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One of the many buildings of Novartis in Basel
The headquarters of Roche Diagnostics in Rotkreuz, Switzerland
The headquarters of Actelion in Allschwil

The life sciences industry in Switzerland directly and indirectly employs about 135,000 people.[1] It contributes 5.7% of the gross domestic product of Switzerland and 30% of the country's exports.[1] In 2017 about 30% of Swiss exports (worth $84.8 billion) were chemical products.[2] In the same year Switzerland was the second largest exporter of packaged medicine in the world, with about 11% of the global total, worth $36.5 billion.[3]

Switzerland is home to many pharmaceutical companies, including very large groups, such as Novartis and Hoffmann-La Roche. In 2013, 41 life science companies had their international headquarters (and 29 more their regional headquarters) in Switzerland.[4][5]

History

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Companies

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A number of life sciences companies are either headquartered in Switzerland or maintain regional headquarters in Switzerland:

Company Location Canton Divisions
Abbott Laboratories Basel  Basel-Stadt Established Pharmaceuticals Division
AC Immune Lausanne  Vaud Global headquarters
Accuray Morges,  Vaud International headquarters
Acino Holding Zürich  Zürich Global headquarters
Actelion, (Johnson & Johnson) Allschwil  Basel-Landschaft Global headquarters
Alcon Geneva  Geneva Global headquarters
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Baar  Zug International headquarters
Amgen Rotkreuz  Zug European hub
AstraZeneca Baar  Zug International headquarters
Bachem Bubendorf  Basel-Landschaft Global headquarters
Basilea Pharmaceutica Allschwil  Basel-Landschaft Global headquarters
Baxter International Zürich  Zürich European headquarters
Bayer Basel  Basel-Stadt Consumer Health Division, Hemophilia & Ophthalmology Pharma Global HQ Divisions with some Oncology
Beckman Coulter Nyon  Vaud European and emerging markets headquarters
Becton Dickinson Eysins  Vaud European headquarters
Bio-Rad Basel  Basel-Stadt European headquarters
Biogen Baar  Zug International headquarters
Biognosys Schlieren  Zürich Global headquarters
Bristol Myers Squibb Boudry  Neuchâtel Various global functions and global product supply Functions
Caris Life Sciences Basel  Basel-Stadt European headquarters
Cerbios-Pharma Lugano  Ticino Global headquarters
Cochlear Limited Basel  Basel-Stadt European headquarters
Debiopharm Lausanne  Vaud Global headquarters
Edwards Lifesciences Nyon  Vaud European headquarters
Exact Sciences Baar  Zug International headquarters
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Saint-Prex  Vaud Pharmaceutical manufacturing site
Finox Biotech Kirchberg  Bern Global headquarters
Galderma Zug  Zug Global headquarters
Galenica Bern  Bern Global headquarters
Genedata Basel  Basel-Stadt Global headquarters
GlaxoSmithKline Münchenbuchsee  Bern Local headquarters
Helsinn Lugano  Ticino Global headquarters
Hocoma Volketswil  Zürich Global headquarters
Idorsia Allschwil  Basel-Landschaft Global headquarters
Incyte Morges  Vaud European headquarters
InSphero Schlieren  Zürich Global headquarters
Intuitive Surgical Aubonne  Vaud European headquarters
Janssen-Cilag, (Johnson & Johnson) Zug  Zug Local headquarters
Lonza Basel  Basel-Stadt Global headquarters
Masimo Neuchâtel  Neuchâtel International headquarters
Medela Baar  Zug Global headquarters
Medtronic Tolochenaz  Vaud Europe & Central Asia headquarters
Moderna Basel  Basel-Stadt EMEA headquarters[7]
Molecular Partners Schlieren  Zürich Global headquarters
MSD Lucerne  Lucerne Local headquarters and pharmaceutical manufacturing site
NBE-Therapeutics Basel  Basel-Stadt Global headquarters
Neovii Pharmaceuticals Rapperswil  St. Gallen Global headquarters
NovaCurie Bern  Bern Global headquarters
Novartis Basel  Basel-Stadt Global headquarters
Novimmune Geneva  Geneva Global headquarters
Novo Nordisk Zürich  Zürich International operations
Octapharma Lachen  Schwyz Global headquarters
OM Pharma Meyrin  Geneva Global headquarters
Roche Basel  Basel-Stadt Global headquarters
Santhera Pratteln  Basel-Landschaft Global headquarters
Seagen Zug  Zug European headquarters
Senn Chemicals Dielsdorf  Zürich Global headquarters
Siegfried Holding Zofingen, Aargau  Aargau Global headquarters and manufacturing site
Sonova Stäfa, Zürich  Zürich Global headquarters
Sotio Biotech Basel  Basel-Stadt Local subsidiary
STAAR Surgical Nidau  Bern International headquarters
Straumann Basel  Basel-Stadt Global headquarters
Takeda Pharmaceutical Zürich  Zürich Europe & Canada business unit
Tecan Männedorf  Zürich Global headquarters
VAXIMM Basel  Basel-Stadt Global headquarters
CSL Vifor St. Gallen  St. Gallen Global headquarters
Ypsomed Burgdorf  Bern Global headquarters

