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Swiss-American Alcon Inc.’s acoltremon ophthalmic solution, Tryptyr, has received a green signal from the US Food and Drug Administration to treat dry eye disease.
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Alcon’s medicine for dry eye disease gets approval from US regulator

HQ Team May 29, 2025: Swiss-American Alcon Inc.’s acoltremon ophthalmic solution, Tryptyr, has received a green signal from the US Food and Drug.

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Long-standing allies and new contributors have stepped up funding to the cash-strapped World Health Organization with a total of $170 million.
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Governments, philanthropic partners pledge $170 million to WHO

HQ Team May 21, 2025: Long-standing allies and new contributors have stepped up funding to the cash-strapped World Health Organization with a total.

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Switzerland’s pharmaceutical company, Novartis AG,  will acquire Regulus Therapeutics for about $1.7 billion to get access to a drug to treat a genetic kidney disease called autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
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Novartis buys Regulus for $1.7b to grab genetic kidney disease drug

HQ Team April 30, 2025: Switzerland’s pharmaceutical company, Novartis AG,  will acquire Regulus Therapeutics for about $1.7 billion to get access to a.

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Swiss healthcare multinational F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG will invest $50 billion in the US over the next five years to expand its research and manufacturing facilities.
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Roche to invest $50 billion in US over next five years to expand capacity

HQ Team April 22, 2025: Swiss healthcare multinational F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG will invest $50 billion in the US over the next five.

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Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca Plc., and Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo’s therapy to treat a certain form of breast cancer has been approved by the US drug regulator in the adult population. 
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AstraZeneca-Daiichi’s breast cancer drug gets broader US nod

Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca Plc., and Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo’s therapy to treat a certain form of breast cancer has been approved by the US drug.

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Switzerland’s F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG will buy US-based biopharmaceutical company Poseida Therapeutics for $1.5 billion, according to a statement from the Basel-headquartered company.
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Roche to acquire US-based Poseida Therapeutics for $1.5 billion

Switzerland’s F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG will buy US-based biopharmaceutical company Poseida Therapeutics for $1.5 billion, according to a statement from the Basel-headquartered company.

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British-Swedish AstraZeneca’s drug for treatment of a form of blood cancer has been granted a Priority Review in the US by the drug regulator.
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AstraZeneca’s experimental blood cancer drug gets US priority review

British-Swedish AstraZeneca’s drug for treatment of a form of blood cancer has been granted a Priority Review in the US by the drug.

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Switzerland’s Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. will receive $1.25 million from its partner Pfizer Inc. after the latter exceeded the sales target for a licensed anti-fungal drug in the Asia-Pacific region and China.
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Basilea Pharmaceutica to get $1.25m license fee from Pfizer

Switzerland’s Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. will receive $1.25 million from its partner Pfizer Inc. after the latter exceeded the sales target for a licensed.

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Ascidian Therapeutics, a US-based biotechnology company announced a $42 million research pact with Swiss multinational Roche AG for developing gene editing therapies.
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Roche to pay $42 million to Ascidian to make RNA exon editing drugs

Ascidian Therapeutics, a US-based biotechnology company announced a $42 million research pact with Swiss multinational Roche AG for developing gene editing therapies.

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Cordis, a US-based medical device maker, has acquired Switzerland’s MedAlliance for up to $1.1 billion to expand its product portfolio.
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Cordis acquires medical device maker MedAlliance for $1.1 billion

HQ Team October 2, 2023: Cordis, a US-based medical device maker, has acquired Switzerland’s MedAlliance for up to $1.1 billion to expand its.

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