Posted in Economy Health Politics

Insurers and SoVD urge swift measures to contain drug expenditures

(de-news.net) – Germany’s statutory health insurers have intensified pressure on political leaders to adopt more decisive measures in response to the continuing rise in pharmaceutical…

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Posted in Economy Health Politics

Minister weighs higher drug co-payments as health insurers warn of escalating pharmaceutical pricing

(de-news.net) – Higher co-payments for prescription medications have been proposed by Germany’s health minister, Susanne Warken (CDU), as a possible instrument to alleviate mounting financial…

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Drug Commissioner calls for revisions of cannabis law, stronger youth protection

(de-news.net) – Germany’s Federal Drug Commissioner Hendrik Streeck (CDU) has called for urgent amendments to the country’s cannabis legislation, citing contradictions within the current law…

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Germany and Belgium forge EU alliance to combat organized crime and drug trafficking

(de-news.net) – To promote more robust and harmonized measures against organized crime and narcotics trafficking, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has affirmed his intention to…

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Biontech begins study for drug against Omicron

(GermanPolicy.com) – BioNTech and Pfizer have started a first clinical trial for a vaccine against the omicron variant of the coronavirus. 1,420 subjects aged 18…

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