2017 CTI Swiss Medtech Award: Boosting the immune system in cancer patients
Berne, 13.6.2017 - The 2017 CTI Swiss Medtech Award, presented at the Swiss Medtech Day on 13 June, has gone to the biotech company MaxiVAX. MaxiVAX and the Geneva University Hospitals received the CHF 15,000 prize for developing a new vaccine designed to help the immune system in cancer patients fight their own tumor cells. The award was presented by Federal Councillor Johann N. Schneider-Ammann before around 600 guests in the Kursaal, Bern.