Sep 11, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge
According to one of the recent studies of Continentale Versicherung, insured patients spend around EUR 380 per year to doctors, clinics or pharmacies, or other out of pocket expenses. On average, women spend EUR 440, and men EUR 300 for services that health insurance...
Sep 11, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
Since last week, a discount promotion introduced by pharmacy chain Boots in Great Britain has become a sensation. Boots, which in June this year was partially taken over by American pharmacy chain Walgreens, offers its customers a special discount on the entire range...
Sep 11, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, transactions
Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen und Medizintechnik AG, through its Californian subsidiary Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products, Inc., has purchased bioanalytical research organisation Vitalea Science Inc.. Vitalea is a pharmaceutical service company, providing research...
Sep 11, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
Danish medical product manufacturers Coloplast has experienced an 8% rise in sales in the first three quarters of 2011/12, amounting to DKK 8.174 billion. The EBIT-Margin also improved by 5% to 29%. A number of sectors of the business contributed to this sales growth:...
Sep 10, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions, health policy
The Bundesriegerung plans to increase the income threshold for social security, as originally reported by the „Süddeutsche Zeitung“ and the „Bild“. The decision will be made in October, and is expected to come into effect on the 1st January...
Sep 10, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge, pharmaceutical industry
The biotechnology industry has, since its inception in the 1980s, contuously increased its influence on the pharmaceutical industry. This commercial breakthrough made it possible for entry into the pharmaceutical market, with newcomers including Genetech, Amgen and...