To reward Technology and Innovation
The Industry Price was initially created by the town of Geneva in 1985. Its objective is to honour and promote innovating companies in Geneva within the industry sector who knows how to readapt them-selves as time goes by. In 1991, the Price gets more important and it is now the canton of Geneva who takes over with the help of OPI. This year, the Price was given to Franck Muller Watchland SA by Mr. Jean-Luc Favre, president of the Jury. NovImmune was rewarded by the Young Industry Price.
These prices were given on the 15th of October 2009 at the Economic Event organised by the CCIG.
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The Industry price
Merck Serono, innovation for health
Merck Serono, headquartered in Geneva, is the division for innovative prescription pharmaceuticals of Merck KGaA, pharmaceutical and chemical company based in Darmstadt (Germany). Merck Serono discovers, develops, produces and markets innovative medicines to help patients whose medical needs are unmet. Merck Serono has expertise in both drugs obtained by chemical synthesis and those derived from biotechnology.
Merck Serono put leading medicines at disposal to patients in the fields of oncology, multiple sclerosis, infertility, endocrine and metabolic and cardio-metabolic disease, and devote an annual budget of about billion Euros in Research & Development.
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www.merckserono.com
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The Young Industry Price
id Quantique
id Quantique, the innovation for securing data
id Quantique is a Geneva-based company innovating in the field of high technologies. It is mainly active in securing corporate networks, where its technology of quantum cryptography can achieve unparalleled security. Its clients are primarily in the banking and financial services as well as government services, and this in the whole world. It also sells laboratory instruments and generators of random numbers. The company has recently reorganized into three divisions to better serve customers in these markets and to clarify its position. Founded in 2001, it currently employs about fifteen people at its premises in Carouge.
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www.idquantique.com
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