With the entry into force of the revised ordinances to the HRA, it will now also be possible to obtain the electronic consent of study participants in clinical trials and research projects (e-consent, cf. ClinO art. 7c, ClinO-Mep art. 25 lit. dbis, and HRO art. 8 para. 3). To support researchers, swissethics has updated the guidance document «conception and application of an electronic informed consent (eIC)» accordingly (link). The revised guidance document sets out the requirements that must be met for the consent in electronic form. The revised guidance will be formally valid from 1.11.2024 and it is intended to support researchers in preparing applications to be submitted from November 2024 onwards.