Number of animals used in lab tests up slightly
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The number of animals used for testing medical products in Switzerland rose 1.5% in 2007, to over 724,000. None were used to test cosmetics.Number of...
View ArticleCompetition Commission to look into cosmetics price-fixing
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Comco, the Swiss Competition Commission, has agreed to look into the price discussions held by Ascopa, the main cosmetics and perfume industry...
View ArticleVenture award to company with UV filter for cosmetics
GenevaLunch News Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - A young Swiss company, Blueshift, has won the Venture award offered by McKinsey, a competition that saw 283 companies participate in 2010....
View ArticleSwitzerland hosts 1st int’l meeting on medicinal mountain plants
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland is host to the world’s first symposium on medicinal and herbal mountain plants, in Saas Fee, canton Valais, starting 5 July. Experts from around the...
View ArticleBusiness: airlines, Coty, LeShop, Solar Impulse, Roche
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Business highlights Wednesday 4 April include: Iata, the airline industry organization, says that traffic increased in February, up 8.6 percent for passenger...
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