Editing Basel (section)

=== Chemical industry ===
The Swiss [[chemical industry]] operates largely from Basel, and Basel also has a large [[Pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland|pharmaceutical industry]]. [[Novartis]],<ref name="GoingtoBasel">{{Cite news |last=Chen |first=Aric |date=2006-06-11 |title=Basel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/travel/11goingto.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202022936/http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/travel/11goingto.html |archive-date=2 December 2008 |access-date=2025-05-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Syngenta]], [[Ciba Specialty Chemicals]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ciba.com/|title=Home|work=BASF|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-date=28 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328112027/http://www.ciba.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Clariant]],<ref>Anna Bálint: ''Clariant clareant. The beginnings of a specialty chemicals company'', Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main/New York 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-593-39374-2}}.</ref> [[Hoffmann–La Roche|Hoffmann-La Roche]],<ref name="GoingtoBasel"/> [[Basilea Pharmaceutica]], and [[Actelion]] are headquartered there. Pharmaceuticals and specialty chemicals have become the modern focus of the city's industrial production.

In addition, Basel is a major European hub for Biotech and Biopharmaceuticals. There are plenty of small and mid-sized start-ups. The vibrant VC scene also supports this.