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Serono gets long-awaited approval for Rebif

This content was published on Mar 8, 2002 The Geneva-based group called the decision from the US Food and Drugs Administration an important milestone for the company. Serono invested $30 million in the fourth quarter of 2001 to prepare Rebif for sale in the US. Rebif’s launch has been blocked due to the marketing exclusivity of the rival drug, Avonex, made by Biogen.…

Scientists complete ant-thology

This content was published on Mar 8, 2002 Scientists say antbase.org provides access to a wide range of information from distribution data to original descriptions, images and, where available, gene sequence. “Ants are very important ecologically,” said Swiss scientist, Donat Agosti, who has played a major role in the list’s compilation. “In an Amazon rain forest, ants make up about 15 per cent…

Wage gap wider among professionals

This content was published on Mar 8, 2002 On average, women earn 21.3 per cent less than their male colleagues for the same job, according to the study by the University of St Gallen. Generally, lower qualifications, less work experience and women’s interruption of their careers for maternity and child care are cited as reasons for the lower pay. However, the St Gallen…

Gene centre opens in Zurich

This content was published on Mar 4, 2002 The Functional Genomics Centre, jointly funded by Zurich University and the Federal Institute of Technology is expected to give a major boost to cutting-edge research. “We have been able to acquire the latest technology available,” said Professor Josef Jiricny, director of the university’s Institute of Medical Radiobiology. “By pooling resources, we have been able to…

Tumour targeting goes to clinical trials

This content was published on Mar 1, 2002 Clinical trials are now underway to see whether they can achieve the same success in humans that they have had with animals. Professor Dario Neri from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich told swissinfo that his collaboration with the Cancer Research Institute in Genoa could yield enough information by the end of the year…

ABB to trim real estate, other holdings

This content was published on Mar 1, 2002 The power and automation technology group, based in Zurich, has been rocked by a number of recent setbacks. “We will achieve a turnaround by improving our operational result. We will also reduce our portfolio and make disinvestments, particularly in real estate,” Centerman told the weekly “Cash” newspaper. The cost-reduction programme includes “structural adjustments in sales…

Envisat goes into orbit

This content was published on Mar 1, 2002 Scientists from the 14 countries, including Switzerland, which have cooperated on the project, breathed a collective sigh of relief after the long-delayed launch finally went ahead without a hitch. The €2.3 billion (SFr3.4 billion) spacecraft carries ten scientific instruments, which will monitor land, oceans, atmosphere and ice caps for signs of pollution and climate change.…

Racism fund receives ringing endorsement

This content was published on Feb 26, 2002 The fund, approved by the Swiss government last year, is the first of its kind, and will provide SFr3.4 million a year until 2005 to prevent racism and to help victims of racial abuse. Ideas for projects were invited from all regions of Switzerland; of the 175 submitted, 40 were judged worthy of financial support.…

Europe’s largest satellite prepares for lift-off

This content was published on Feb 23, 2002 Fourteen countries including Switzerland have cooperated on the €2.3 billion (SFr3.4 billion) project. The eight-tonne satellite, known as Envisat, is the size of an articulated lorry. It has 10 instruments on board that will monitor environmental changes. During its five-year life, the satellite will circle the earth every 100 minutes, gathering data on global changes…

Art takes a quantum leap

This content was published on Feb 22, 2002 “Signatures of the Invisible”, which will run at the city’s Contemporary Art Centre until May 12, is the result of a joint project between CERN, the Geneva-based European Nuclear Research Centre, and the London Institute, the world’s largest college of art and design. During 1999 and 2000, some of the world’s foremost physicists collaborated with…

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