Swissdamed Medtech Database Scheduled for January ‘Go-Live’

Swissmedic keeps tight knit with Eudamed

A pilot trial of the swissdamed database – an initiative designed to mirror the EU’s Eudamed – was successfully completed in June, allowing the regulator Swissmedic to confirm live implementation in January 2024. Work on two swissdamed modules is underway.

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The Swiss authorities have made good progress in setting out the structures needed for the future Swiss Database on Medical Devices (swissdamed). This tool to regulate medtech in Switzerland was a provision of the national medical devices and IVD ordinances (MepV and IvDV).

A pilot project in June 2023 involved 17 companies who tested Module 1 (Modul ACT) on the registration of companies...

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