2013 innovation index

This year Switzerland tops the list of innovative countries. Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) analyzed 142 different countries using 84 indicators looking at both innovation capabilities (i.e. top universities, access to finance) and measurable results (i.e. patents and publications). Netherlands places 4th, Canada just misses the top 10 at 11th and USA behind Sweden (2nd) and the UK (3rd) at 5th.

News about Addex

The In the Pipeline blog references an article about Addex Therapeutics changing focus to their clinical pipeline. More details on their press release. I've talked about Addex before, they are located close to Geneva and are developing allosteric modulators as drugs. One thing they talk about is reducing their cost structure including layoffs in their early development stage.