Federal Act
on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices
(Therapeutic Products Act, TPA)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 15 December 2000 (Status as of 1 January 2022)


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Art. 2 Scope

1 This Act ap­plies to:

a.3
the hand­ling of medi­cin­al products and med­ic­al devices (thera­peut­ic products);
b.
nar­cot­ics as defined in the Nar­cot­ics Act of 3 Oc­to­ber 19514, in­so­far as they are used as thera­peut­ic products;
c.
thera­peut­ic treat­ments, such as gene ther­apy, in­so­far as they dir­ectly re­late to thera­peut­ic products; the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may en­act pro­vi­sions spe­cif­ic to this sub­ject.

2 The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may com­pletely or par­tially ex­empt med­ic­al devices in­ten­ded for use on an­im­als or in veter­in­ary dia­gnostics from the scope of this Act.

3 It may make sub­ject to this Act cer­tain products without an in­ten­ded med­ic­al pur­pose which are com­par­able to med­ic­al devices in terms of func­tion­ing and risks pro­file.5

3 Amended by No I of the FA of 22 March 2019, in force since 26 May 2021 (AS 2020 2961; BBl 2019 1).

4 SR 812.121

5 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 22 March 2019, in force since 26 May 2021 (AS 2020 2961; BBl 2019 1).

BGE

133 I 58 () from 3. November 2006
Regeste: Art. 8 EMRK, Art. 10 Abs. 2 und Art. 13 Abs. 1 BV, Art. 9 und 10 BetmG, Art. 48 BetmV, Art. 24 und 26 HMG; Abgabe von Natrium-Pentobarbital für den begleiteten Suizid einer psychisch kranken Person. Natrium-Pentobarbital kann einem Sterbewilligen weder nach dem Betäubungsmittelrecht noch nach dem Heilmittelrecht ohne ärztliche Verschreibung abgegeben werden (E. 4). Art. 8 EMRK bzw. Art. 10 Abs. 2 und Art. 13 Abs. 1 BV verpflichten den Staat nicht dazu, dafür zu sorgen, dass Sterbehilfeorganisationen oder Suizidwillige Natrium-Pentobarbital rezeptfrei beziehen können (E. 5-6.3.6).

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