Sponsors

Bayer is committed to delivering SCIENCE FOR A BETTER LIFE by advancing a portfolio of innovative treatments. The oncology franchise includes both marketed products and clinical development compounds, which reflect the company’s approach to research: prioritizing targets and pathways with the potential to impact the way that cancer is treated.

Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson MedTech, has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 100 years, from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures. Our surgical technologies and solutions include sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and haemostats along with interventional ablation, robotics and digital solutions.

Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group

is committed to presenting innovative ideas and proven practices to solve some of the most pressing problems facing the clinicians we serve.

That is why we deliver clinically relevant and economically valuable innovations to help enhance the quality of life for our patients and improve clinical outcomes.

Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company with a clear mission: to research, develop and manufacture innovative medicines that extend patients’ lives or contribute to their recovery.

Astellas is committed to creating innovative drugs with cutting-edge science that can address areas of high unmet medical needs. We aim to help patients who have no treatment options, or do not respond adequately to existing treatments.

We strive to improve and enhance quality throughout the product lifecycle, not only in drug discovery, development, production, and commercial but also in post-marketing surveillance, safety information collection, and our collaborative work with medical professionals. Astellas conducts business in more than 70 countries and regions around the world, and in addition to complying with each country and region’s laws, regulations, and guidelines, we have established a system where all employees engage in business activities with high ethical standards and a broad perspective.

AstraZeneca in Switzerland

AstraZeneca is a British pharmaceutical company that has been operating in Switzerland for almost 50 years. The company is one of the highest revenue pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland and operates in the following therapeutic areas: oncology, respiratory diseases and immunology, cardiovascular, renal and metabolic disorders plus vaccines and immunotherapies, which also includes medicines for the control of COVID-19. The primary aim of the over 250 employees is to make new medicines available to affected patients as quickly as possible. In Switzerland, over 200,000 people are being treated with an AstraZeneca medication. The company expects over 40 new therapies to be authorised by 2025. AstraZeneca has set itself the target of making the Swiss healthcare system more sustainable and more resilient. To make its contribution to a healthy planet and healthy people, the company is working tirelessly to reduce its CO2 emissions and waste. It has therefore set itself the target of becoming CO2-negative by 2030.

More information about AstraZeneca Switzerland: www.astrazeneca.ch

B. Braun Medical AG is a subsidiary of the internationally active B. Braun Group.

With more than 5,000 products, the family-owned company headquartered in Melsungen (D) is one of the largest suppliers in the global healthcare market.

The B. Braun Group employs 64,317 people in 64 countries, including 1,100 in Switzerland.

Corza Medical is a global provider of medical devices and biosurgery products that serve surgeons and their teams.

We have an expanding platform of industry-leading brands that include TachoSil^® sealant matrix, Quill^® barbed sutures, Sharpoint^™ and Look^™surgical sutures, Sharpoint^™ ophthalmic knives, Katena® ophthalmic instruments and devices, as well as Pearsalls and FSSB OEM solutions. Corza Medical is committed to delivering an exceptional customer experience, high-quality products and outstanding value to the entire surgical community.

Founded in 2011, Duxomed SA is recognized as one of the leading Swiss distributors of single-use medical devices essential for healthcare facilities. With its experience and holistic approach to customer relations, the company has built a wide range of products to cover the needs of healthcare professionals.

With more than 1,000 products listed in its catalogs, Duxomed SA offers you the possibility of creating your own DUXOPACK or medical set, entirely personalized, and accompanies you in your search for the professional equipment that suits you, to carry out your work in the best conditions.

Our goal is to provide products of the highest quality by excelling in supply chain and product management. This ensures that our customers receive medical devices that meet current standards and respect patient safety. Duxomed is particularly appreciated for its responsiveness at every stage and to every customer.

We are a Boston-based medical device company that manufacturers minimally-invasive surgical stapling technologies. With the highest standards in design engineering and smart manufacturing, our specialized team is committed to delivering disruptive innovation to health care providers and their patients.

Nestlé Health Science was founded in 2011. From newborn babies to the most senior citizens, we provide nutrition and nourishment where it’s needed most. Through extensive research and development, working with healthcare providers and focusing on innovation, we’re bringing the latest advances in nutrition to the world, because we’re committed to customers, patients and caregivers everywhere. We’ll help them live their lives at their best—that’s a promise.

At MSD Merck, Sharp & Dohme, known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA in the United States and Canada, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than 130 years, we have brought hope to humanity through the development of important medicines and vaccines. We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world – and today, we are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. We foster a diverse and inclusive global workforce and operate responsibly every day to enable a safe, sustainable and healthy future for all people and communities.

Servier is a global pharmaceutical group governed by a Foundation. With a strong international presence in 150 countries and a total revenue of 4.7 billion euros in 2021, Servier employs 21,800 people worldwide. Servier is an independent group that invests over 20% of its brand-name revenue in Research and Development every year. To accelerate therapeutic innovation for the benefit of patients, the Group is committed to open and collaborative innovation with academic partners, pharmaceutical groups, and biotech companies. It also integrates the patient’s voice at the heart of its activities. A leader in cardiology, the ambition of the Servier Group is to become a renowned and innovative player in oncology. Its growth is based on a sustained commitment to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, oncology, neuroscience and immuno-inflammatory diseases. To promote access to healthcare for all, the Servier Group also offers a range of quality generic drugs covering most pathologies. Our group’s commitment is to continuously ensure the quality of our drugs and to monitor side effects and risks to patient safety, such as misuse, medication errors and off-label use.

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services that help improve patient and hospital outcomes.

The DACH Medical Group is a medical device distribution company, dedicated to the distribution of medical devices in the markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Since it was founded, the DACH Medical Group has been your reliable companion in medical technology. Responsible and sustainable action is part of our philosophy and our guideline for decisions. With an average of 25 years’ experience and a broad horizon background, our employees form the heart and foundation of the DACH Medical Group. In the entire D/A/CH region, our team supports clinics directly on site in the field of medical technology. Whether innovations, delivery bottlenecks, medical technology challenges, our team is there for you.

Your anchor even in troubled times.

Intuitive, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California (USA), is a global leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery. For the past 28 years, Intuitive has designed and manufactured several generations of da Vinci Surgical Systems. Today, Intuitive’s 4th-generation da Vinci surgical systems advance minimally invasive surgery across a wide spectrum of surgical procedures.By uniting advanced systems, progressive learning, and value-enhancing services, we help physicians and their teams optimize care delivery to support the best outcomes possible. At Intuitive, we envision a future of care that is less invasive and profoundly better, where diseases are identified early and treated quickly, so patients can get back to what matters most.

MEDtube is a video-centric social eLearning platform for Healthcare Professionals exclusively. It is free to use by the HCP community worldwide (registration is required to benefit from all the website’s peer-rewieved educational content and tools). In 2023 the library reached 25,000+ medical materials and the community exceeded 350,000+ professional subscribers (global audience). The library contains of medical videos, images, cases, animations, eCourses with tests, documents, presentations, webinars, case-reports and other professional materials in all medical specialties