PHARMA INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS

Your partner for innovative and integrative scientific

solutions for R&D projects

Swiss Integrative Center for Human Health SA

blueFACTORY | Passage du Cardinal 13B | 1700 Fribourg | +41 26 300 65 01 | info@sichh.ch | www.sichh.ch
 CUSTOM
R&D
SOLUTIONS
Flexible, on demand Research & Development Solutions
HOW WE WORK
The center is designed to substantially boost your
innovation process by granting you access to our
blend of confirmed experts and high-end technology
equipment. To address a wide range of R&D
challenges, we broaden your horizons in valuable and
long-term academic interactions and high-level
Consulting Research & Development
Unique Combination of Skills and Technologies
HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE
On demand R&D projects
Driven by high qualified Project Managers, we
offer flexible services in R&D (CTI optional), from
consulting to results analysis with generated IP
transfer to the client
Test & Demo Center for New Technologies
The center benefits from the newest
technologies for its customers and serves as a
window for its industry partners
Academic excellence & Industrial Mind-Set
OUR MISSION
SICHH is a competence center dedicated to R&D and
fast prototyping for human health
technological forum events. Furthermore, our project
management expertise, consulting capabilities will
allow you to accomplish from the simplest to your
most demanding research needs
Analysis
Academic Hub
SICHH is the largest academic hub in Switzerland
working together with its 10 academic partners
Highly-skilled Specialists
Our specialists coming from a broad range of
scientific backgrounds run 4 research facilities :
Materials, Health, Digital Health, Technical
support providing bio-banking and P2 lab

Our laboratories are furnished with last generation
equipment for innovation
Below some highlights of our competencies for R&D
in the Pharma industry :
GENOMIC TRACE DETECTION & IDENTIFICATION
Via qPCR, Digital PCR and Sequencing
Detection of antibiotics or drug resistance genes
Identification of mutants and genotyping
Molecular diagnostics with increased sensitivity
GENOMIC PROFILING
Via Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
Identification of genetic variants (SNPs, CNVs,
InDels) and differential gene expression (RNA-
Seq)
Characterization of microbiome composition
Identification of new biomarkers
Test of cell line genetic stability
DATA VISUALIZATION AND INTERACTION
With our Data Scientists and Ergonomics
Specialists
Comprehensive representation of complex data
sets
Usability (UI) and User Experience (UX) studies
Interactive Systems for Performance Assessment
CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS
Development of non-fouling surfaces or for cell
attachment
Synthesis and characterization of drug delivery
systems such as liposomal carriers, linear and
branched polymers
CORE
COMPETENCIES
PHARMA
PROTEOMIC PROFILING & MOLECULAR TRACE
DETECTION
Via Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics and lipidomics
Detection of metabolite and impurity
Quality and authenticity testing
Rapid in situ screening and scanning of cells,
biological fluids and tissues (REIMS / iKnife)
TOPOGRAPHY & MANIPULATION AT THE
NANOSCALE
Via Atomic Force Microscope / FluidFM /
Wide-field Confocal / Confocal Microscope
Measure of surface elasticity, cell adhesion and
specific bindings between molecules
Analysis of surface topography, roughness,
texture (integrated ISO norms) and 3D object
reconstruction
Nanolithography
Extraction and injection of liquids from and into
single cell or tissues
DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING
Integration of particle size, shape and chemical
identification in one platform
Fully automated Raman classification of
thousands particles
BIOBANKING
Large in-house facility with 2 separated
laboratories for bacteria or cell culture
Collection of cells and biological materials
Storage available on demand in N2 tank, gas
phase, as well as -80C
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Halle Bleue - blueFACTORY

Passage du Cardinal 13B
CH-1700 Fribourg

Tel: + 41 26 300 65 01
Email: info@sichh.ch www.sichh.ch