Key legal question
Whether the late application for the additional morphine preparations was admissible under the transitional rule of Art. 95(3) HMG.
Extracted holding
The one-year deadline under Art. 95(3) HMG had expired; the late application could not be entertained.
Extracted reasoning
The HMG entered into force on 2002-01-01, while the supplementary application was filed only on 2003-04-08. The mistaken date in Swissmedic's letter was an obvious typo on which the company could not rely.