Preventing Health Risks
am 10.03.2005 von http://www.recht.us/amlawOH - Berlin. On March 7, 2005, the health minister of Lower Saxony, Ursula von der Leyen, said that a new law to prevent health risks, Präventionsgesetz, is needed.As a minister of a federal state, she will lobby the federal Senate, Bundesrat, for the bill. The Senate and the Diet in Berlin would have to approve the bill for its enactment. It is on their March agenda.The law …
Health Care Law
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Health Care is the theme of the new blog Gesundheitswesen International. It cover topics in law, controlling and lobbying. Recent legal issues include medical malpractice, rules involving abortion, decisions on contributions p…
Upper House to Meet June 15
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Upper House, Bundesrat, in Berlin will meet on June 15, 2005 to consider eight statutes that require its approval. The list is on its website.Briefly, the statutes cover (1) the removal of home owner subsidies; (2) new ru…
EuGH: IMS-Health
Handakte WebLAWg / Am 29.04.2004 hat der EuGH mit seinem Urteil in der Rechtssache C-418/01 IMS Health GmbH & Co. OHG / NDC...…
Medication Row
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Wall Street Journal on page B1 today reports that German Curbs on Drug Costs Rile Big Brands. The paper notes that manufacturers of pharmaceuticals fear the new and effective German reimbursement system for medications mig…
Kein Ende im Streit mit Patientenvermittler
Handakte WebLAWg / Im Streit zwischen dem Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) und dem früher in Fürth ansässigen Unternehmen German Health (inzwischen Arabic Health) hat der Staatsanwalt Nürnberg/Fürth den Patientenvermittler entlastet. Bei den Vorwürf…
Seize and Keep Fruits of Crime
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The federal government enacted legislation to retain seized illicit gains of criminals. Currently, German criminal law provides that victims may claim such gains but if they fail to, the seized assets will eventually return to…
Compromise on Discrimination
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. On July 7, 2006, the Federal Council, Bundesrat, may approve the Diet-passed legislation to incorporate the EU antidiscrimination directives into German law. The Council had worked with the Diet on a compromise after it critiz…
