as a partner for people with inflammatory skin diseases. Life Science Communication supports Mavena from strategy development to content management...

The new EU data protection basic regulation - DSGVO for short - came into force in May. A 99-article comprehensive and controversial feat of strength, which gives business, technology and consumers a turbulent time and at the same time reveals the complexity of data...

The neuroscientific exhibition Brain Days opens its doors in Meiringen on May 5th. Come and explore the exciting world of the brain! On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Privatklinik Meiringen, inquisitive and adventurous people can explore the walk-in...

At a recent Health Tech Cluster Switzerland event, around 50 cluster members met at Takeda Pharma AG in Pfaeffikon where they received insights from Roche Diagnostics, Sanitas Health Insurance and Takeda Pharma about their approaches for innovation in digital business...

Within the framework of the events of Health Tech Cluster Switzerland, around 50 cluster members at Takeda Pharma AG in Pfäffikon gained insight into how Roche Diagnostics, Sanitas Health Insurance and Takeda Pharma consistently implement digital business models and...

The Danish pharmaceutical company Ferring Pharmaceuticals is building a new biotech centre at its headquarters in Switzerland, focusing on research and development. The innovative and research-oriented global company, headquartered in Saint-Prex on Lake Geneva,...

Innovation, science, networking - this is what the new conference Life Science Zurich Impact of the Life Science Zurich Business Network in collaboration with the University of Zurich, the ETH, the Canton of Zurich and the BIO-TECHNOPARK Schlieren-Zurich stands for....

After years of travelling through Switzerland, Expo Nano has now found a new home. Since the beginning of 2018 it has been located in the Hightech Centre Aargau. The mobile exhibition shows various aspects of nanotechnology and answers questions such as how: What...

In the coming winter months, many of those affected will again suffer more from the tormenting symptoms of neurodermatitis. Life Science Communication was allowed to launch an online quiz about neurodermatitis for the medical product company Mavena. The prizes include...

Millions of people worldwide are celebrating World AIDS Day again on 1 December. With light projections on public facades in Zurich and Geneva, Life Science Communication, supported by ViiV Healthcare, is once again setting an example this year. The projections show...

With websites it is like with apartments - with time a lot accumulates and you lose the overview. In addition, the paint sometimes gets a little out of fashion and it's time for a renovation. For websites this means: It's time for a relaunch. Search and find...

The Swiss Association of the European Academy of Patients on Therapeutic Innovations, EUPATI Switzerland, held the first Swiss Patient Forum on patient information on 27 October 2017. The aim was for various Swiss patient organisations to network and work together to...

Life Science Communication became 10 years old – and that wanted to be celebrated. Numerous guests, customers and partners joined us in the newly opened cultural centre Kosmos to toast the agency’s birthday. The relaxed evening was accompanied by culinary delights and...

The pride ouest, which took place in Bern at the end of August, attracted around 8,000 participants and onlookers. Celebrations were held on the Bundesplatz, Waisenhausplatz and Progr-Hof in summer temperatures. Among the highlights were the performances on the big...

On World Hepatitis Day, the Swiss Hepatitis Strategy launches the Life Science campaign "Test your hepatitis risk now". Create certainty". The campaign calls for a risk check and enables a free hepatitis test. Videos with whiteboard drawings illustrate the facts and...

At this year's agency excursion, the team from Life Science Communication wanted to get high in the sky. We travelled on the Beatenberg and glided with our tandem partners over the turquoise blue Lake Thun. After the soft landing we let the warm summer evening end...

In June 2017, the closure event of the National Research Programme NRP 64 "Opportunities and Risks of Nanomaterials" took place. To inform the wider public about the findings of NRP 64, Life Science Communication produced explainer videos. They explain the results of...

The pride ouest 2017 is just around the corner and we are back again! With our information stands we would like to fight against the discrimination of HIV sufferers and the LGBT community and draw attention to the UNAIDS health goals. Our motto is therefore "Defeat...

From 9 to 10 June 2017, the Swiss-German LGBT community once again celebrated the Zurich Pride Festival. The summer temperatures attracted around 37,000 visitors to the barracks area in the city centre. The Swiss AIDS Federation and Checkpoint Zurich once again...

In the past five years, National Research Programme “Opportunities and Risks of Nanomaterials” NRP 64 intensively studied the development, use, behaviour and degradation of synthetic nanomaterials, as well as their impact on humans and the environment. During the...

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, MediService organized the first Specialty Rx Symposium in May 2017. Renowned speakers highlighted various aspects of Specialty Care: Per Troein from IMS Health presented the economic point of view, Prof. Elisabeth Minder and...

