A brief summary of the key points on human research in Switzerland
All information on the requirement to obtain authorisation, categorisation and submission of applications is available here:
Search for registered clinical trials in Switzerland.
The categoriser provides help in assigning and categorising your research project according to the provisions of the Human Research Act – good preparation for the submission of your application!
The case study module provides a selection of real human research projects, each with a brief summary. The projects can be filtered according to various criteria.
The Coordination Office for Human Research (kofam) has the legal mandate to provide the public with information about the work of the ethics committees. To this end, every year it produces a summary of the annual reports of the individual committees. Parallel to this, this year it is also publishing a statistical report in line with the legal requirement to produce a statistical overview of the research projects that have been approved.
The 2018 summary report and statistical report can be found here and in the Downloads section:
- Summary of the individual 2018 activity reports of the ethics committees
- 2018 statistical report on human research in Switzerland
moreThe FOPH is actively monitoring developments in the European Union regarding the EU regulations on medical devices. Starting in August 2019, the FOPH will publish regular updates on the implementation of the regulations in the EU and its member states. The reports will appear in English an can be found on the following webpage:
New regulations for clinical trials of medical devices
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