About the SMVO

      The Swiss Medicines Verification Organisation (SMVO) is committed to protect patients against counterfeit medicines. The affected associations of the Swiss health care system founded the SMVO on 4 April 2018.

      Purpose of the association:

      The following main tasks have been defined in the SMVO Articles of Association:

      • Ensuring patient safety and health care system improvements by cooperation and participation of all affected stakeholders.
      • Ensuring that the statutory provisions of the HMG, the implementation guidelines of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 and the specifications provided by EMVO, are applied.
      • Single point of contact for the authorities and contract partners of the EMVO.
      • Responsibility for the SMVS strategy (design, controlling and risk management).
      • Appoint the SMVS management.
      • Definition of the SMVS operating cost allocation rules to invoice the affected MAHs.

      The SMVO is the 100% shareholder of the NMVS Operating Company (SMVS Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Verifizierung von Arzneinmittlen GmbH) which runs the database system.

      The following associations are members of SMVO:

      • ASSGP, Swiss Association for Self-Medication
      • FMH, connection of Swiss Medical Doctors
      • GRIP, Groupement Romand de l'industrie pharmaceutique
      • GSASA, Swiss Association of Office and Hospital Pharmacists
      • H +, The Swiss hospitals
      • Intergenerika, Association of Generics Companies of Switzerland
      • interpharma, the association of research-based pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland
      • pharmalog, Swiss Pharma Logistics Association
      • pharmasuisse, Swiss Pharmacy Association
      • scienceindustries, Association of the Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industries
      • SVKH, The Swiss Association for Complementary Medicinal Products
      • vips, association of pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland

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