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Generic drugs market soars

This content was published on Jan 22, 2007 But the report, published on Monday by Interpharma, highlighted slower overall growth across the pharmaceutical industry, and falling medicine prices. In 2006 the Swiss pharmaceutical industry generated SFr4.2 billion ($3.36 billion) in revenue. This represents a 1.9 per cent rise on the previous year, compared with 3.8 per cent in 2005. Meanwhile, the average price…

Doctors sound alarm over television

This content was published on Jan 22, 2007 In the latest edition of the health booklet distributed to parents, they advise that children should not sit in front of a screen for more than seven to ten hours a week. “When some toddlers tell me about the film they just watched before coming to school, the mind boggles,” said one teacher in Zurich,…

Swiss technology travels to outer space

This content was published on Jan 19, 2007 Swiss industry and research institutes have regularly supplied parts and instruments for the spacecraft and probes that travel across the solar system. By 1960, the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States had well and truly extended into space. Three years earlier, the Russians had launched the first satellite, and now the…

Swiss archaeologist digs up West Africa’s past

This content was published on Jan 18, 2007 The sensational find by Geneva University’s Eric Huysecom and his international research team, at Ounjougou near the Unesco-listed Bandiagara cliffs, reveals important information about man’s interaction with nature. The age of the sediment in which they were found suggests that the six ceramic fragments – discovered between 2002 and 2005 – are at least 11,400…

How ethics can shape business

This content was published on Jan 14, 2007 But when profits alone are decisive for so called ethical business practices, it is the law of the jungle that applies, says business ethics expert Ulrich Thielemann in an interview with swissinfo. Thielemann is deputy director of the Institute for Business Ethics at St Gallen University. swissinfo: Is business ethics just a buzzword? Ulrich Thielemann:…

Bird flu ban remains despite migration shift

This content was published on Jan 11, 2007 Some waterfowl that would normally winter in Switzerland have stayed away because of the unseasonably mild temperatures across northern Europe. In October last year the government introduced an outdoor ban on poultry kept within a one-kilometre radius of major Swiss lakes and rivers. This is due to remain in force until April 30. The restrictions…

Rockslides

This content was published on Jan 11, 2007

Award-winning biologist owes success to worms

This content was published on Jan 11, 2007 Hengartner, a Swiss who grew up in Canada and began his research career in the United States, told swissinfo that if he has enjoyed some success so far, it was because others were prepared to give him a chance. The prize was handed over at a ceremony in the capital, Bern, on Thursday. His work…

Threatened fish named “animal of the year”

This content was published on Jan 8, 2007 Pro Natura, the country’s leading conservation agency, which accorded the fish the honour, warned that it faced an uncertain future owing to loss of habitat. Traditionally found in lower-lying areas of Switzerland, the common grayling prefers fast-flowing, oxygen-rich, gravel-bottomed waterways in which to live and breed. But, according to Pro Natura, these conditions are proving…

Space specialist dreams of new life forms

This content was published on Jan 7, 2007 Nicollier, the only non-American to have been given mission specialist status by Nasa, tells swissinfo how the film highlights his passion for science fiction and his belief that life can be found all over the universe. The film, shot by his niece Maria Nicollier, aims to show not only the adventures of the 62-year-old astronaut,…

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