The economic portrait of Ticino’s life science sector

The life science sector is very important for the Canton of Ticino, where it can be considered a key sector for the entire regional economic system. This is due both to its contribution to the economic growth of the Canton in recent years and to its good development prospects for the future.

This study aims to answer these and other questions by providing an overview of Ticino’s life science sector based on three main macroeconomic variables: value added, employment and productivity. In order to facilitate a contextualization of the results, the main dynamics of the Ticino life science sector are also compared with those that have shaped the same economic sector at the Swiss level, as well as with the overall economic development of the Canton of Ticino and Switzerland.