Our laboratory complies with a strict quality assurance system.
Our laboratory complies with a strict quality assurance system.
Following various inspections by Swissmedic and on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (SFOPH), our laboratory’s operating licences have been strengthened.
Swissmedic is the authorisation and control authority for therapeutic products in Switzerland. Swissmedic‘s tasks are based on the law on therapeutic products. As a public-law body of the Swiss Confederation, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (the Agency), based in Berne, is autonomous in its organisation and management and has its own budget.
The range of activities carried out by the institute stems from its legal mandate and is tailored to the needs of its stakeholders. Key target groups include patients, the therapeutic products industry, medical professionals, authorities and organisations in Switzerland and abroad, and the media.The Institute’s key tasks include:
The FOPH‘s mission: They are competently committed to public health, promote a healthy lifestyle and work for the well-being of the population of our country. It ensures that our healthcare system remains efficient and affordable. The main provisions concerning health are enshrined in the Federal Constitution. The Office is responsible for applying more than 20 laws and numerous ordinances based on these standards. The scope of their activities is therefore vast: social health and accident insurance, regulation of chemicals and medicines, legislation on biosafety, human research and transplant medicine, health promotion, national programmes to combat addiction and sexually transmitted diseases, radiation protection, regulation of the medical professions and university health. They represent Switzerland’s health interests in international organisations and in dealings with other countries. Their activity reports: The FOPH publishes activity reports on various topics, such as radiation protection or the national HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) programme, which it makes available to its partners and to the public.
IATA makes regulations for the shipment of dangerous goods and publishes the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) manual, a globally recognised reference for airlines carrying dangerous goods. CordSavings has been awarded the IATA certificate for the transport of dangerous goods. We meet the requirements for the transport of UN 3373 dangerous goods by air. This certificate is recognised by the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA).