Aug. 28, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge
Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) will improve the quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with the help of the Health Buddy from company Robert Bosch Healthcare. This will allow TK to supply devices for up to 300 COPD patients in...
Aug. 28, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
Fresenius is examining whether to make a second bid for private healthcare company Rhön-Klinikum. At the end of June 2012, Fresenius failed with a bid to Rhön-Aktionäire shareholders. They were offered EUR 3.9 billion in total for 90%, however only 84% of the shares...
Aug. 28, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, pharmaceutical industry
In recent years, the price of medication have risen steadily. However, in 2011 the trend has reversed. Statutory health insurance has paid out less on drugs than in 2010: 4% less which was equivalent to EUR 1.2 billion. On average, Germans in the West spent less on...
Aug. 27, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, new products
Alzheimer’s is still a very bad disease that is as of yet untreatable. In light of this, pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company is the first to change this slightly. The initial results from two double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III studies with the...
Aug. 27, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
The owner of the Ottobock-Gruppe, Professor Hans-Georg Näder, expects the best results in the company’s history in 2012. Reasons for this assessment can be found in the group’s half-year figures, which in the first half of the year show an increase in...
Aug. 27, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE
The Gemeinsame Bundesaussschuss (G-BA) has opened its invitation for the 4th Qualitätssicherungskonferenz in Berlin on 27th September 2012. This Forum for quality assurance aims to inform representatives of science and the scientific community about the results,...
