Examined

What does Vigilance actually do? Protection through alertness: How Vigilance reinforces the safety of medicines, medical devices and blood products

Surveillance of the safety of therapeutic products is an ongoing process. Vigilance at Swissmedic drives the process of improving our medicines, medical devices and blood products. How do the teams in these three areas work? What challenges do they face?

Interview with Thomas Stammschulte, Head of Pharmacovigilance “A causal relationship doesn't have to be demonstrated for a report – a suspected relationship is sufficient”

Interview with Markus Wälti, Head of Medical Devices Vigilance and Aurélie Drapela, Senior Scientific Officer “A report is not an admission of blame – it helps to improve the product”

Interview with Christian Schärer, Head of Inspection Management and Blood Surveillance and Julia Engels, Vigilance Assessor Haemovigilance “Errors can occur in every link in the transfusion chain”