Sep. 18, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge, new business
The Bundesverband der deutschen Industrie (BDI) has established an association with the goal of developing an industry-wide perspective for all health-related industries and businesses to adhere to. A senior member of BDI management, Dieter Schweer, said:...
Sep. 18, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions, health policy
Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) will be the first major statutory sickness fund to introduce bonus payments to its policyholders, with around 6 million people expected to benefit. The company’s management made the recommendation to the Executive Board, that the...
Sep. 18, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
The GKV-Spitzenverband has passed a new paper on the reform of medical device law. Here, it calls for high-risk medical devices to allow authorities to independently analyse whether they are clinically robust, and to monitor reliability. The criticism of...
Sep. 18, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, transactions
SAP co-founder and football patron Dietmar Hopp has invested EUR 80 million in the Tübinger biotechnology firm CureVac, originally founded by young researchers in 2000. CureVac developed a new type of medication on the basis of the so-called mRNA, especially for...
Sep. 18, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, transactions
pronova BKK and BIG – direkt gesund have held the first exploratory talks over a possible merger in 2013. The negotiators see in the possible merger the opportunity to combine the strengths of BKK with many care locations that have strong service offerings, to provide...
Sep. 17, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, transactions
British pharmacist and drug outlet Alliance Boots now has strengthened its presence in the Chinese health care market. After Boots became a shareholder of Guanghzou Pharmaceuticals (market position 6) in 2007, the British company has now also invested in Nanjing...
