23.03.2026From the cleanroom to the market

Prof. Simon Hoerstrup, Director of the IREM and Co-Director of Wyss Zurich, discusses the challenges of translating research into real-world therapies, as Wyss Zurich supports promising biotech startups through the difficult and costly transition from university to industry, an effort that, after ten years, is beginning to yield its first therapeutic successes, as seen at the heart of the foundation in its cleanroom laboratory.