Statistics on clinical research in Sweden
As of 1 January 2024, the Swedish Ethical Review Authority is tasked with keeping and presenting statistics on clinical research in Sweden. The statistics are retrieved from the applications that the authority has reviewed and approved.
The number of studies in the last five years
You can search and read more about individual projects under the ‘Projects’ tab. The compiled statistics are presented under the ‘Dashboard’ tab, and selection, data and technical details are reported under ‘Documentation’. A description of the government assignment is provided under the ‘About the assignment’ tab. The chart shows the number of approved applications per month. Only projects for which an application has been received by the authority from 1 January 2024 onwards are included. You can find more charts in the menu above under the tab ‘Dashboard’ or by clicking the button below.
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New report on clinical research in Sweden
The Swedish Ethical Review Authority has submitted this year’s report on clinical research to the Government. In the report to the Ministry of Education and Research, we present statistics on all applications for clinical research that we approved during 2025. This is the first time we are able to present complete data for an entire calendar year since we began collecting this information.
5/19/2026
More data available in the statistics portal
The statistics portal has been supplemented with information on Principal Investigator and Department for clinical trials of medicinal products (CTR), as well as on the institution where the responsible researcher is active for initial applications.
4/17/2026
New variables on clinical drug trials
The Swedish Ethical Review Authority has expanded the information in the statistics portal with new variables for clinical drug trials.
3/25/2026
The Statistics Portal is now available in English
The Swedish Ethical Review Authority’s Statistics Portal is now available in both Swedish and English.
10/23/2025
New pages on Reports and the User Advisory Board
The Swedish Ethical Review Authority has added two new pages to the Statistics Portal: Reports and the User Advisory Board.
10/21/2025
Annual report on clinical research and the statistics portal
The Swedish Ethical Review Authority manages a comprehensive dataset on clinical research in Sweden, and the statistics portal is an important tool for making this information accessible in an open and user-friendly way. The annual report has now been submitted to the government.
8/13/2025
More variables available in the statistics portal
The Swedish Ethical Review Authority has expanded the information available in the statistics portal by adding new variables: Principal investigator and collaborating researcher for initial applications (Ethix).
8/13/2025
Better overview with a new statistics portal
The Swedish Ethical Review Authority is now launching our new statistics portal on clinical research in Sweden.
8/13/2025