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11.8M CHF for clinical trials of novel arthritis repair
- 4ggr0 3y ago11.8M CHF ≈ 13.3M USD
- unixhero 3y agoThe dollar is strong like a silverback gorilla these days
- sschueller 3y agoIsn't a silverback gorilla actually strong? The dollar is quite week in comparison against the CHF than what it used to be. In 1985 1 CHF got you just 38 cents.
- 4ggr0 3y agoEDIT: Mixed it up, assumed that the USD is stronger than CHF And I'd rather have a slightly weaker currency than not having a usable healthcare or social system :)
- config_yml 3y agoThe dollar is weak, not the Swiss Franc
- 4ggr0 3y agoI am stupid. Thanks. I am so used to the dollar being stronger that my brain didn't even compute that it's the other way around. Which means we have the stronger currency AND healthcare, harharhar.
- djsicushegc 3y ago[flagged]
- vlabakje90 3y agoIt might be, but this exchange rate is no evidence for that statement. The CHF/USD exchange rate is literally at one of it's highest points since 1985.
- sschueller 3y agoSwitzerland produces a lot of surgical implants so something like this would impact that industry but like everything you need to move forward and find better ways to heal people even if it affects your bottom line.
- abirch 3y agoEurope and Switzerland would benefit since those countries pay for healthcare. The saving would outweigh the tax revenue they would have gathered.
- qgin 3y agoSwitzerland is very close to the US model, where everyone is required to purchase private insurance. But the plans are cheaper with better coverage.
- unglaublich 3y agoMandatory health insurance is as far from the US model as it gets, no? Most EU countries have a healthcare model like Switzerland where you have mandatory private insurance. It's only more expensive in CH than in many EU countries because the state doesn't directly subsidize the healthcare insurers. Think ~5k$ premiums + ~3k$ deductibles.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>Most EU countries have a healthcare model like Switzerland where you have mandatory private insurance. No they don't. Most EU healthcare systems are socialized and publicly run by the state, with the option of paying private for better/faster services on non-life-threatening issues where the public system is overcrowded, or for things not covered by the state insurance. The likes of Switzerland and a few others like the Netherlands where health insurance is fully private like in the US, are the exception. But AFAIK in CH/NL the state will still subsidize your healthcare anyway if you're below the poverty line and too broke to afford the private plans.
- swe_dima 3y agoI had 3rd-degree arthritis in my knee that I developed after 4 surgeries due to a football(soccer) injury. 4 years ago I could only walk with crouches due to pain. Last month I competed in 2 half-marathons. I was able to get much much better by doing a lot of PRP (platelet-rich plasma) injections over past years and a single SVF (stromal vascular fraction) injection 1.5 years ago. My MRI shows that cartilage has grown back significantly (not fully, but I no longer have a gaping hole in it).
- lsllc 3y agoCan you elaborate? I assume that for the PRP they take your blood and centrifuge out the PFP and inject it back into the knee joint? Glad you were able to rehab so well!
- swe_dima 3y agoYes, in PRP they take your blood, extract platelet-rich plasma from it and inject it into your joint. With SVF they make you a small liposuction (around 80 ml if I am not mistaken, local anesthesia), then also extract cells from it that are similar in function to stem cells and inject them into your knee. PRP is very noninvasive. SVF is more invasive, mostly the liposuction part, but I'd say it's still walk-in the part if you compare it with something like arthroscopic surgery.
- mmmwww 3y agoHow did the half marathons go? Any pain?
- swe_dima 3y agoManaged to finish in the top 10% after 6 months of preparation. There was no pain during them, but once you cool down you feel all the beating you received. I mean, I am still not 100% healthy, I get some swelling after exercise, and I don't think I can compete with anyone doing it seriously, I just can't get the same volume of exercise a healthy person can. Like, I can only run 10-16km every 2 days, because I need to give my knee time to recover, while a healthy person can run it every day. But hell, just some time ago I was looking with jealousy at people running at all.