The four amended ordinances to the Human Research Act came into force on 1 November 2024.

This does not include the new provisions on transparency (e.g., the obligation to publish a summary of clinical trial results), which will not come into force until 1 March 2025. The provisions in question are the amended Section 5 of the ClinO (Art. 64–67) and the amended Section 5 of the ClinO-MD (Art. 41 and 42). This will allow electronic systems to be adapted to the new requirements.

Further information is available at: Amendement of the HRO ordinances

All revised ordinances are now also available in English at the following links:

• HRO
• ClinO
• ClinO-MD
• OrgO-HRA

As of November 1, 2024, the feature of the Categorizer and Casestudies are no longer be available on the kofam website.

For any questions regarding the correct classification or categorization of your research project, please contact your responsible ethics committee.