Centre for Life Sciences

Due to its marked ability to adapt and power of innovation, there have been internationally extremely successful companies based in Basel for decades, and some even for centuries.

Thanks to numerous spin-offs and new start-ups, today’s Basel is one of the most important international biotech locations, and as the leading life sciences location in Switzerland, as well as a link between the location of Switzerland and the tri-national «BioValley», which extends from Basel as far as Strasbourg.

An important role is also played by the numerous public and private research institutes, which are active in basic and applied research.

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