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DirectoryIndustryMedical Technology IndustryLausanneFondation EssentialMed
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Summary

About the company

The core activity of EssentialMed is the development and provision of medical devices and technologies specifically designed for the needs of people in low and middle-income countries. The company aims to improve healthcare in these countries through innovative and cost-effective solutions.

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Products & services

Industry:Medical Technology Industry
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Project stewardship
Project stewardship throughout the project lifecycle: context and needs analysis, building stakeholder alliances, technology innovation, training and capacity building, sustainable implementation.
Development and introduction of medical devices
Development and deployment of effective, affordable medical devices tailored to the needs of disadvantaged communities and to challenging deployment contexts.
X-Ray imaging systems for low-resource contexts
Development and deployment of an innovative X-ray imaging machine for regions with unreliable power supply, limited maintenance resources, and scarce specialists; including a training programme.
Incubator solutions for neonatal care
Easy-to-use incubator with features of a high-tech incubator, adapted to district hospitals in countries with limited resources.
Robust oxygen concentrators
Development of a robust, cost-effective oxygen concentrator for supply in primary healthcare facilities under hot, humid, and dusty conditions.
Training and capacity building for medical devices
Training programmes for healthcare personnel to operate medical devices, particularly in connection with imaging and other project contexts.
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Fondation EssentialMed

Trust & reputation

ranQ Trust Score of Fondation EssentialMed: 4.1 out of 5.0

Trust Score4.1/ 5.0

High

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Data basis 58% · As of October 2026

Without public customer reviews the score stays capped.

Fondation EssentialMed has no value in the Reputation area of the ranQ Trust Score because no data is available. The area carries 42% of the weighting and drops out of the calculation for this profile; it does not lower the score, only the reported data basis.
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  • Review quality: No data point — the criterion is taken out of the weighting and does not lower the score.—24%
  • Review volume: No data point — the criterion is taken out of the weighting and does not lower the score.—10%
  • Review recency: No data point — the criterion is taken out of the weighting and does not lower the score.—8%
Fondation EssentialMed scores 88.6 out of 100 points in the Substance area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 28% of the weighting.
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  • Establishment: Years since founding or brand launch, logarithmic. The maximum is reached at 15 years.100.012%
  • Company size: The headcount band, researched by ranQ or stated by the company. It is scored in steps rather than by head count, because the data only provides bands.70.07%
Fondation EssentialMed scores 85.0 out of 100 points in the Identity area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 22% of the weighting.
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  • Verification: Official register entry (commercial register with UID or professional-body record, 55 points), confirmed domain (20 points) and confirmed ranQ profile (up to 25 points, depending on completeness).85.022%
Fondation EssentialMed scores 35.5 out of 100 points in the Visibility area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 8% of the weighting.
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  • Website authority: Ahrefs' Domain Rating measures, on a scale of 0 to 100, how strongly a website is linked from other websites. For Swiss SMEs the range up to 40 is typical; the maximum is reached at 35.34.34%
  • Media authority: Quality and number of editorial mentions, weighted by the importance of the source, plus the recency of the latest high-quality mention.36.74%
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Fondation EssentialMed reaches a ranQ Trust Score of 4.1 out of 5.0 — rated «High». No public customer reviews are available for this provider; the rating is based on the remaining criteria. The data basis is 58%, so the score is backed by part of the criteria. As of October 2026.

The Trust Score cannot be bought and is calculated from publicly verifiable data.

Press

Media

January 14, 2018Media
L’imagerie, couteau suisse de la médecine de brousse
letemps.ch
March 9, 2015Media
Un appareil de radiologie low-cost pour le Cameroun
24heures.ch
March 22, 2013Media
Réinventer les appareils médicaux pour le Sud
swissinfo.ch

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Location

EPFL
1015 Lausanne

At a glance

Legal form
Foundation
UID
CHE-116.034.123
Founded
2010 · 16 years
Last commercial register change
November 4, 2025
Employees
11 to 20
Legal form: Graded by liability and disclosure. The weight is kept small: a sole proprietorship is not a dubious company, it is just liable differently.
97.0
6%
  • Branch offices: Branch offices linked in the commercial register. Having none is normal and costs no points.70.03%
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