Simon P. Hoerstrup

Symetis SA develops minimally invasive heart valve replacement devices. Its products include ACURATE TA and ACURATE neo. The company was founded by Simon P. Hoerstrup and Gregor Zünd on September 5, 2001 and is headquartered in Ecublens, Switzerland.

Geistlich Pharma AG researches, manufactures and provides pharmaceutical products, gelatine products, biomaterials and industrial glues. It offers Geistlich Bio-Oss and Geistlich Bio-Gide products. The firm specializes in biomaterials for the regeneration of bone, cartilage and tissue and develops, and manufactures medical devices. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Wolhusen, Switzerland.

InSphero AG supplies organotypic 3D microtissues for efficiency testing and toxicology in drug development. It offers 3D insight Islet, 3D InSight Tumor, Gravity TRAP ULA Plates, Cytotoxicity Assay Kit, 3D InSight in Vitro Toxixology services, imaging and automation. he company was founded by Jan Lichtenberg, Jens M. Kelm, Simon P. Hoerstrup and Wolfgang Moritz on March 26, 2009 and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

Xeltis AG develops medical devices to transform standards of care in heart valve replacement and vascular surgery. It develops fully bio absorbable synthetic heart valves and vascular grafts intended to enable for the first time the spontaneous growth of natural, healthy valves and vessels. Its medical device platform comprises bioabsorbable heart valves and blood vessels, designed to enable Endogenous Tissue Restoration (ETR), the natural restoration of the complex body part they replace upon implantation. The company was founded by Martijn Cox, Laurent Grandidier and Simon P. Hoerstrup in 2006 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.