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Germans Now Increasingly Plead for (Limited) Compulsory Immunization
For the time being, there will be no compulsory vaccination in Germany because the current federal government consisting of the SPD and the CDU/CSU is not introducing compulsory vaccination. The future coalition is also not planning to introduce compulsory...
Outstanding Taiwanese Care Solutions Impressed at Medica
Taiwan is known worldwide for its innovative product solutions in the field of medical technology and e-health. At the MEDICA trade fair, which took place in mid-November in Düsseldorf, 18 Taiwanese companies were also represented in the Taiwan Excellence Pavilion...
E-Prescription Regulation: How Will Third-Party Providers Be Involved?
In Germany, brick-and-mortar pharmacies fear the nationwide introduction of e-prescription and competition from large mail-order drug companies, which could benefit from certain regulations via a decree issued by the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG). The...
Witten-Herdecke University Awarded Health Visionary Prizes
This year's Health Visionary Award from the University of Witten-Herdecke went to a startup that uses an innovative phototherapy and digital solution to enable sufferers of chronic diseases to receive treatment in their own homes. With its imaginative concept, the...
Doctari Group Expands Digital Health Offerings through Acquisitions
The Doctari Group around managing directors Sang-Woo Pai and Torsten Blaschke as well as Silke Oltrogge expands the competences of the intermediary of physicians and nursing staff by the expertise of three different companies, which were already partly connected in...
E-Health: Germany Performs Poorly in Country Comparison
The German model of digital healthcare services tends to be less service-oriented in a country comparison with Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Denmark, Estonia and Australia. This is the conclusion of an analysis by scientists. The Scientific Institute of Private Health...
English Healthcare System Faces State of Emergency
England could soon be in a state of emergency, as the British government has imposed deadlines for unvaccinated employees in senior citizen homes and nursing homes and at the NHS. Accordingly, nursing staff in old people's and care homes had to have been vaccinated by...
Inventive Applicants Sought for 5th Digital Health Award
The 5th Digital Health Prize 2022 will be awarded on March 24, 2022 by Novartis, a renowned biotechnology and pharmaceutical company, for the best innovative ideas in the field of digital health solutions. Startups, tech or e-health companies, and research teams from...
Ottobock Expands Expertise in the Field of Exoskeletons
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 and...
Bertelsmann: Expansion of Business Activities in the Healthcare Market
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...