The Swiss Clinical Trial Organisation (SCTO) is the central cooperation platform for patient-oriented clinical research in Switzerland.
The SCTO is an independent organisation and is based on a joint initiative of the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences. As of 2017, the SCTO is a research infrastructure of national importance funded by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation and the Swiss National Science Foundation.
The SCTO’s primary objective is to catalyse valuable, innovative, and visible clinical research in Switzerland so as to deliver better therapies to society.