The idea is simple: a transport service that’s so good, you’ll never need a car again. It’s what Finnish startup MaaS Global Oy has been working toward since 2015. The company has developed a mobile app, Whim, that’s already being used in several European cities and in Tokyo.
Within the Swiss asylum system, a working group chaired by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) has urged for greater detection and help for prospective victims of human trafficking. "The discovery and recognition of potential victims of human trafficking is the first and one of the
Medical medications remain more expensive in Switzerland than in other major European markets, particularly generic medications, which are nearly twice as expensive. Patented medications are also more expensive. The exchange rate, according to Santésuisse and Interpharma, umbrella organizations for Swiss insurers and pharmaceutical research businesses, is
Some 14,000 children and teenagers were put on the scales during the 2019-2020 school year, with 17.1% of them recorded as overweight, the Swiss Health Promotion body said. Overweight in this case means a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 25, the association said. Some 4.2% were
Switzerland refused to sign a new treaty with the European Union, threatening its relationship with its biggest trading partner. The Swiss government said the two sides weren’t able to bridge differences on state aid and wage protections, which it described as “key concerns for Switzerland,” in a statement
Swiss voters will soon determine whether or not synthetic pesticides should be outright banned. Are the assertions made by proponents and opponents of the ban accurate? And what is the true effect of pesticides on the population? Let's take a look at the truth.Swiss people
For several years, rubber from old tyres has been used in road building in the United States and Bavaria. Swiss scientists are now looking into whether this type of recycling could be implemented in the country. In Switzerland, about 70,000 tonnes of scrap tyres are produced
Vicky Safra and her children are now owners of Switzerland’s J. Safra Sarasin and Brazil’s Banco Safra. Vicky Sarfaty had just turned 17 when she married the man who would become the world’s richest banker. Five decades later, she’s now the guardian of the vast Safra fortune, built over 180 years
The Supreme Court turned away a petition that sought to challenge two Amgen Inc. patents on the top-selling rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel, ensuring Novartis AG’s Sandoz unit won’t be able to sell a biosimilar of the drug in the U.S. until 2029. The justices declined to hear arguments by Sandoz,
Philip Morris International Inc. is facing a possible import ban of its IQOS heated-tobacco sticks to the U.S. after it lost the first round of a legal trade battle with British American Tobacco Plc. Philip Morris and Altria Group Inc. infringes two patents owned by BAT’s subsidiary Reynolds American Inc., International
