Growth of Swiss biotech sector exceeds 5% in 2015 – financing at record level

13 April 2016

The Swiss biotech industry can look back upon a successful 2015: net sales of 279 companies increased by 5.1% to 5,133 million Swiss francs ($5.4 billion).

Capital investment increased by one fourth to a record high of 907 million francs. As in previous years, a number of new companies were founded and around400 new jobs created. The future also looks promising: high-calibre innovation networks are laying the foundation for a large number of patents that will pay dividends in the next years to come.

The Swiss Biotech Report presented to the public today shows the favorable economic development of the pharmaceutical biotech sector ('red biotechnology' or 'biotech healthcare') last year.

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