The Local Switzerland

How the cost of health insurance in Switzerland depends on where you live

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:41:51 +0100

With just over a week to go until you can change your health insurance provider, we’ve broken down the regional differences in health insurance costs. Spoiler alert: in some places, you’ll pay more than double.

Swiss pharma giant buys US sickle cell lab

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 09:27:32 +0100

Swiss-based pharmaceuticals giant Novartis said on Monday it was acquiring Selexys Pharmaceuticals Corp., a US research lab in blood and inflammatory disorders, in a deal costing up to $665 million (627 million euros).

Swiss pharma in hot water over South Korea violations

Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:39:53 +0200

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis risks seeing some of its medicines banned in South Korea after company executives were charged with offering illegal discounts to doctors, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

Tap water less risky than bottled water: study

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:08:00 +0200

A Swiss doctors group has revived concerns about bottled water with a new study that shows it is safer to drink water out of the tap, although the results have been contested.

Swiss medics face ban on new practices

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:38:00 +0100

The lower house of the Swiss parliament has voted in favour of reintroducing a three-year limit on the number of licences issued to specialist doctors.

Germany paying for Switzerland's doctors

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:30:30 +0200

One in three hospital doctors in Switzerland was educated abroad, a fact that has especially irked German healthcare professionals weary of watching their talented colleagues slip over the border.