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1. SWITZERLAND
Collection/compilation agency: Swiss Federal Statistics Office
Collection/compilation type: R&D Survey.
Variables: R&D objectives: percent spent on biotechnology.
Scope: Private enterprises.
Frequency: One question was incorporated in the 2000 and 2004 R&D surveys.
Periodicity: Every four years, as the R&D survey. Next survey: 2004 R&D survey. As of 2004, the R&D survey will be conducted every two years.
Classification used: Same as the R&D survey, as the biotechnology element is a part of the survey.
Definition used: In the 2004 R&D survey, the OECD definition of biotechnology was used.
Output: Results of the 2000 R&D survey were published in 2001: Économie suisse/OFS, La recherche et le développement dans l’économie privée en Suisse, 2000, Zürich, Neuchâtel, 2001. The results of the 2004 survey were released in December 2005 and are available online at: http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/news/publikationen.html?publicationID=2046
- 2007 report on R&D in biotechnology in Switzerland (French version)
- 2007 report on R&D in biotechnology in Switzerland (German version)
Contact comments: N/A
Future plans (plans for new collections, strategies, experiences etc.): The question incorporated in the 2000 R&D survey, after slight modification, was incorporated in the 2004 R&D survey.
Contact details: http://www.statistik.admin.ch/
2000 survey and annex attached
2004 survey and annex attached
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2. SWITZERLAND
Collection/compilation agency: Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum/Institut Fédéral de la Propriété Intellectuelle/Istituto Federale della Proprietà Intellettuale/Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Collection/compilation type: Biotechnology patenting survey.
Variables: Qualitative patenting data (assessment scale 1-5).
Scope: Biotechnology entities (private and public) in Switzerland.
Frequency: 1.questionnaire: 53 questions; 2. questionnaire: 33 questions.
Periodicity: Only once, 1. questionnaire: March 2003, 2. questionnaire: September 2003.
Classification used: N/A
Definition used: Biotechnology companies according to the yearbook of the Swiss Biotechnology Federation and the Swiss Life Sciences Database http://www.swisslifesciences.ch/page/index.html
Output: Final report published: ‘Research and Patenting in Biotechnology; A Survey in Switzerland’ Bern 2003, http://www.ige.ch/E/jurinfo/j100.htm#2
Contact comments: Nikolaus Thumm, nikolaus.thumm@ipi.ch
Contact details: http://www.ige.ch/E/jurinfo/j100.htm#2
Future plans (plans for new collections, strategies, experiences etc.): The survey has been a unique exercise accompanying the ongoing Patent Law Reform in Switzerland.
Contact details: http://www.ige.ch/E/jurinfo/j100.htm#2
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3. SWITZERLAND
Collection/compilation agency: IPMZ - Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich
Collection/compilation type: Survey of Swiss Population (German, French, Italian region) (EUROBAROMETER).
Variables: A range of survey questions on public perception of biotechnology, including knowledge questions.
Scope: Analysis of public perceptions of biotechnology, in combination with a media content analysis.
Frequency: Three surveys in 1997, 2000 and 2003.
Periodicity: See frequency.
Classification used: see description of the Swiss projects (including data sets):
http://www.sidos.ch/fw_query/siweb2.fwx?htm.sel0=6332
http://www.sidos.ch/fw_query/siweb2.fwx?htm.sel0=7771
Description of the European project:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/lses/
Definition used: See Classification used.
Output: Publications: See Classification used.
Contact comments: N/A
Future plans (plans for new collections, strategies, experiences etc.): The project is terminated. Currently, there are no plans for further data collection.
Contact details:
Swiss project (Contact persons: Prof. Heinz Bonfadelli, Dr. Urs Dahinden):
http://www.ipmz.unizh.ch/home.html?/service/index.html
European project:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/lses/
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