Swiss drug side effects center
The Swiss Drug Side Effects Center (SANZ) was a private foundation established in 1979 to record adverse drug effects in Chur . In 2001, after the Swiss Therapeutic Products Act came into force and for a transitional period, its activities were taken over by the federally owned Swiss therapeutic products institute, Swissmedic .
The founders were the Association of Swiss Doctors (FMH, 20%) and scienceindustries . The annual budget was most recently CHF 450,000 .
Incoming reports from medical professionals were provided with expert opinions and finally assessed after supplementing in-house data from the pharmaceutical companies . The assessments were especially requested by doctors and pharmacists.
SANZ was criticized because of the majority of votes of the 'blue professions' in the Board of Trustees. The collection point processed 18,000 reports in the time of its existence.
Web links
- SANZ assessment using the example of Minocycline Infomed Online: pharma-kritik Volume 17, Number 07, PK429. Side effects current (November 8, 1995)
- Last SANZ annual report 2000 Schweizerische Ärztezeitung, 2001, 82 (7): pp. 334–336. PDF (392 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Gartmann: Obituary for the Swiss Medicinal Side Effects Center SANZ. In: SAEZ. January 3, 2001, accessed May 8, 2020 .
- ↑ M. Giger: The SANZ will definitely say goodbye at the end of May 2001: An unbelievable story. In: SAEZ. May 30, 2001, accessed May 8, 2020 .