February 11, 2026|Daniela Geiser

A new tool to access services across organizations

The CPCR Service Finder, a new collaborative, user-friendly tool, has been developed by the national Coordination Platform Clinical Research (CPCR) with the technical expertise of Swiss Biobanking. It allows to browse among services from the main national research infrastructures in one click, and to identify whom to approach for support.

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A new tool to access services across organizations

The CPCR Service Finder, a new collaborative, user-friendly tool, has been developed by the national Coordination Platform Clinical Research (CPCR) with the technical expertise of Swiss Biobanking. It allows to browse among services from the main national research infrastructures in one click, and to identify whom to approach for support.

As contributor, Swiss Pesonalized Health Network (SPHN) is pleased to announce the launch of the CPCR Service Finder. It is a first tangible outcome of the CPCR – whose mission is to foster synergies among organizations conducting and supporting clinical research in Switzerland. The CPCR Service Finder supports academic researchers, study coordinators, data managers, and biobank professionals in identifying which national infrastructures can provide relevant expertise, data, or resources at different stages of their projects.

The tool is the result of a collaboration within the national Coordination Platform Clinical Research (CPCR). It was developed in a joint effort of Swiss Biobanking (technical lead), Swiss Cancer Institute (SCI), Swiss Clinical Trial Organisation (SCTO) and Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN), with the support and coordination of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS). Swissethics joined as first partner to include its resources. The tool is designed to welcome other key national service providers progressively.  

Beta-testing by the community allowed to increase user-friendliness and functionalities. The tool combines the power of a free-text search supported by AI, with filters to narrow down the results and match the user’s context. Its technology – hosting, data processing and AI solution – is open source and provided by a Swiss company.

The CPCR Service Finder will be permanently accessible on the website of each partner research infrastructure.

Please contribute to the further improvement and share your feedback directly in the tool by contacting the development team at: info@swissbiobanking.ch.

More information on the CPCR can be found on the SAMS website: sams.ch/en/cpcr.