August 19, 2026
For life sciences companies, the right environment can change how teams work. At Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area – Main Campus, Basilea has shaped a company space built around its people, its science and its mission, while staying connected to one of Switzerland’s most active life sciences ecosystems.
Every breakthrough needs a place where people can do the work behind it.
For Basilea, that work focuses on serious bacterial and fungal infections. The company develops and commercializes innovative medicines in an area where new treatment options remain urgently needed.
“New antibiotics and new antifungals are needed in the world, as current treatments have limitations or resistance builds up,” says David Veitch, CEO of Basilea. “There is a need for new drugs in this area, and that’s what Basilea aims to do.”
Basilea is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Switzerland. Founded in 2000, the company has about 190 employees and a portfolio focused on severe bacterial and fungal infections, including launched hospital brands for invasive fungal and bacterial infections.
At Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area – Main Campus, that mission has been matched with a working environment shaped around the way Basilea’s teams operate every day.
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A strategic opportunity coming in 2030: 28’000 m² of hyper flexible Lab-, Office- or GMP-Space designed by Herzog & de Meuron. For companies ready to scale – or seeking to consolidate multiple sites into one extremely efficient and inspiring setting – with up to 400 desks on on a single floor! Get in touch with us to learn more.
Join Switzerland’s most sustainable workspace offering co-working & move-in ready offices 2025 alongside Swiss-AS, Hovarth, Peleven, Viatris and BD and make a statement as bold as the architecture. HORTUS is a beacon for climate-conscious talent, clients and innovators.
Opening end of 2028, HOPE is the result of an architectural competition: A beautifully sustainable and efficient office building by Felippi Wyssen Architects with the Swiss TPH as anchor tenant. Find out about the ready to move in office and service spaces from 130 to 8’000 m² at HOPE!
Idorsia is a high-potential biopharmaceutical company, specialized in the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative small molecules, with the aim of transforming the horizon of therapeutic options.
SKAN is the global leader in isolators, cleanroom equipment, and decontamination systems for aseptic biopharmaceutical production. The company specializes in designing process isolators for aseptic filling, complemented by consultancy, support services and consumables for cleanrooms and labs.
The J&J Campus Basel links J&J Innovative Medicine and MedTech to Europe’s largest life science ecosystems in the Basel region. Our diverse workforce of international experts and young talents covers the entire business lifecycle in medicines and technologies: from development to market, addressing rare and common diseases.
SKAN is the global leader in isolators, cleanroom equipment, and decontamination systems for aseptic biopharmaceutical production. The company specializes in designing process isolators for aseptic filling, complemented by consultancy, support services and consumables for cleanrooms and labs.
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) is a world-renowned institute in the field of global health with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries.
Since 2021, the university’s innovation initiative has been housed in the Innovation Garage. This space offers workspaces for the innovation team and areas for events, workshops, and showcasing projects. The team collaborates with industry, science, and startups to tackle issues under the “Pupella” brand.
Bright Peak Therapeutics, based in Basel and San Diego, uses chemical synthesis, protein engineering and recombinant technology to develop multifunctional immunotherapies for major diseases including cancer. Spun out of ETHZ in 2017, they will start trials of a PD1-IL18 conjugate (BPT567) in 2024.
The Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering (BIIE) is a non-profit focused on advanced immunological research to develop solutions for disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Committed to global child and adolescent health, BIIE aims to enhance lives through immune engineering innovations.
Phoenix Technologies aims to establish Sovereign AI and Cloud Solutions, driving digital transformation, catalyzing innovation, and fortifying resilience for organizations over the next generations.
Arcondis is a global professional services company exclusively focused on the life sciences and healthcare sector. Owned by a Foundation and committed to healthcare improvement, we accelerate value creation for our clients in R&D, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Marketing, Sales & Services, to ultimately benefit patients.
Basilea is a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company founded in 2000. We are committed to discovering, developing and commercializing innovative drugs to meet the needs of patients with severe bacterial or fungal infections.
Abbott aims to improve lives with life-changing health technologies. From reducing fingerstick pain for diabetes to real-time heart monitoring, easing chronic pain, ensuring safe blood donations, and more, they commit to helping people live their best life.
At the Department of Biomedical Engineering (DBE) at the University of Basel, researchers and clinicians turn basic science and engineering into medical innovations. The DBE offers high-quality education and capacity building for academics, clinicians, and industry partners, as well as specialized services through four Core Facilities. At the Department of Biomedical Engineering (DBE) at the University of Basel, researchers and clinicians turn basic science and engineering into medical innovations. The DBE offers high-quality education and capacity building for academics, clinicians, and industry partners.
The vision of T3 Pharmaceuticals is to improve the lives of cancer patients with highly innovative treatments. Despite significant advances of classical therapies, there remains a high need for novel and innovative medicines to treat cancer. T3 Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to filling this gap by developing highly specific and efficient treatments using live bacteria.