The new campaign of the Werner Alfred Selo Foundation has a great honour: in its latest issue, «persönlich», the Swiss business magazine for communication, lists the campaign under the heading "Attraction". Under this heading, the magazine lists the campaigns that it...

In April, the National Research Programme NRP 64 about the opportunities and risks of nanomaterials presented its findings and synthesis products at a national press conference. Different research projects, the Final Brochure and the White Paper were shown. In the...

Life Science Communication has successfully passed the recertification for the CMS III certificate, the Consultancy Management Standard Quality Management System of the BPRA. The agency even exceeded the very good result of the initial certification and is pleased to...

Jean-Pierre Rosselet Cosmetics AG successfully launched the new MEDICAL BEAUTY CIRCLE service as part of an all-day symposium. Around 300 specialist cosmetic institutes throughout Switzerland now have access to the specialist online portal, which is intended to...

In March 2017, the Werner Alfred Selo Foundation, in cooperation with Life Science Communication, launched the 4th campaign on mental illness. Under the slogan «Bruch im Leben?» (break in life), it advocates an open approach to psychological stress and is aimed at the...

Exactly ten years ago, at the beginning of March 2007, Life Science Communication was launched and has since become an integral part of the Swiss agency landscape. To celebrate the day, the birthday cake was delivered in the morning! In September, Life Science...

At the end of November 2016, Marianne Guarisco, a specialist cosmetician and druggist, opened her newly established beauty institute in Erlen TG under the name «Beauty – What else? Guarisco». In her spacious institute, she ensures a radiantly beautiful skin for her...

The National Research Programme NRP 64 on the opportunities and risks of nanomaterials is about to be completed. In order for the general public to be informed about the findings of this programme, the results of the complex research projects must be explained in a...

Psoriasis and neurodermatitis are chronic inflammatory skin diseases. These inflammations of the skin can be treated without cortisone with medical products from Mavena. The animations of Mavena show to the persons concerned and specialists the causes of these...

The non-profit Spitex from Switzerland introduced a new brand strategy in 2017. For the first time, the association of around 570 non-profit Spitex organisations in Switzerland will have a common and uniform brand identity. The new Spitex brand will be used throughout...

Just in time for the start of the new year, Suva has launched its new website. The design and operation are now in line with current requirements. Suva relied on the support of Life Science Communication for the extensive large-scale project. In the Content...

On 10 January 2017 the last panel discussion took place in the cantonal secondary school Uri in Altdorf in the context of the Expo Nano. In a beautiful old chapel numerous students, but also many interested people from the population of Uri gathered to follow the...

Shortly before Christmas our office colleagues Casea invited us to an event of a special kind: a fondue barrel fun. The Fondue Caquelon stands directly on a barrel to accommodate up to 8 people. The bread baskets are attached to the side, and for the wine glasses...

Annual accounts, work pressure and Christmas preparations - in the stress of the end of the year, the contemplativeness of the pre-Christmas period often falls by the wayside. That's why we suggest that you treat yourself to a moment of rest with our Mandala. You can...

Expo Nano was a guest at the cantonal secondary school in Uri in Altdorf until January 2017. The exhibition explored the questions "What makes nanoparticles so special" and "What opportunities and risks arise from new technologies". Peter Gehr, President of NRP 64,...

A paradigm shift is imminent: World AIDS Day in 2016 was no longer just about solidarity, sadness and compassion for people living with HIV and AIDS. Thanks to great advances in treatment and prevention in recent years, it is time for a new perspective on HIV. With...

The Brain Days neuroscience exhibition, developed by Life Science Communication in collaboration with neuroscience institutes at Swiss universities and technical colleges, will once again take place in French-speaking Switzerland at the end of the year. The Brain Days...

The Expo Nano will remain a guest at the cantonal secondary school in Uri in Altdorf until 13 January 2017. The exhibition will explore the questions „What makes nanoparticles so special?“ and „What opportunities and risks arise from new technologies?“. At a panel...

The newly founded association EUPATI CH is organising a first training event for patients and patient organisations on 25 November 2016. On the occasion of World AIDS Day on 1 December, the event will focus on HIV and Hepatitis C. There will be two presentations and a...

As part of the "Xplore-I" clinical study, a bioabsorbable pulmonary valve was successfully implanted in three pediatric patients. The implant from the medical technology company Xeltis is first grown through with the body's own tissue and then absorbed by the body....

Health Tech Cluster Switzerland has further developed its branding and launched the new website with a multi-channel implementation. Both the website and the digital newsletter are convincing in a new, fresh design, and the cluster uses specific event labels to...

