Okt 26, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
Pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca has published stronger than expected revenues – in the last quarter, revenue for AstraZeneca fell by about a fifth to $6.68 billion. In particular, generic competition and patent expirations have reduced revenues...
Okt 26, 2012 | Allgemein, care, company news @en, DE, market knowledge, new business
Many trends come from the USA to Germany. Thus, this developing approach to health care in the US may become a reality in Germany soon. In major U.S. shopping centres, health kiosks are set up to offer both health information and primary care. This new model of care...
Okt 26, 2012 | Allgemein, care, company news @en, DE, market knowledge
Neighbouring country Netherlands is introducing a model called „praktijkondersteuner huisarts“ in the care of chronically ill patients . This involves the use of specially trained medical assistant practitioners (MFA) to take over time-consuming and...
Okt 25, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, pharmacy
The Stuttgart based pharmaceutical wholesaler Celesio is selling its subsidiary and mail order pharmacy DocMorris and the DocMorris brand to Swiss pharmaceutical distributor Zur Rose AG. The purchase price is EUR 25 million, with additional impairment charges to the...
Okt 25, 2012 | Allgemein, care, company news @en, DE, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy
The U.S. pharmacy chain Walgreens wants to introduce a nationwide medication management for hospital patients. From admission to 30 days after discharge, pharmacists will now advise patients. To begin with, the „Well Transitions“ program is being...
Okt 23, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, transactions
The American pharmaceutical company Pfizer, thanks again to a savings program with billions of profit, announced another purchase: Pfizer has exercised a call option to acquire US-based pharmaceutical company Nextwave – worth $255 million. The purchase price...