Institutions in Crisis Mode
For the last year, governments, the economy and society as a
whole have been confronted with tremendous challenges in tackling
the COVID-19 pandemic. The life sciences sector and, in particular,
the healthcare system, has had to adapt to new demands, changing
priorities and an unprecedented amount and pace of regulations
coming from the different levels of government in Switzerland, ie,
the federal state, the cantons and even the municipalities. In a
number of instances, it was not even clear whether the federal
government had the power to adopt certain rules to combat the
pandemic because the healthcare system is basically within the
powers of the cantons.
