Swiss health NGO Public Eye has launched a campaign calling for Swiss authorities to combat the exploding cost of lifesaving medications by taking on the pharma companies.
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche on Friday said it has completed its acquisition of US oncology data leader Flatiron Health, a tech upstart that has runs a huge platform of cancer patient records.
The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to Roche for its FoundationOne CDx personalized diagnostic cancer test, the Swiss group said on Monday.
The controversial weedkiller glyphosate, which is used by Monsanto in its herbicide Roundup, is "unlikely" to cause cancer, a
United Nations finding said on Monday, in a blow to critics who have called for its ban.
From wages to welfare, we've picked out ten stats from the country's and the world's top institutions, drawing out figures that give a fascinating snapshot of Switzerland today.
India on Monday denied revoking additional patents related to Roche Holding's breast cancer drug Herceptin, saying the Swiss pharma failed to follow legal procedures so the applications lapsed.
<p><span lang="EN-US">People in Switzerland are living longer, according to new statistics showing that cardiovascular diseases, cancer and dementia are the country's three most common causes of death</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">A Swiss anti-cancer </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">association has launched a new national cancer programme for 2011-2015 to help stop the disease from spreading</span>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">The Swiss are 40 times more likely than people elsewhere in Europe to develop the most dangerous form of skin cancer, according to new research.</span></p>
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