BASEC: Notification of safety events through a new dedicated Safety Form

06.06.2018

The online-platform BASEC (Business Administration System for Ethics Committees) to submit research project has a new feature: there is now a dedicated separate form for notifications of safety events to Swiss Ethics Committees.

General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR

23.05.2018

RoPS (Registry of ongoing Projects in Switzerland)

11.05.2018

RoPS (Registry of ongoing Projects in Switzerland) is the new registry of all research projects approved by the ethics committees and ongoing in Switzerland, for the general public.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), also relevant for Switzerland

17.04.2018

On 25 May 2018, the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will enter into force in the EU, which will also require immediate action in Switzerland for further, smooth international data traffic. In Switzerland, the Federal Act on the Data Protection (FADP, SR 235.1) is currently under revision. Various cantons will also adapt their data protection legislation.

Amendment to Annex I of the Clinical Trials Ordinance (ClinO) as of 1 May 2017

01.05.2017

The ICH-GCP Guideline of 10 June 1996 was amended by the International Harmonization Conference on 9 November 2016.