Nov 8, 2012 | Allgemein, DE, medical technology, new business
Invacare GmbH has now extended its recycling service „Invaservice“ to mobility aids: the service for resellers now also includes maintenance services for power wheelchairs, scooters, manual wheelchairs and walkers. Another component of the service is the...
Nov 6, 2012 | Allgemein, DE, market knowledge, medical technology
Sales growth in the medical device industry has declined over the previous year. This is clear from the current autumn survey of the German Medical Technology Association (BVMed). Accordingly, revenue growth has averaged 4.4 percent in 2012, whereas the year before...
Okt 26, 2012 | Allgemein, DE, medical technology
According to the Federal Statistical Office, the 1160 medical technology companies were able to increase sales in the period January to August 2012 by 5.7 percent. The total revenue growth also leads to an increase of employees: for the full year 2012, employment is...
Okt 23, 2012 | Allgemein, DE, market knowledge, medical technology, new business
The CSU wants to cut the number of obese Germans with a screening programme. This was outliend by the Deputy Union Party leader John Singhammer at the „Sueddeutsche Zeitung“. Otherwise, the health system would collapse in 10 to 20 years because of too many...
Okt 23, 2012 | Allgemein, DE, market knowledge, medical technology
The Handelsblatt has made the video series „Made in Germany“ to present German medical technology as an export while taking a look at the company B. Braun. Here, the report has produced some interesting information on the market for dialysis and infusion...
Okt 19, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge, medical technology, new business
About 60% of Germans now regularly wear glasses to correct their vision problem. Since 2004 glasses, however, no longer come under the remit of statutory health insurance. The rationale for this decision is that a refractive error is not considered disease. Only in...