Cluster: Health Economy

Chocolate bounty: Ghana at war against cocoa smugglers

This content was published on Nov 5, 2025 The Swiss chocolate industry's main supplier of cocoa beans fights cocoa smuggling with new rewards for informants and support for farmers.

Confederation strengthens measures against antibiotic resistance

Health systems

Switzerland to strengthen measures against antibiotic resistance

This content was published on Nov 3, 2025 The federal government intends to strengthen measures against antibiotic resistance and support hospitals in setting up appropriate programmes.

Agribusiness

Coop overtakes Migros in battle of Swiss food retailers

This content was published on Nov 3, 2025 Coop now has a 43% market share in the food retail sector, overtaking the former Swiss number one, Migros.

Objection solution has undesirable side effects according to study

Research frontiers

Study: opt-out organ donation has undesirable side effects

This content was published on Nov 2, 2025 A study finds the opt-out organ donation system leads to fewer organ donations from living individuals.

Companies are developing pills to make it easier to administer weight-loss drugs rather than injections.

Healthcare innovation

The race to launch a pill for weight loss

This content was published on Oct 30, 2025 Despite success with injectable drugs pharma companies are investing heavily in tablets, long considered the holy grail of obesity medicine.

Agribusiness

Nestlé rejects allegations of human rights violations in supply chain

This content was published on Oct 30, 2025 Nestlé denies human rights abuse claims in its supply chain.

Healthcare innovation

‘Our goal is to make the fastest and most significant impact on patients’

This content was published on Oct 25, 2025 HAYA Therapeutics CEO Samir Ounzain says his niche therapy for heart disease could change the world of medicine.

Harvesting coffee in Alfenas, Brazil, in July. The country is the world’s largest coffee producer.

Agribusiness

Coffee production may be imperiled as forests are destroyed for more crops

This content was published on Oct 24, 2025 A new report by an industry watchdog adds to growing scientific consensus that as forests are felled to make way for coffee farms, rainfall decreases and crops are more likely to fail.

Health systems

Switzerland charts new course on gender medicine despite headwinds

This content was published on Oct 23, 2025 Gender medicine is fighting to go mainstream, but funding gaps and political pushback are making it very hard.

Farmers' organisation sees improvement in EU treaty package

Agribusiness

Swiss farmers’ union applauds progress on EU treaty package

This content was published on Oct 22, 2025 Swiss Farmers' Union is positive about progress in EU treaty deal but has not taken a definitive position on it.

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