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3 November 2026
On 26 October 2026, the annual roundtable between the SCTO, swissethics and Swissmedic took place in Bern, bringing together key stakeholders and partner organisations for strategic dialogue and operational exchange.
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24 February 2026
We are delighted to invite you to the 6th D|A|CH Symposium on Clinical Trials, taking place on 29–30 September 2026 at the Congress Innsbruck, Austria.
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24 February 2026
16 February 2026 marked a significant milestone in European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (ECRIN) -ERIC’s history: For the first time in over a decade, the Assembly of Members (AoM) convened under new leadership. The meeting formally transitioned the chairship away from Rafael De Andrés Medina, who has guided the governing body for twelve years, and welcomed two new figures to steer ECRIN’s future direction.
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19 February 2026
In this podcast, Daniel Hammes from DKF Basel speaks with Christina Huf, ECRIN Correspondent and member of the SCTO Executive Office, about how Swiss researchers can successfully conduct multinational clinical trials.
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18 February 2026
The national Coordination Platform Clinical Research (CPCR) has launched the CPCR Service Finder, a new collaborative tool developed jointly by Swiss Biobanking (technical lead), the Swiss Cancer Institute, the Swiss Clinical Trial Organisation (SCTO), the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN), with the support and coordination of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS).
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13 February 2026
This seminar session will provide an overview of the SPHN Federated Clinical Routine Dataset, a remarkable resource designed to give healthcare researchers access to vast amounts of patient data for further use research according to HRO chapter 3.
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12 February 2026
On Wednesday, 28 January 2026, we gathered in Bern for the SCTO Forum 2026 to explore the evolving landscape of decentralised clinical trials (DCTs) in Switzerland and beyond. The event brought together regulatory experts, investigators, industry leaders, patient representatives and data governance specialists for a rich exchange of perspectives.
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