Tag: Medication
Funds decide on measures against drug shortages
Berlin The statutory health insurance companies (GKV) have decided on measures to alleviate the strained supply of children’s medication. The so-called fixed amounts for certain drugs with the active ingredients…
Ukrainians could use Biden’s support
Good morning dear readers, Last night’s message could hardly have been more impressive. Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Joe Biden in the Rose Garden, in front of the Oval Office fireplace,…
Ukrainians could use Biden’s support
Good morning dear readers, Last night’s message could hardly have been more impressive. Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Joe Biden in the Rose Garden, in front of the Oval Office fireplace,…
Digitally printed medicines are intended to improve therapy
Frankfurt One tablet once a day in exactly the individually required dose – this is what every patient’s medication plan could look like one day, if the founders of the…
What Karl Lauterbach’s plans can actually do against the drug shortage
Berlin For Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, the reason for the current bottlenecks in medicines is obvious. “We overdid it with economization,” he said on Tuesday. The SPD politician means the…
Empty streets, full hospitals, hardly any medication
Berlin Beijing and Shanghai are often like ghost towns these days. Although according to official figures there are only a few thousand infected people and no restrictions are in force,…
The number of new drugs will increase again in 2022
Medicines shelf in the pharmacy This year, more new medicinal active ingredients were brought onto the German market than in a long time. (Photo: imago/Science Photo Library) Frankfurt When it…
Teva, Sandoz and Co: Generics industry sees growing supply bottlenecks
Frankfurt The industry association Pro Generika fears that manufacturers of imitation drugs (generics) will have to withdraw from the production of more and more drugs in the future because it…
On a shopping spree – growth with the Corona billions
With this transaction, Pfizer strengthens its commitment in the field of rare diseases. GBT’s main product is a drug for sickle cell anemia, an inherited disease characterized by deformed red…
Start-up helps set up express delivery services
Thomas Wickop Wickop is the founder of Vaya Health. (Photo: Company) Dusseldorf Thomas Wickop is a sixth generation pharmacist. Since he took over the Einhorn Apotheke in Darmstadt two years…
“Acquisitions are always an option”
Production at Fresenius Kabi The business of the drug division of the group is expected to grow significantly. (Photo: Fresenius) Frankfurt The healthcare group Fresenius intends to play a key…
Eli Lilly is the new star of the pharmaceutical industry
Frankfurt In the past two years, the headlines in the pharmaceutical industry have been dominated by the American industry leader Pfizer with its Covid vaccine Comirnaty – developed together with…
Biogen Withdraws Marketing Authorization Application for Alzheimer’s Drug in Europe
biogenic After the rejection by the EMA, the pharmaceutical company submitted an application for review. However, it is now withdrawing the application for market approval. (Photo: Reuters) Bangalore The US…
Formycon wants to become a player in the biosimilar business
In the laboratory After Lucentis, Formycon also wants to launch biosimilars for Stelara and the eye drug Eylea by the middle of the decade. Frankfurt It is not only the…
DAX group expands Kabi drug division
Fresenius corporate headquarters in Bad Homburg The purchase of the two companies is expected to be completed by the middle of the year. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt am Main The Dax…
Stada: Russia business – slight decline in sales expected for 2022
Bad Vilbel The Hessian drug manufacturer Stada increased its sales and profit again in 2021 despite the restrictions imposed by the corona pandemic. In the current year, however, the company…
Logistics will be the greatest challenge in the pharmacy market
Stock of shop pharmacy Providers are increasingly relying on automation in logistics. (Photo: Shop Apotheke Europe) Dusseldorf In a warehouse, packages of medicines are sorted on large wooden shelves. There…
Prostate cancer drug could become a bestseller
Bayer logo The group had to cope with a number of setbacks in research in recent years. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt After positive data from a larger study with men suffering…
New drugs against Covid give hope
Frankfurt In the fight against the Covid pandemic, new therapy options are giving additional hope in addition to the vaccination campaigns. Several drugs have been on the market since December.…
In the fight against cancer
Frankfurt The fight against the coronavirus has been in the headlines for two years, but there has also been immense progress in the fight against cancer. Because in the long…