The practice for podiatry and cosmetology Manuela Bächtold, which has been located in Seuzach for about a year, has recently expanded its range of services: As certified cosmetologists, they now also offer exclusive treatments using the Brigitte Kettner method. On...

At the end of August, the Life Science Communication team was drawn to Lake Geneva for this year's agency excursion. For two days we marvelled at the luminosity of Lac Léman, strolled through lush green vineyards and idyllic villages and enjoyed the wonderful weather....

The new website of Mavena International AG was launched at the beginning of September 2016. Life Science Communication was able to implement the relaunch, which took place at the beginning of September, for the internationally active medical device company. With its...

Who searches, googles. With the use of search engine advertising (SEA), medical offers can also be specifically advertised on the Internet. That is why the Medical Centres Geissberg (MZG) are now using SEA with Google AdWords with the help of Life Science...

To mark World Hepatitis Day on 28 July, the Swiss Hepatitis Strategy Network, together with the Life Science Communication agency, is launching the campaign «Greatest Hits – Greatest Risks 1950 – 1985». The aim of the campaign is to sensitize the Swiss population to...

The major project for the relaunch of the entire Suva website involves numerous internal and external Suva teams. Life Science Communication has the task of supporting Suva with editorial work in the Content Transformation subproject. The new website will be developed...

On two summer weekends in June, the Swiss Pride Festivals took place in Zurich and Fribourg. Both events had a record number of visitors, in Zurich more than 30'000 people visited the festival area. Life Science Communication again organized a stand, together with...

Under the title «Battery empty? Mental stress at the workplace», around 200 HR specialists reported and discussed with affected persons and relatives how to deal with a topic that must finally be removed from the taboo zone so that mental illnesses can be prevented,...

The Brain Days will have an international appearance in France on 28 May. The Hospitals Paris invited the mobile brain exhibition to their open day. The tour through the walk-in brain offers visitors exciting insights into the neurosciences through vivid illustrations...

The young company Xeltis, headquartered in Zurich, focuses on the globally standardized implantation of heart valves. Bioabsorbable valves and vessels have been developed from the medical technology research facility, which enable the body's own tissue to renew itself...

Psoriasis and neurodermatitis (atopic dermatitis) are among the most common chronic inflammatory skin diseases worldwide. The skin of an affected person reacts to various environmental stimuli with redness, itching or weeping. Between relapses, however, the skin is...

The European Patients' Academy for Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI) was launched in Switzerland in February 2016. The aim is to provide patients with better information about new therapies and treatment options and thus enable them to take a stand as patient...

The neuroscientific exhibition Brain Days, which Life Science Communication has been successfully running for years in cooperation with neuroscientific institutes at Swiss universities and technical colleges, will again visit various locations in 2016. A special...

People with mental illnesses often suffer in two ways: from their illness and from the convulsive game of hide-and-seek. Shame and fear of a career break or job loss make this a particularly taboo topic at the workplace. More and more often, young people fall ill...

Light projections will be shown in Zurich and Lausanne on the occasion of World AIDS Day on 1 December. The actions are a sign of solidarity with people living with HIV and AIDS. To ensure that HIV and AIDS are not forgotten, a huge Red Ribbon will light up the façade...

Making well-founded predictions plays a decisive role in the pharmaceutical industry. Forecasting influences various areas within an organization: sales, marketing, production and portfolio management are just a few of them. It is therefore not surprising that the...

A strong and healthy heart - that's what we all want. And we can also do a lot to make this wish come true. Because the key is: Move! If every step counts and something good is done for the heart, then the Benefit Walk will take place on 29 September as part of World...

Jean-Pierre Rosselet Cosmetics AG launched the new MEDICAL BEAUTY CIRCLE service at its 12th Congress for Cosmetics on 12 September 2015 in front of around 200 professional beauticians and a cosmetic institute. The MEDICAL BEAUTY CIRCLE offers medical cosmetics from a...

On 12 March 2015, on the occasion of World Kidney Day, a public information and tasting event took place on Bern's Waisenhausplatz, attended by patients, doctors, politicians and celebrities. The Swiss Kidney Patients Association, which is celebrating its 40th...

On behalf of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Mark Bächer is Head of Knowledge Transfer for the National Research Programme «Opportunities and Risks of Nanomaterials» NRP 64. The central tasks are to prepare the acquired knowledge and to provide...

Just in time for the company's fifth anniversary, Life Science Communication was accepted into the Swiss Association of Public Relations Agencies BPRA on 2 November 2012. Further information can be found in the attached media release.