The Lake Geneva region, and the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in particular, is fertile territory for medical technology research and the creation of start-ups.

Expectations are high about the impact of the Human Brain Project, an ambitious €1 billion (CHF1.2 billion) programme funded by the European Union exploring new ways of mapping the human brain and led by a team at the EPFL. Observers say western Switzerland’s so-called ‘Health Valley’ stretching from canton Valais via Lausanne to Geneva should benefit enormously from this future initiative. (RTS-swissinfo.ch)