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A billion francs for Life Sciences
At a joint meeting, the governments of the two Basel cantons approved a strategy for boosting the Life Sciences.
Actelion CEO wins entrepreneur award
On Sunday, Dr. Jean-Paul Clozel, founder of the Allschwil biotech company Actelion, won Ernst&Young’s World Entrepreneur of the Year for 2008.
Sculpture DAS VOLK and charity auction in the Imprimerie Basel
The Imprimerie Basel will be populated by 30 larger-than-life chrome ants from 2 to 8 June. The background to the event is the presentation of the sculpture “Das Volk” (The Nation) by artist Leo Stern during this year’s Art...
Solvay expands in Allschwil
The chemical and pharmaceutical group Solvay, with headquarters in Brussels, is concentrating its global pharmaceutical marketing in the Basel area. As a result, around 70 jobs are moving from Hannover to Allschwil.
i-net BASEL Nano: kick-off meeting on 10 April 2008
The active start of the nanotechnology network “i-net BASEL Nano” in North-West Switzerland and neighbouring regions of France and Germany is to be launched with lectures, posters and an exhibition of products from industry and...