German pharmaceutical manufacturers under pressure

Jan 6, 2021 | EN, health policy, pharmaceutical industry

For 50 years now, the German Pharmaceutical Industry Association (BIP) has been analyzing pharmaceutical data. (BIP) has been analyzing pharmaceutical data for 50 years; this year, the anniversary edition is „Pharma Data 2020“. According to this data,...

Contribution increases or benefit cuts in the SHI system?

Jan 6, 2021 | EN, GKV, health policy, statutory health insurance

According to expert estimates, the additional contributions will have to rise drastically in 2022 at the latest if the deficit of the statutory health insurance funds (German: GKV) is to be absorbed. This is because the planned gentle increase in additional...

Summary Seven wishes you a Merry Christmas

Dez 23, 2020 | EN

A challenging year for all of us is coming to an end. We would like to thank all S7 Update readers and all partners for the good cooperation under the special circumstances in 2020. We are looking forward to start together into a new year with exciting projects and...

Inpatient facility staff at high risk for Covid 19 infection

Dez 23, 2020 | Corona, COVID-19, EN, hospitals

Corona infection figures are still exploding in Germany. Doctors and nurses are also increasingly becoming infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus in hospitals. Despite infection, some of them have to continue working, especially those who remain asymptomatic, because the...

Scotland: Corona infection and mortality risk greater in poorer residential areas

Dez 23, 2020 | Corona, COVID-19, EN

In Scotland, in the northernmost part of the United Kingdom, regular statistical surveys are published on trends in poverty in not-so-privileged areas. This time, Dr. Nazir Lone of the University of Edinburgh studied the risk of infection and death in poorer areas of...

Study: Factors that determine the purchase price of a medical practice

Dez 23, 2020 | EN

The German bank for pharmacists and physicians (Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank, Apobank for short) and the Central Institute for Statutory Health Insurance (Zentralinstitut für die kassenärztliche Versorgung, Zi for short) have found out which and how many takeover...