The portal for human research in Switzerland

kofam.ch is the Federal Office of Public Health’s (FOPH) portal for human research in Switzerland. On this website you’ll find extensive basic information on the regulation of human research in Switzerland as well as various tools for researchers.

News

Nov 1, 2024

The amended ordinances came into force on 1 November 2024

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

Oct 25, 2024

English versions of the revised ordinances are now available

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

Oct 24, 2024

Changes on the kofam Website: Categorizer and Casestudies have been removed

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.

Human research

Key points in a nutshell

A brief summary of the key points on human research in Switzerland

Applications & procedure

Requirement to obtain authorisation, categorisation and submission of applications

All information on the requirement to obtain authorisation, categorisation and submission of applications is available here:

SNCTP Portal

Search for studies

Search for registered clinical trials in Switzerland.