About associationStakeholders & mission
Founded in 1998, the Swiss Biotech Association represents the Swiss biotech industry, advocates for favorable framework conditions, and facilitates access to talent, technology, and capital. Under the Swiss Biotech™ brand, it collaborates with partners and life sciences clusters worldwide to strengthen and promote the industry.
Our stakeholders
The Swiss Biotech Directory lists more than 1,700 companies, reflecting both the rapid growth, as well as the diversity of this vibrant economic sector. The Swiss biotech industry has built one of the most densely populated and comprehensive biotech ecosystems worldwide.
Highly specialized clinical research organizations, manufacturers, suppliers and technical consultants complement, support, and advise biotech companies which focus on the development of their proprietary product pipelines.
Many of the globally leading CROs and suppliers have selected Switzerland as their international headquarter, and Swiss biotech companies benefit from the proximity of Roche and Novartis and numerous international pharma companies. Increasingly, international companies select Switzerland as their hub for the production of highly complex biologics, peptides and cell products. International investors and industry specialists alike, value the numerous advantages Switzerland offers.
Empowering biotechs
Association chapters, managed by the Swiss Biotech Association with the support of specialists in the area of expertise, serve digital & health technologies, diagnostics & lab automation and industrial biotech, as well as legal, tax & accounting.
Key focus areas managed by the Swiss Biotech Association team and board, with social responsibility across all of them.
Biotech industry segments
Cross-industry expertise
Event platforms
Our event platforms offer networking opportunities for executives and professionals to discuss their needs in a relaxed, peer-to-peer setting. In a fast-evolving industry, face-to-face interactions accelerate innovation, strengthen partnerships and shape the future of the Swiss biotech community.
Swiss Biotech Day
For international networking at one of the leading global biotech conferences, with thousands of guests.
Swiss biotech CEO meetings
The exclusive and informal networking event for Swiss R&D biotech CEOs.
Swiss biotech CFO meetings
To openly share and discuss unique requirements as a CFO in the biotech sector.
Swiss biotech CMC/quality control meetings
Enable CMC specialists to exchange experiences, avoid pitfalls and optimize manufacturing outsourcing.
Swiss biotech CSO/CMO meetings
Gathering Swiss biotech CSOs to discuss R&D trends in translational medicine and share best practices.
Swiss biotech HR leaders meetings
A day to shape business culture, leadership, and talent management in the biotech industry.
Annual report 2025
Record membership strengthens the association’s impact and influence.
The Swiss Biotech Association reached a record 659 members by the end of 2025, welcoming more than 100 new members annually for three consecutive years. This sustained growth reflects increasing trust in the association’s work, enhances its financial flexibility, and strengthens its position with policymakers and international partners.
Our members
These members benefit from a cost-effective marketing opportunity, with their logos featured on our communication tools, for a year or permanently.
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