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 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...
Sep 7, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge, pharmaceuticals
In the pharmaceutical industry, the European association EFPIA has decided to make the financial benefits of doctors and medical research institutions open to view by all. Similar to the „Physician Payment Sunshine Act“ in the USA, the association wants to...
Sep 7, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge
The Bundeskartellamt has prohibited the merger between Klinikum Worms (555 beds) and Agaplesion Hochstift Krankenhaus (141 beds). With the merger, competition authorities decided that it would result in too strong a market position in the region for acute health care....
Aug 31, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge
According to prevailing opinions, the demographic trends of Germany were the biggest cost drivers in the health system. With the number of elderly people increasing, as well as those living for longer, there are enormous costs for the treatment of diseases and...
Aug 30, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge
Three health insurance companies are now offering an Internet portal for doctors as part of their supply contracts, for the economic optimisation of outpatient care in the field of parenteral nutrition. The online portal would provide a proposal for the composition...