Switzerland / Country guide
Switzerland market context.
Swiss medicine authorization and online dispensing are different checks. Swissmedic publishes current authorized-product information, while mail-order dispensing involves legal conditions and cantonal licensing that a foreign seller claim cannot establish.
- Swissmedic's lists reflect the current authorization database and provide separate authorized-product, pack, and active-substance records.
- Swissmedic's internet guidance distinguishes licensed Swiss mail-order pharmacies and warns that foreign online medicine sources can present quality and identity risks.
- This guide does not convert a research-use declaration, foreign dispatch point, or laboratory certificate into Swiss medicine authorization or cantonal dispensing permission.