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General communications

02.12.2022

Aufsichtsabgabe 2022 – Selbstdeklaration

Eingabefrist: 20. Januar 2023

01.12.2022

Expansion of scope of temporary authorisations

Temporary additional indications will also be possible from 1 January 2023

01.12.2022

Transfer of immunological veterinary medicinal products to Swissmedic

Publication of the revised specification documents and forms

30.11.2022

Meeting of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)

Excellent Progress by ICH Expert Working Groups in Incheon, Republic of Korea

28.11.2022

Public consultation on ICH Guideline M11 “Clinical electronic Structured Harmonised Protocol (CeSHarP)” launched in Switzerland

28.11.2022

Public consultation on ICH Guideline Q5A(R2) “Viral safety evaluation of biotechnology products derived from cell lines of human or animal origin” launched in Switzerland

25.11.2022

Reports of suspected adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines

16,212 reports of suspected adverse vaccination reactions evaluated

23.11.2022

Swissmedic responsible for animal vaccines from 1.1.2023

21.11.2022

Access Consortium Statement on Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Inspections Reliance and Recognition

Access Consortium commits to demonstrate greater inspection reliance and accept GMP inspection outcomes held amongst their members

10.11.2022

More than 700 participants at the information event on the new in vitro diagnostic medical devices regulation

Successful Swissmedic online event on 3 November 2022

07.11.2022

Update – Warning about supposedly herbal products

Swissmedic is issuing an urgent warning regarding slimming products and other supposedly natural products

02.11.2022

Reports of formation of bubbles in a batch of the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty Bivalent Original/Omicron BA.1

risks currently being investigated

10.10.2022

Swissmedic approves bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine from Pfizer

Comirnaty Bivalent Original / Omicron BA.1 (tozinameran / riltozinameran) from Pfizer authorised from age 18

22.09.2022

Pfizer AG applies to Swissmedic for authorisation of a second bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

Application submitted for Comirnaty Original/Omicron BA.4-5

14.09.2022

Potential nitrosamine contamination – harmonised implementation (update)

Regulatory and scientific developments regarding nitrosamines/Update September 2022

02.09.2022

COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid: temporary authorisation from 12 years of age and as booster

Swissmedic authorises indication extension and booster

02.09.2022

Pfizer applies for indication extension of COVID-19 vaccine to include children aged 6 months to less than 5 years

Swissmedic reviews Pfizer Schweiz AG application for Comirnaty®

01.09.2022

Guidance document Authorisation according to Art. 14 para. 1 abis-quater TPA HMV4 updated

Clarification of safety-relevant updates to medicinal product information for authorisations according to Art. 14 para. 1 let. abis TPA

29.08.2022

Swissmedic approves first bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine in Switzerland

Moderna's Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron (mRNA-1273.214) authorised from age 18

26.08.2022

Reports of suspected adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines

15,781 reports of suspected adverse vaccination reactions evaluated

16.08.2022

Benchmarking study 2021

International comparison of Swiss approval times

01.08.2022

Changes to Guidance document Authorisation procedures for COVID-19 medicinal products during a pandemic HMV4

Filing of Submission Plans to evaluate the efficacy of existing COVID-19 medicinal products against new SARS-Cov-2 variants

20.07.2022

Operation PANGEA XV: International campaign against falsified and illegally imported medicinal products

Authorities checked shipments of medicinal products worldwide from criminal online sales

14.07.2022

Reporting side effects electronically: new online reporting form for those affected or their relatives

Private individuals can now report suspected adverse drug reactions to Swissmedic via a web form

11.07.2022

Amendments to Narcotics Ordinances on cannabis for medical purposes enter into force on 1 August 2022

01.07.2022

Reports of suspected adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines

15,578 reports of suspected adverse vaccination reactions evaluated

01.07.2022

Revision of the Therapeutic Products Licensing Requirements Ordinance

Update to Annex 7 TPLRO

01.07.2022

Changes to the Guidance document Product information for human medicinal products HMV4

Clarifications on boxed warnings and other topics

01.07.2022

Swissmedic position paper on the use of real-world evidence

Swissmedic considers real world data (RWD) as all data other than those collected through a clinical trial conducted as per ICH GCP

30.06.2022

Meeting of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)

Successful hybrid meeting in Athens, Greece

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