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

¹ A li­cence gran­ted by the Agency is re­quired by any per­son who pro­fes­sion­ally:

a.

im­ports ready-to-use medi­cin­al products in­ten­ded for dis­tri­bu­tion or dis­pens­ing;

b.

ex­ports ready-to-use medi­cin­al products in­ten­ded for dis­tri­bu­tion or dis­pens­ing;

c.

trades medi­cin­al products in for­eign coun­tries from Switzer­land, without their en­ter­ing Switzer­land;

d.

acts from Switzer­land as a broker or agent for medi­cin­al products.⁷²

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall spe­cify the re­quire­ments for activ­it­ies un­der para­graph 1.⁷³

³ It may is­sue ex­emp­tions from the re­quire­ment of li­cence for:

a.

med­ic­al pro­fes­sion­als who work across bor­ders;

b.

in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tions.

⁴ Goods stored in a cus­toms ware­house or a bon­ded ware­house shall be con­sidered to be im­por­ted.⁷⁴

⁵ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may is­sue spe­cial reg­u­la­tions for goods in trans­it.

⁶ If an­oth­er State re­quests ex­port cer­ti­fic­ates and at­test­a­tions for the im­port­ing of medi­cin­al products, the Agency may is­sue such doc­u­ments to per­sons hold­ing an au­thor­isa­tion to ex­port.