Sep. 17, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, transactions
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has entered into a EUR 130 million strategic alliance with fellow French company Oncodesign to find new kinase inhibitors for a variety of indications. As part of the four year contract, Oncodesign will apply its proprietary...
Sep. 17, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
The insured clients of Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) can now access a bonus of up to EUR 200 if they complete a health-conscious loyalty programme with the company, the Executive Board has decided. In its recent meeting, the Board discussed further approved options to...
Sep. 17, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
The health policy spokesman for the CDU, Jens Spahn, estimated that more spending on doctors, hospitals, drugs and pharmacists in the coming year will cost around EUR 2.8 billion. Thus, there would be very little remaining of the EUR 3-4 billion, after deduction of...
Sep. 14, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge, new business
So far, the German economy has proved to be extremely robust in faltering Europe, especially thanks to its remarkable export figures. As Germany’s export levels increased in the first half of 2012, the President of trade association BGA, Anton Börner feels it is...
Sep. 14, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge
In some product areas of the resource market, the share of private patients is larger than average, for example incontinence products. Because those inflicted feel shame in the topic and the lack of reimbursement for mild forms of incontinence have led to a relatively...
Sep. 14, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
The Landesregierung (state government) of North-Rhine Westphalia has committed to investing EUR 25 million over 3 years for the promotion of health through telematics. Almost half of the funding will go towards electronic records. In the developments of future IT...
