Open AccessThe Swiss Biotech Association (SBA) and Unitectra, the Joint Tech Transfer Organization of the Universities of Basel, Bern and Zurich – Two Organizations Initiated and Fostered by Oreste Ghisalba
Author(s) -
Herbert Reutimann
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2020.360
Subject(s) - management , technology transfer , microbiology and biotechnology , association (psychology) , business , political science , economics , biology , international trade , psychology , psychotherapist
Giving a voice to the small- and medium-sized biotech enterprises (SME) and putting Swiss biotechnology on the World map were important goals of Oreste Ghisalba when conceiving the Swiss Biotech Association (SBA). The SBA foundation was supported by the technology transfer office (TTO) Unitectra, which Ghisalba also initiated and which was instrumental in his endeavors to foster the collaboration between Swiss universities and the private sector. Laying the foundations for both the SBA and for Unitectra are major achievements of this visionary thinker.