ICT Scouts close the gap between up-and-coming tech talent and the innovation and expertise needs of companies. They take a deep dive into the Swiss educational landscape to identify young people who show a high affinity for technology and innovation.
Discover neighborhood take-out and dine-in options
We cook fresh food on site, work with regional suppliers and give priority to ecologically sound and fairly traded food when purchasing. We want to inspire you with a committed, personal service and surprise you again and again. Your well-being is our motivation.
Space to slow down and enjoy. Are you looking for a healthy, organic and enjoyable lunch? Welcome to the Bio Bistro am Bachgraben. People with and without disabilities work hand in hand. A vegetarian menu and a daily special are part of our standard offer. We also offer a hearty “Sunday roast” menu on Wednesdays and a vegan menu on Fridays. The menu always includes changing variations of soups, sandwiches, a dessert of the day, salads, cakes, pastries and home-baked Basler bread.
Available food truck options every Thursday at the Main Campus HQ garden and in front of SKAN (every day during lunch time).
«L’Angolo» combines a café, bar and restaurant in a harmonious concept. In addition, our regulars’ table «Tavolone», flexible rooms for business and private occasions as well as for cultural and sporting events and constantly changing food trucks.
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The coffee bar serves high-quality coffee from Rose Coffee Roasters, accompanied by a small selection of homemade baked goods and snacks.
YAYE! restaurant @ Main Campus offers a balanced lunch experience every day, featuring meat, fish, or vegetarian options. YAYE! is operated by ZFV-Unternehmungen
Onsite fitness centers, nearby schools, and convenient childcare options
CORPO, powered by Balboa, is the sports club at HORTUS. CORPO offers various training styles: Strength, High Intensity/Cardio, Yoga, Pilates, Mobility, Running – 60 minutes Schedule: Tuesday & Thursday 6.30 a.m. / Monday – Friday 12.00 p.m.
The Van der Merwe Center is a modern health and leisure center that focuses on training, games and fun. In its exclusive health area, the Health Club, we focus on innovative approaches to promote prevention.
The Bachgraben garden pool has four pools for swimming and splashing around. It also offers space to play and relax.
SIS Basel-Allschwil opened its doors this summer 2024. Since the 2024/25 school year, they have been offering bilingual education at kindergarten and primary school level at the new school site.
Convenient access to the Main Campus by public transit, bike, or car
Monday to Saturday, every 30 minutes, until midnight. Here it is: The 4-hour extension of the operating hours of bus line “B 48”: Monday to Saturday, every 30 minutes, until midnight. You can now easily get back to the SBB with B 48 – even if it’s very late in the evening.
Next to the Swiss TPH. Monday to Saturday, every 30 minutes, until midnight. Here it is: The 4-hour extension of the operating hours of bus line “B 48”: Monday to Saturday, every 30 minutes, until midnight. You can now easily get back to the SBB with B 48 – even if it’s very late in the evening.
Monday to Saturday, every 30 minutes, until midnight. Here it is: The 4-hour extension of the operating hours of bus line “B 48”: Monday to Saturday, every 30 minutes, until midnight. You can now easily get back to the SBB with B 48 – even if it’s very late in the evening.
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Tailored facilities for daily business and large-scale meetings & conferences
Positioned directly next to the reception, it is a place of arrival and inspiration. Here, members and partners showcase their products and services to entrepreneurs and innovators.
Visit us at Main Campus – today’s meeting point for 1,200+ biotech and healthtech trailblazers.
In addition to conference rooms and meeting rooms in various sizes, MC3 also offers a large auditorium with a height of 8 meters and a fascinating tapestry by Renée Levi. Depending on the size of the rooms, they can be booked by the hour, half-day or day. The rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art technology and attractively furnished with an interior design by Herzog & de Meuron.
The Meeting Center at HORTUS offers rooms of different sizes for concentrated work, focused meetings and informal, creative exchanges. The rooms are furnished, equipped with modern technology and can be booked by the hour or day. A lounge invites you to linger or wait, coffee and much more can be ordered from the Rose Cafe or the Hortus Kitchen on request.
Located just 15 mins away by bus or car from the centre of Basel and only 15 mins away from Euroairport Basel. If you are not a guest of the hotel you can still visit: The Bar from 11 am to 3 am. Or have a breakfast.
Grosseries, conveneince stores and pharmacies
Convenience stores nearby
Pharmacy, opening hours from 08:30 am-18:30 pm.
Drug development is never just a lab story.
It depends on researchers, development teams, regulatory specialists, quality experts, manufacturing know-how, commercialization teams and the support functions that help keep progress moving. For a company like Basilea, the space has to support the full system behind scientific impact.
