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Swissmedic 4.0

Swissmedic 4.0 Embarking on the digital journey

With its digital initiative Swissmedic 4.0, Switzerland’s therapeutic products agency has created a framework for exploiting the constantly changing requirements of the digital age as opportunities – an experimentation space for change and innovation in the years to come. The digital transformers Alexander Horst and Dominic Michel tell all.

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Swissmedic 4.0

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Minergie/sustainability “Certified green”: Swissmedic's building strategy

Swissmedic is committed to an ecological and resource-efficient approach to infrastructure management. Since 2019, all Swissmedic properties have been certified with the MINERGIE® quality label. This standard ensures enhanced conservation of the building’s fabric and lower energy costs. Marco Osswald, Facility Management specialist, explains the specific challenges associated with the certification of protected historic buildings, the sustainability strategy and the reasons for making even greater use of renewable energy in future.

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Facts & Figures

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Interview mit Swissmedic-Direktor Raimund Bruhin

Interview with Raimund Bruhin, Executive Director of Swissmedic

Das Schweizerische Heilmittel­institut Swissmedic ist eine selbst­ständige Organisationseinheit des­ Bundes und erfüllt ihren gesetzlichen Auftrag unabhängig. Swissmedic soll Aufsichts- und Regulie­rungsentscheide mit Distanz zum politischen Tagesgeschäft fällen. Wie steht es um diese Autonomie gegenüber der Politik und anderen Stakeholdern während der Covid-19-Pandemie? Kann Swissmedic ihre Aufgaben ohne inhaltlichen Druck erfüllen und Entscheide basierend auf rein wissenschaft­lichen Grundlagen treffen?

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Interview mit dem Swissmedic-Direktor Raimund Bruhin

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Focus on safety Clinical trials and inspections

Swissmedic reviews and approves clinical trials before they start and subsequently monitors the conduct and management of these research projects. Visible tracked down and contacted Alexander Mion, Head of the Clinical Trials Department (CT), who drew back the curtain and, together with his colleagues Verena Gafner and Simone Ferbitz, introduced us to the world of clinical trials.

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Drug safety Finding out about pharmacovigilance

Pharmacovigilance covers all activities concerned with the identification and prevention of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Any serious or previously unknown adverse reactions that occur must be reported as soon as possible. As a result, previously unknown drug risks can be identified and addressed with appropriate measures. How the reporting system works in Switzerland, why it needs the international sharing of information and how to deal with reports relating to corona vaccination, is all explained by Dr. Christoph Küng, Head of the Safety of Medicines division.

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