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US court confirms Roche judgement

This content was published on Feb 18, 2002 The judge also confirmed the decision forbidding IGEN to use technological improvements made by Roche to the American firm’s diagnostic ECL technology. Roche said it would now launch an appeal against the ruling. “We are disappointed,” said Manfred Maier of Roche Diagnostics Lab Network, “Roche has invested much money, time and resources in the marketing…

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Fifes and drums in Basel

This content was published on Feb 18, 2002

Olympic round-up: Swiss men curling towards semi-finals

This content was published on Feb 18, 2002 As pressure mounts in the men’s curling competition with just one more qualifying game to be played, the Swiss team look likely to qualify for a berth in the semi-finals. Swiss skipper Andreas Schwaller and his colleagues had little difficulty in overwhelming the French, who never mounted a serious challenge during Sunday’s contest at the…

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Silver and bronze for Swiss bobsleigh teams

This content was published on Feb 18, 2002 Both of Switzerland’s bobsleigh teams capped a day of close racing at the Park City track – losing by just nine hundredths of a second to gold medallists Germany 1. The crew of Switzerland 1 – piloted by Christian Reich and his brakeman Steve Anderhub – pushed the fancied German team to their limit over…

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Swiss speak in different tongues

This content was published on Feb 18, 2002 With foreigners now accounting for 20.5 per cent of the population, recent arrivals have brought with them their own mother tongues to throw into the country’s linguistic melting pot. While German, French and Italian remain top of the heap, English only comes in eighth place behind Serbo-Croat, Albanian, Portuguese and Spanish in a list of…

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Gold in the air for Swiss freestyler

This content was published on Feb 17, 2002 With two near-perfect jumps in Saturday’s qualification round, Leu flew into a league of her own, sparking hopes of another Swiss gold. Leu, who lives in canton Zurich, scored an unbeatable 103.74 points with her first jump at the Deer Valley Olympic venue. After leading with her first jump – a triple somersault with double…

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Nobody beats Bucher

This content was published on Feb 17, 2002 The 800 metre world champion, who hails from canton Lucerne, covered his specialist distance in a time of 1’47″48. Bucher set the pace in what was his second indoor appearance of the new athletics season, crossing the finishing line just ahead of his nearest rival, Botswana’s Glody Dube, who ended the race on 1’47″79. South…

Lugano crash out of Swiss Cup

This content was published on Feb 17, 2002 Lugano’s departure from the annual competition was the only real upset of the weekend, which saw rivals Young Boys, Basel, FC Zurich, Lausanne and Grasshoppers all sail through to the quarter-finals of the tournament. Lausanne, who will be fighting to avoid relegation from the top division in the springtime, made easy work of their opponents,…

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Calling doctor fish

This content was published on Feb 17, 2002 Patients in the spa town of Bad Ragaz, canton St Gallen, are the first in Switzerland to test the effectiveness of the so-called “doctor fish”, or Garra Rufa, against skin complaints. The therapy works by submerging the affected skin area for two hours in warm, thermal water filled with 40 to 80 fish, which gently…

Schnyder fails to reach Antwerp finals

This content was published on Feb 17, 2002 On Saturday, the 23-year-old Basel-based player suffered a three-set defeat (6-1, 3-6, 4-6) at the hands of her Belgian opponent, Justine Henin. Henin, last year’s Wimbledon finalist, initially struggled to find her rhythm as she dropped her serve twice in the first set and hit several unforced errors to hand her Swiss opponent the first…

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