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...
Okt 18, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge, new business, pharmacy
As the Wall Street Journal reported, Coca-Cola and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi are planning a joint venture under the name „Beautific Oenobiol“ for the marketing of health drinks. It will begin with the marketing in France, followed by other European...
Okt 12, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge, new business, services
The service provider arvato Healthcare has acquired the patient care program „BIGmedcoach“ of health insurers BIG Direkt, previously conducted by Medco International. The aim of the cooperation is to strengthen the compliance of patients. The Bertelsmann...
Okt 12, 2012 | Allgemein, DE, market knowledge, new business
Does anyone know „where the surgical sponge is“ – these are not usually words of a surgeon, but unfortunately individual cases from routine clinical practice suggest they can be. Estimates indicate that one in 18 760 unintentionally operations...
Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge, new business
Starting today (10/10/12), the Rehacare conference in Düsseldorf will see the use of robotic assistance for elderly, sick and disabled people as an important topic. Experts predict a promising future for applications including household aids, emergency assistance,...
Sep 25, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, new business
Recently, it was announced that more companies, ministries and organisations within the health care industry are committed to a common cause. In order to work towards these, they have formed organisational implementation committees, alliances and coalitions. But what...