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Preserving the planet to protect health: our commitments and progress

Fully aware of today’s climate and environmental challenges, we are taking action to reduce the footprint of our activities, optimize the use of resources, and design increasingly responsible solutions. Since 2019, we have been committed to an ambitious environmental trajectory. Here is an overview of the concrete, measurable, and sustainable actions implemented by our teams around the world.

In the ICU, minutes count — particularly for patients with sepsis, where a sudden drop in blood pressure can signal a dangerous turn. If care teams can see that change coming, even by a couple of hours, they can prepare, personalize treatment, and potentially prevent a crisis. That’s where interpretable, clinically grounded AI can help — turning routine hospital data into early warning signs.

bioMérieux announces an investment of more than one million Swiss Francs in Plair, a scale-up company offering a breakthrough solution for real-time microbial detection and air sampling. 

Respiratory symptoms send millions of people to emergency departments (EDs) every year. For clinicians, sorting through those symptoms quickly isn’t easy. For patients, that uncertainty can be stressful: long waits, unclear answers, and sometimes unnecessary treatments, including antibiotics that won’t help viral infections.

Global health leaders unite to unlock the value of diagnostics in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.