About Us: Certifications

CROss Alliance^® is the commercial brand name for CROSS Research SA, a private Swiss Contract Research Organization (CRO) active in the field of clinical drug & medical device development.

CROSS Research operates in full compliance with Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP R2). ICH-GCP is directly anchored in the Swiss legislation and, since 2014, the Swiss Competent Surveillance Authority for Medicines and Medical Devices (Swissmedic) is a full member of ICH. The transition process from ICH-GCP R2 to ICH-GCP R3 has started at CROSS in early 2025.

CROSS Research is:

• a GCP Training Provider at Investigator level officially recognised by Swissethics;
• a Gold Member of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Inc. (CDISC), since 2012;
• rated Gold by CyberVadis for the security and cybersecurity of its data (June 2025);
• GDPR compliant since 2018

Since 2001 the quality and compliance of CROSS Research has been constantly monitored by frequent study and system inspections of different Competent Authorities (Switzerland, Austria, Spain, US), by the local Authorities (Canton Ticino) as well as by frequent Clients’ Audits.