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General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR
23.05.2018
On 25.5.2018 the European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force. swissethics has therefore updated the legal disclaimer (available in German and French).
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.
Read moreGeneral 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.
Read moreAmendment 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.
Read moreSilent Approval
11.07.2016
The following changes and documents are acknowledged by the Swiss cantonal ethics committees by means of a „Silent Approval“:
Read moreThe EC St. Gallen merges with the EC Thurgau
01.06.2016
On June 1st 2016 the ethics committee of the Canton St. Gallen merges with the ethics committee of the Canton Thurgau. The new created Ethics Committee East Switzerland (EKOS) is so responsible for the cantons SG, TG, AR and AI. The EKOS has its office in the city of St. Gallen.
BASEC
17.12.2015
swissethics wishes to thank all applicants, who already used the new web portal BASEC to submit their new projects. All submissions were received without problems.
Read moreHuman Research Act (HRA)
01.01.2014
The new legislation on research involving humans goes into effect on January 1, 2014. The legislation will affect the work and workflow of ethics committees in Switzerland in the following ways:
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