Nov 18, 2021 | EN, medical technology
The Ottobock Group, based in Duderstadt, Germany, offers innovative products in the field of prostheses, orthoses, wheelchairs and mobility for neurological diseases, has just acquired all shares in SuitX, a spin-off of the University of California’s Robiotics...
Nov 18, 2021 | EN, Investments, transactions
As of October 1, 2021, Rote Liste Service GmbH already belongs to Bertelsmann Investments (BI), the global venture capital arm of media, services and education provider Bertelsmann, which is active in around 50 countries with 130,000 employees. Bertelsmann Investments...
Nov 18, 2021 | EN, medical technology
German industry association Spectaris has just published the industry figures for the medical technology sector for January to August 2021, welcoming the growth trajectory for 2021. However, Sepctaris also warns that rising costs for raw materials and logistics,...
Nov 18, 2021 | EN, health policy
Coalition negotiations are already underway in the German Bundestag, because the issue of „health and care“ is also urgent. Initial exploratory talks of the traffic light coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP have already ended with discussions on cornerstones...
Nov 18, 2021 | EN, pharmaceutical industry, pharmacy
Shop Apotheke, headquartered in Venlo, the Netherlands, received its first electronic prescription on October 28. In addition, further e-prescriptions have been received since then, which could be processed further without any problems, as the online retailer reports....
Nov 4, 2021 | EN, Investments
The Berlin-based company Thryve, a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute was founded in 2017 as a technology startup and has since been intensively involved in the collection of health data from patients who wear wearables, fitness trackers or other connected medical...
