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From London to Lausanne: how Isomorphic Labs is rewriting drug discovery
2026-01-30
Google DeepMind spin-off Isomorphic Labs is building an AI drug design engine that it believes can “solve” all diseases. We spoke to its Chief Technology Officer in Lausanne about Switzerland’s key role, AI hype, and what it will take to cure cancer. In 2013, Sergei Yakneen was on the fast track to a brilliant tech …
Swiss watch exports continued to fall in 2025
2026-01-29
Swiss watch manufacturers sold slightly fewer timepieces abroad last year, with exports to China and Hong Kong suffering a hard fall. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Exports to the United States were more or less stable. Swiss manufacturers exported a total of CHF25.6 billion worth of watches, stated the …
Renewable power growth must accelerate, warns Swiss energy office
2025-12-15
The transformation of the Swiss energy system is progressing too slowly. Switzerland needs to double its current use of renewable energies – not including hydropower – to meet the national target set for 2035. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This warning came on Monday from the seventh monitoring report …
How we use AI responsibly
2025-12-11
Swissinfo’s mission is to deliver high-quality, multilingual content to our users. We are committed to providing accurate and accessible content. To support this mission, our editorial team sometimes uses AI-tools to support producing and publishing articles. For example, using automatic translation allows us to deliver news more quickly and allows us to publish more in-depth …
Swiss insurance group Helvetia Baloise to cut 2,600 jobs
2025-12-09
The newly merged insurance group Helvetia Baloise is expected to cut between 2,000 and 2,600 jobs over the next three years. The Group informed employees on Tuesday about the planned scope of the redundancies. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This was explained by a company spokesperson at the request of …
Swiss pharma exports to Russia continue despite war
2025-10-21
More than three and a half years after Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, exports of the Swiss pharmaceutical industry to Russia remain largely stable. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Companies justify this with their responsibility towards patients, but there is no shortage of criticism. According to figures from the Federal Customs …
First outbreak of lumpy skin disease in cattle near Geneva
2025-08-25
A first outbreak of cattle skin nodule disease (Lumpy Skin Disease) has been discovered in France, just over the border from Switzerland. The cattle on the infected farm have to be slaughtered. There have been no cases of this disease in Switzerland to date. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox …
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