Turning science into a drug is a real multifunctional effort. From the very beginning, when you are researching a potential molecule, through development to the market, there are so many functions involved.
David Veitch, CEO of Basilea
That makes the physical environment more than a practical concern. It shapes how people connect, how quickly information moves and how easily different functions can work together.
For companies searching for life science lab space, wet lab space or flexible lab and office space in Basel, this is where the real question starts. Does the space only provide infrastructure, or does it help the whole company work better?
Basilea moved to Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area – Main Campus in 2022. Before that, its teams were split across two sites in the center of Basel.
The move brought the company together into one environment, with labs, offices, open-plan areas, communal spaces and quieter zones designed around its own needs.
The space we have at Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area – Main Campus was a seminal moment in the evolution of Basilea. We had previously been in two sites in the center of Basel, and when we came here, we designed lots of aspects ourselves.
David Veitch, CEO of Basilea
That ability to shape the space mattered. Basilea was not simply looking for a place to put people and equipment. It needed an environment that could support collaboration across departments and give teams a stronger daily connection to each other.
The result is a working environment that reflects Basilea’s own company rhythm. R&D and other functions are close enough to connect naturally, whilst retaining the focus and identity of their own dedicated space.
For Basilea, that has changed the way people work.
Communication and collaboration significantly improved compared to what we had before. Creating this positive environment is a key factor in the success of Basilea as we sit here today.
David Veitch, CEO of Basilea
The Basilea story shows one of the clearest advantages of Main Campus: companies can shape their own environment without building in isolation.
That distinction matters. A life sciences company needs control, confidentiality and space designed around its own workflows. It also benefits from proximity to other people solving related problems, from startups and scaleups to established companies, academic groups and research institutes.
At Main Campus, Basilea has both.
The company has its own dedicated environment, built around its teams and mission. Around it is a wider campus community where life sciences is visible, active and close by.
The wider ecosystem that Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area offers is really important to our people. We sit in an area where life sciences is really important, and there are many associated companies, whether they are bigger than us or smaller than us, that are here as well.
David Veitch, CEO of Basilea
Those connections do not always begin as formal partnerships. Often, they start more simply: a conversation at lunch, a campus event, a shared moment between people who understand the same industry pressures and possibilities.
That is part of the Main Campus advantage. Space is the foundation, but community, credibility and proximity create the conditions for future opportunities.
For a broader view of how this innovation district is developing, read more about what makes our innovation district the premier life sciences hub in Switzerland.
Campus environments are often associated with startups. Main Campus shows a wider reality.
Early-stage companies may need shared wet lab space, lab benches, flexible terms and access to equipment without heavy upfront investment. Scaling companies may need private labs, offices and room to grow. Established life sciences companies may need something equally important: a place where teams can consolidate, collaborate and keep building momentum without losing access to the wider ecosystem.
Basilea shows how that can work.
The company brought its teams together, shaped space around its needs and strengthened the everyday conditions for collaboration. Its experience also points to a wider message for other life sciences companies looking at their next stage of growth in Basel.
I’ve worked in many locations in many countries around the world. Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area – Main Campus in Allschwil fulfills all the criteria I need to run a biotech company. The talent is here, the environment is here and the ecosystem is here to support that.
David Veitch, CEO of Basilea
This is especially relevant for companies weighing up where to locate specialized teams, expand lab operations or bring multiple functions closer together. In life sciences, space decisions are business decisions. They affect capital, speed, culture, recruitment and the ability to move from scientific promise to real-world impact.
At Main Campus, companies can find lab and office space that supports different stages of growth, from shared wet lab infrastructure to private labs and larger, customizable setups. They also become part of a campus built around the realities of biotech and life sciences work.
Main Campus is continuing to grow as a destination for life sciences and beyond.
Across the innovation district, companies, research groups and institutions are helping create a critical mass of expertise in biotechnology, healthcare and related fields. The Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, expected to move to their dedicated space at Main Campus in 2027, adds another powerful signal of the district’s future direction.
In a recent interview, Stephen Wilson, CEO of the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, described how being part of this environment can encourage formal and informal interactions, making collaboration easier. You can read the interview here: Revolutionizing immune engineering in Basel.
For Basilea, the value is already tangible. The company has created a space where its people can work with focus, connect across functions and stay closer to a wider life sciences community.
That is what world-changing workspaces are designed to do. They give companies the physical room, operational confidence and ecosystem connection to focus on the work that matters most.
For Basilea, that work is clear.
Powering innovation at Basilea is really about people. What gets people up in the morning is bringing out new drugs that benefit patients.
David Veitch, CEO of Basilea
Whether you are scaling a lab team, consolidating functions or looking for a stronger life sciences environment for your next stage of growth, Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area – Main Campus gives you room to move faster.
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