Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants to give drug manufacturers more profits. This should fill the shelves in the pharmacies again with cough syrup and cancer preparations. But that's wishful thinking. The Germans already spend the most money on medicines in Europe. There is something in healthcare that no one likes to talk about, but without which nothing works. This universal agent that is supposed to solve all problems is called money. If there aren't enough nurses in front of a...
Pharmaceutical companies are not non-profit organizations. This sounds quite banal, but sometimes gets lost in the discussion about drug shortages. For the sake of their own permanent existence, companies have to make a profit. They invest, pay wages and taxes. If a product only makes a loss in the long run, it will be discontinued. Every manufacturer of cars and handbags does it that way. No one suffers or dies from it.It's different with medicines. People who are ill or...
Exclusive Status: 01/10/2023 06:00 a.m Health Minister Lauterbach had promised to quickly remedy the shortage of children's medicines. But his plans were not initially agreed with the health insurance companies. Now, according to information from ARD Capital Studios a solution. By Nadine Bader, ARD Capital Studio Empty drawers in pharmacies where antipyretics for children should actually be. Desperate parents who travel to Holland to stock up on medicine for their sick children. Such conditions put Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach...
Around 330 medicines are currently not available in Germany, including children's medicines such as fever and cough syrups. Drugs for adults are also affected, such as cancer drugs and antibiotics. Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) wants to fight the bottlenecks with new financial incentives. Nevertheless, GPs and pharmacists expect a persistent shortage of medicines in the coming months."The measures now being discussed will only help to a limited extent in general practitioner care in the short term," said Nicola...
Of Elisabeth Dostert and Angelika Slavik, Munich/BerlinThe delivery bottlenecks for medicines are unsettling many people these days. Breast cancer drugs are in some places just as scarce as antibiotics or medicines for children. Especially the lack of fever juice stresses many parents. Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) now wants to tackle the problem with a law. Will that work? The most important questions and answers. source site
Health General practitioners and pharmacists expect a continuing shortage of medicines Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) at a press event in Berlin. photo © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa Families in particular have a hard time when medicines such as fever juices are currently not available in pharmacies. The government wants to combat the shortages with financial incentives. Despite the countermeasures announced, general practitioners and pharmacies are expecting a persistent shortage of medication in the coming months. "The measures now being...
The delivery bottlenecks for medicines are unsettling many people these days. Breast cancer drugs are in some places just as scarce as antibiotics or medicines for children. Especially the lack of fever juice stresses many parents. Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) now wants to tackle the problem with a law. Will that work? The most important questions and answers.Why are there delivery bottlenecks at all?Several reasons play a role. Scarcity of raw materials, rising energy prices, global problems with...
comment Status: 12/20/2022 5:44 p.m A lot has been tampered with in the health system - but all the political therapies have been of little use: the clinics are overloaded and there is a lack of medication. Now a systemic all-round cure is needed. A comment by Vera Wolfskkampf, ARD capital studio Our health system shows serious weaknesses. Government after government has only tinkered with the problems, making them worse. Now it's time for an all-round cure. MDR logo Vera...
The Minister of Health wants to increase the profits of the pharmaceutical industry so that more medicines are available. That sounds contradictory, but it makes sense.comment by Angelica SlavikIf there is a problem to be solved, the political establishment has two all-purpose weapons. One is the formation of a working group, alternatively also called "Commission", "Expert Council" or "Expert Panel". The other is the money-on-the-problem tactic. In view of the tense supply situation for many important medicines, the Federal Minister...
fever and cough syrups Minister of Health Lauterbach announces measures against bottlenecks in medicines for children Watch the video: Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) on the lack of medicines for children.Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) presents measures against the shortage of children's medicines: "Repatriation of production to Europe, then price adjustments where delivery bottlenecks are evident. Storage for several months and a radar system at the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), where Impending supply bottlenecks...
