AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoSwiss immigration cap fight: Swiss business leaders and unions are mobilising ahead of Sunday’s vote on the SVP’s “No to a Switzerland with 10 million!” population cap, warning it could worsen labour shortages across sectors like healthcare, construction and hotels and strain EU market access. Local AI privacy push: Custodia launched Sentinel, a standalone personal AI device that keeps document analysis local and off the internet, aiming at sensitive work in life sciences, finance and advisory. Biotech setback in Parkinson’s: Bial discontinued BIA 28-6156 after its Phase 2b ACTIVATE study in GBA-associated Parkinson’s missed primary and key secondary efficacy endpoints, though safety looked acceptable. Precision medicine in dry eye: Oculis randomised the first patient in PREDICT-1, a genotype-based registrational trial of licaminlimab targeting a TNFR1 subgroup. Swiss tech targets: SoftwareOne outlined 2030 goals, betting on AI efficiencies and the Crayon integration to drive margin and cash-flow. Materials & sustainability (watchmaking): Bangalore Watch Company unveiled Peninsula Carbon, a limited-edition mechanical watch using dials made from captured carbon and industrial waste streams. Global science note: A new study links ozone-replacement chemicals and certain anesthetics to rising “forever chemical” TFA pollution worldwide.
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