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Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine

May 2019

HGF are delighted to have been appointed as the IP service provider for the Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine (sitem-insel) and we are looking forward to start working with the researchers and spin-out companies that will be located there.

HGF will be located at sitem-insel in Bern from the beginning of May. Partner Mike Nelson and Patent Director Marie-Louise Jardle will all be available regularly to provide strategic advice.

sitem-insel will operate from dedicated, purpose-built facilities on the Campus of Bern University Hospital (Inselspital). The organisation’s aims are to facilitate and promote sustainable medical innovation through efficient interaction between patients, competent clinicians, the private sector, regulatory authorities and legal counsellors.

For more information visit https://sitem-insel.ch/en/ or contact Mike Nelson in our Basel office.

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