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Swissmedic

licensing and inspection authority for remedies in Switzerland with headquarters in Bern
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Swissmedic

Summary

Swissmedic is a government agency[1]. Swissmedic ranks in the top 6% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Swissmedic is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • Swissmedic's instance of is recorded as government agency[4].
  • Swissmedic's instance of is recorded as Government agency of Switzerland[5].
  • Swissmedic's logo image is recorded as Swissmedic logo.svg[6].
  • Swissmedic's headquarters location is recorded as Bern[7].
  • Swissmedic's ISNI is recorded as 0000000106833095[8].
  • Swissmedic's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127620800[9].
  • Swissmedic's GND ID is recorded as 10041382-1[10].
  • Swissmedic's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2013186086[11].
  • Swissmedic's part of is recorded as Federal Department of Home Affairs[12].
  • Swissmedic's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[13].
  • +2002-02-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Swissmedic[14].
  • Swissmedic's start time is recorded as +2002-01-01T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Swissmedic's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0404k8z[16].
  • Swissmedic's parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Department of Home Affairs[17].
  • Swissmedic's official website is recorded as https://www.swissmedic.ch/[18].
  • Swissmedic's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Swissmedic, Schweizerisches Heilmittelinstitut'}[19].
  • Swissmedic's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Swissmedic, Institut suisse des produits thérapeutiques'}[20].
  • Swissmedic's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Swissmedic, Istituto svizzero per gli agenti terapeutici'}[21].
  • Swissmedic's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'rm', 'text': 'Swissmedic, Institut swizzer per products terapeutics'}[22].
  • Swissmedic's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Swissmedic, Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products'}[23].
  • Swissmedic's legal form is recorded as Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts[24].
  • Swissmedic's GRID ID is recorded as grid.483664.b[25].
  • Swissmedic's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00911936n[26].
  • Swissmedic's Quora topic ID is recorded as Swissmedic[27].

Body

Founding

+2002-02-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Swissmedic[14].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Swissmedic, Schweizerisches Heilmittelinstitut'}[19], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Swissmedic, Institut suisse des produits thérapeutiques'}[20], {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Swissmedic, Istituto svizzero per gli agenti terapeutici'}[21], {'lang': 'rm', 'text': 'Swissmedic, Institut swizzer per products terapeutics'}[22], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Swissmedic, Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products'}[23]. Swissmedic's part of is recorded as Federal Department of Home Affairs[12].

Operations

Swissmedic's headquarters location is recorded as Bern[7]. Swissmedic's parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Department of Home Affairs[17].

Industry

Swissmedic's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[13].

Why It Matters

Swissmedic ranks in the top 6% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2] Swissmedic has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Swissmedic is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Bern Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . swissmedic.ch. Retrieved . swissmedic.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . admin.ch. admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . GRID Release 2017-07-12. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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