Due to the migration from MESA to NDSWEB Domestic Trade the notification period for all deliveries from March and April 2026 is extended until further notice.
Informations
For domestic trade, persons and companies with a license from a federal authority must report every release of controlled substances listed in schedules a, b, d, and e to the institute in the following cases:
- the delivery of controlled substances to domestic recipients
- the return of controlled substances and medicinal products containing controlled substances to the supplier
- shipments to the competent cantonal authority
The reporting is done with the NDS-WEB portal starting March 2026.
Contact
Swissmedic
Division Narcotics
Hallerstrasse 7
3012 Berne
Switzerland
Frequently asked questions about the replacement of MESA with NDS-WEB2
Yes. You need in any case a new account for the «Domestic Trade» module in NDS-WEB2. Already existing accounts cannot be linked.
Please contact us at mesa@swissmedic.ch and we will reset the two-factor authentication for you.
Go directly to the Authenticator app and tap the + sign (see image). Then tap “Other” and scan the displayed QR code with your smartphone. After scanning, the new profile will appear in the Authenticator app. Name this account with a unique description (e.g. NDS-WEB Domestic).
No, it is not possible to migrate existing MESA users. Please request a new account. Users already possessing a MESA account will be automatically approved after submitting their registration.
Is a warning included in your confirmation email the corresponding entries were NOT uploaded and need to be amended/changed and added separately to the system.
Please contact us exclusively at mesa@swissmedic.ch and describe your issue as precisely as possible, including screenshots if available.
The transaction confirmation known from the former MESA system does no longer exist. GLN and/or GTIN causing warnings are directly reported in the confirmation email after the upload and can be verified directly without creating a query first. Currently all data in section «Status» will be transferred to the «Report» section after 30 days and can then be queried and exported into Excel.
Yes, in NDS-WEB2 Domestic Trade, GLN numbers for doctors and businesses in the Principality of Liechtenstein no longer trigger warnings; these numbers are now also managed within our system, and manual checks via the FL website are no longer required.
This has been omitted. As analyses can be carried out immediately after uploading in future and the data is exported to Excel, sorting can be done in Excel.
Data migration is currently underway, and it is planned that historical data from 2024, 2025 and 2026 will be available for analysis from about May 2026.
Currently, due to technical reasons, certain GLNs are not yet being transferred correctly to NDS-WEB2, meaning that deliveries to these GLNs cannot be reported. We are in the process of correcting this error. Please report the deliveries in question later (expected from May 2026) in NDS-WEB2 Domestic Trade.
No, domestic deliveries do not need to be confirmed by the recipient in MESA, as has been the case up to now. They are reported solely by the supplier. However, the recipient can now generate a report on the deliveries reported to them.
Holders of a license to handle controlled substances are obliged, in accordance with Art. 10 of the Narcotics Ordinance, to verify the authorization to purchase. MedReg/BetReg is the sole valid data source for retailers (Source of Truth).
Last modification 29.04.2026