10. April 2025|
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|8 months agoSwiss IVF Success Rate Soars as Multiple Births Decline
New statistics reveal dramatic improvement in Swiss artificial insemination outcomes, with multiple births dropping from 17.4% to 2.8% over two decades following regulatory changes.
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- Multiple births from artificial insemination in Switzerland dropped from 17.4% in 2002 to just 2.8% in 2023.
- The 2017 revision of the Reproductive Medicine Act allows up to 12 embryos to be stored, enabling better selection.
- In 2023, 2,511 children were born via IVF, accounting for 3% of all births in Switzerland.
- The number of IVF treatments fell by 1.5% in 2023, yet the number of resulting births increased by 5.9%.
By The Numbers
17.4% to 2.8%
Decline in multiple birth rate
30%
Success rate per embryo transfer
7,341
Single embryo transfers
12
Maximum stored embryos
They Said
"This decline can largely be explained by a revision of the Reproductive Medicine Act in 2017. It allows a higher number of embryos (maximum 12) to be stored."