New Swiss drug R&D information web site

The three Swiss pharmaceutical associations, Interpharma, the VIPS and the SGCI/SSIC Chemie Pharma Schweiz, have combined on a public awareness program concerning drug R&D. As part of the campaign, a new web site has been launched (www.pharma-recherche.ch) and two television advertisements broadcast on Swiss television.

The web site is designed to provide data on drug R&D in a user-friendly format to the general public. The Interpharma said that "the major themes at the moment are age-related blindness, cancer, multiple sclerosis and cardiovascular diseases." The group added: "from December, interesting interviews with leading lights in the Swiss research field will be published at regular intervals in a streaming video format." An on-line bulletin will also be made available concerning new developments in Switzerland's pharmaceutical sector.