Life sciences

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70% of the investments in life sciences in Europe are made in the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, and Switzerland.[4][5]

In addition to pharmaceutical companies (65 companies), Switzerland is home to many companies in the fields of biotechnology (338 companies) or medical devices and technology (341 companies).[4][5] According to KPMG, there are 120 life science companies in Basel, 132 in Zürich and 92 in the Lemanic region.[4][5]

In 2013, 41 life science companies had their international headquarters (and 29 more their regional headquarters) in Switzerland.[4][5] In Switzerland, there are about 51,000 workers in the field of medical technologies (1,600 companies) and 13,700 on the field of biotechnologies.[8]

Hubs

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Basel region

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According to Le Temps, there are about 900 pharmaceutical and medtech companies (50,000 workers) in the region of Basel.[8] The region of Zurich, mainly active in medical technologies employs 21,000 workers.[8]

Lemanic region

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The former headquarters of Merck Serono in Geneva, which now hosts the Campus Biotech

According to L'Hebdo, there are 750 biotech and medtech companies (20,000 employees) in the Lemanic region.[9] Among them, 450 companies develop and/or produce drugs.[9] In addition to that, there are 500 laboratories from universities and university hospitals (in the Lemanic region).[9]

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b Stephan Vaterlaus, Stephan Suter and Barbara Fischer, "The Importance of the Pharmaceutical Industry for Switzerland", A study undertaken on behalf of Interpharma, September 2011.
  2. ^ Simoes, AJG; Hidalgo, CA. "OEC: The Observatory of Economic Complexity". oec.world. The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ Simoes, AJG; Hidalgo, CA. "OEC: Which countries export Packaged Medicaments? (2017)". oec.world. The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e Site Selection for Life Sciences Companies, European Life Sciences Cluster 2013 Report, KPMG (page visited on 4 November 2013).
  5. ^ a b c d e (in French) Willy Boder, "La Suisse compétitive dans les sciences de la vie", Le Temps, Tuesday 5 November 2013, p. 15.
  6. ^ a b c (in French) Willy Boder, "Le grand chambardement de la pharma", Le Temps, Monday 7 July 2014, page 17.
  7. ^ "Moderna: about us". (in German)
  8. ^ a b c (in French) Dejan Nikolic, "Les sciences de la vie recrutent à Genève grâce à des ex-employés de Merck Serono", Le Temps, Tuesday 21 April 2015, page 13.
  9. ^ a b c (in French) Health Valley Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, L'Hebdo, 2010.

Bibliography

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  • (in French) Karl Lüönd, Principe actif: la connaissance. Passé et présent de l'industrie pharmaceutique suisse, Interpharma and éditions Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2008.
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