Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, homecare / nursing care @en, transactions
Convatec has taken over the US company 180 Medical. The company, based in Oklahoma City, is a leading supplier of home care medical supplies, intermittent catheters and urological products. The purchase price is $321 million. Convatec, owned since 2008 by the private...
Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, transactions
Boston Scientific has acquired Rhythmia Medical, a privately held company based in Burlington, Massachusetts. The transaction for Rhythmia Medical, the developer of next-generation mapping and navigation solutions for use in the cardiac catheter ablation and other...
Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
At least 14 public health insurance funds will sue Morbi-RSA. The reason for this is a systematic error in the allocation calculation. Among the claimants are eleven regional associations of local health insurance, including Bahn BKK, Deutsche BKK and DAK-Gesundheit....
Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, transactions
The ‚Betriebskrankenkasse pronova‘ (BKK) and the ‚Bundesinnungskrankenkasse Gesundheit‘ (BIG) have decided against a merger. As the „Ärzte Zeitung“ reports, citing the BIG Vice Chairman Peter Kaetsch, the funds have ended their...
Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
The prescription Ordermed service has developed rapidly over a year after its inception and now, it has a considerable network – about 17,000 doctors and 497 pharmacies. The system of the company from the Lower Saxony Buchholz is financed through pharmacies: for...
Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
The listed nursing home operators Marseille-Kliniken recorded in fiscal year 2011/2012 a sharp rise in profits. Also, revenue from the Berlin-based company increased by 2.7 percent to EUR 195.1 million. The increase was justified, among other things with higher...