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

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall run the Agency with the co­oper­a­tion of the can­tons.

² The Agency is an in­sti­tu­tion un­der pub­lic law with its own leg­al per­son­al­ity.

³ It is autonom­ous in its or­gan­isa­tion and man­age­ment; it may use its fund­ing as it sees fit and shall keep its own ac­counts.

⁴ It may call upon private in­di­vidu­als to per­form cer­tain tasks.

⁵ It may ap­point ad­vis­ory com­mit­tees and ex­perts.