Clinical Trial Units subject to scrutiny: professional expertise confirmed

A first independent evaluation - initiated by the SCTO in coopera­tion with Swissmedic - of all the Clinical Trial Units supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation was performed.
In accordance to their regulatory mandate based on the Act on Therapeutic Products, Swissmedic conducted standardised system inspections from May to July 2011 in these CTUs. With the final inspection reports, the first and very useful analyses of the CTUs’ management systems are available.
The assessments by Swissmedic, rating from favourable to very good, confirm the professional expertise of the inspected CTUs. The results are summarised in the Schweizerische Ärztezeitung.

Swissmedic durchleuchtet CTUs  [SÄZ,03/2012]

New Managing Director at the Swiss Clinical Trial Organisation (SCTO)

As announced, the SCTO Steering Board appointed Annette Magnin as new Managing Director of the SCTO.
Mrs Magnin, pharmacist and expert in clinical research, takes up her new role with immediate effect.

Contact:
Annette Magnin
Managing Director
Swiss Clinical Trial Organisation
Petersplatz 13, 4051 Basel
Switzerland
Email: a.magnin@scto.ch
Fon: +41 61 260 10 41
Fax: +41 61 260 10 49

The SCTO team is looking forward to further developing its services under the new management and to continue the collaboration with the CTU network and all other partners.
Please contact us in case of any further questions.

Quality Guidelines for Swiss Interdisciplinary Academic Trial Centres

Within the framework of the harmonisation concept for the improvement of the clinical trial culture in Switzerland, the SCTO has published the first volume of the «Guidelines for Good Operational Practice».
These quality guidelines for Swiss interdisciplinary academic trial centres – a binding quality-standard for members of the network in terms of planning and conducting clinical trial projects – were elaborated in close collaboration with the Clinical Trial Units and the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research.
By releasing the quality guidelines, the SCTO significantly contributes to a continuous service quality improvement within the CTU-network and hence, to the recognition of its professional competence on a national and international level.
The related Data Management Guidelines will be available soon.

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