The GKV Savings Act in Parliament – A Step Backward for Preventive Care and Women’s Health VDGH: Prevention is part of the solution, not part of the problem
On the occasion of today’s deliberations on the Statutory Health Insurance Contribution Rate Stabilization Act in the German Bundestag and Bundesrat,…
High Tech Agenda Germany VDGH welcomes the German government's biotech roadmap
The German government has presented its biotechnology roadmap as part of the High-Tech Agenda Germany (HTAD). The German Diagnostics Industry…
Diagnostics industry stagnatesVDGH calls for a reduction in bureaucracy and structural reforms in healthcare
The diagnostics industry in Germany is facing growing economic and regulatory pressure. At the same time, diagnostic procedures are becoming…
New board member for the specialist departmentDr. Thorsten Ebel elected
Munich/Berlin - During its meeting at analytica in Munich, the Life Science Research (LSR) division of the German Diagnostics Industry Association…
Rare Disease DaySecuring diagnostics, utilizing digital opportunities
On the occasion of Rare Disease Day on February 28, the German Diagnostics Industry Association (VDGH) is drawing attention to the particular…
Joint press releaseFour years of the DiGA framework agreement: assessment and need for action
Four years after the framework agreement came into force, it is time to take stock: digital health applications (DiGA) have proven themselves as…
LSR-FundFinder modernizedAI-supported research platform for European research funding
The Association of the Diagnostics Industry (VDGH) is today presenting the completely modernized LSR-FundFinder of the Life Science Research (LSR)…
Joint press release by BVMed, SPECTARIS, VDGH and ZVEIKick-off meeting at the BMG: "Using the MedTech dialog for far-reaching reforms"
Yesterday's launch of the MedTech Dialogue at the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) with Minister Nina Warken marks the start of a key process for the…
World Diabetes Day 2025Diagnostics close to people
More and more people in Germany are developing type 2 diabetes, increasingly at a younger age. Prevention and early detection are therefore becoming…
Kick-off in the ChancellerySignal for the industrial healthcare sector
Today, the Federal Government invited representatives from the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries to the Federal Chancellery to kick off…
Joint press release by BVMed, Medical Mountains, SPECTARIS and VDGH“MDR and IVDR slow down innovation: New industry survey shows need for action for competitiveness and security of supply"
A recent industry survey conducted by the medtech associations BVMed, MedicalMountains, SPECTARIS and VDGH clearly shows that the European regulations…
Diagnostica Forum 2025 in Berlin Future of laboratory medicine in the focus of digitalization, new technologies and regulation
The Association of the Diagnostics Industry (VDGH) hosted the Diagnostica Forum 2025 yesterday at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and…