The Medical Device Regulation (“MDR”) enters into force in the EU. As from that date, the Mutual Recognition Agreement (“MRA”) between Switzerland and the EU no longer applies to trade in medical devices. To avoid a ban on imports, the Swiss Federal Government on 19 May 2021 adopted contingency rules providing for a grace period and clarifying the rules that medical devices need to meet for continued import into Switzerland.
3 November 2014 – By decision of September 23, 2014 the Swiss Federal Administrative Court (“Court”) set aside a decision of the Swiss Competition Commission (“Comco”) by which four undertakings in the window fitting market were fined an aggregate of more than CHF 7 million due to illegal price fixing. The…