Welcome to the GHE!

The German Healthcare Export Group (GHE) e.V. brings approx. 50 innovative and strongly growing companies from the area of medical technology, which are strongly export oriented, together. The GHE provides these member companies with a platform for exchanging their export business experiences.

The GHE offers customers a wide variety of products and services, from OP equipment to hospital IT, and covers almost the entire medical technology product range.

All in all the association represents around 80 percent by volume of all German exports in the medical technology sector.

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GHE is represented on this year’s HOSPITALAR (05/11/2012)

The 19th edition of HOSPITALAR will start in Sao Paulo, Brazil, soon. As the leading trade show for the healthcare industry in Brazil and the Latin-American market, the HOSPITALAR, from May 22 to 25, 2012, is a must for the German exhibitors of the medical technology sector. Since 2006, Germany has been participating with a GERMAN PAVILION more …

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PROTEC software now available in 14 languages (05/15/2012)

CONAXX is a user-friendly and intuitionally operable system for the acquisition of x-ray images from digital modalities such as CR- or DR-Systems. PROPAXX is the matching software for viewing, processing and archiving of these images. Both programs enjoy a great reputation worldwide due to their outstanding user friendliness and high image quality. These PROTEC software systems are the central part of any digital PROTEC installation today. Depending on the country of destination, both programs can be adapted to specific market & customer needs – not only regarding their workflow, but also in terms of their user language. more …

Milestones of Anesthesiology: Dräger Perseus A500 (05/08/2012)

Flexible product design, link with the Infinity Acute Care System (IACS), patients in intensive care, and a level of automation that supports the workflow in the OR: The Perseus A500 anesthesia workstation is one of the largest development projects ever from Dräger. This milestone in the development of anesthesia machines has been introduced by the company for the first time at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The patient monitor on the left, right, or centered? With or without medical cockpit for linked IT solutions? more …

aap reports profitable Q1 2012 sales growth of 51% to EUR 9.9 million (05/15/2012)

aap Implantate AG, a medical technology company listed in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s Prime Standard segment, generated EUR 9.9 million in sales (previous year: EUR 6.5 million) in the first three months of financial year 2012, which was a 51% increase on the previous year’s first quarter. This strong sales growth was due mainly to an 18% increase in product sales to EUR 7.7 million (previous year: EUR 6.5 million) and to revenue from the conclusion of an exclusive license agreement worth EUR 2.2 million with a world-leading medical technology company. EBITDA increased to EUR 2.1 million (previous year: EUR 0.8 million). more …

Varian Medical Systems and Siemens Healthcare announce global collaboration to advance clinical capabilities (04/26/2012)

Varian Medical Systems and Siemens Healthcare announce global collaboration to advance clinical capabilities and offerings in radiotherapy and radiosurgery Varian Medical Systems and Siemens Healthcare today announced the signing of a strategic global partnership to provide advanced diagnostic and therapeutic solutions and services for treating cancer with image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery. The collaboration covers the mutual marketing and representation of products for imaging and treatment in the global radiation oncology business. more …

Neonatologists recommend volume-targeted ventilation for premature babies (05/14/2012)

Volume-targeted ventilated premature babies have a higher survival rate and suffer less ventilation-related lung damage – this is the result of a survey amongst international neonatologists.1/2 In a technical paper, the experts demonstrated the advantages of this type of ventilation using Volume Guarantee mode (VG) from Dräger.3 Integrated into the ventilators for premature babies, such as the new Babylog VN500, the VG prevents the baby's lung from over-distension. more …

51% sales increase to EUR 9.8 million in the first quarter 2012 (04/03/2012)

Preliminary figures indicate that aap Implantate AG (XETRA: AAQ.DE), a global medical device company focused on innovative trauma products and biomaterials for the orthopaedic market, achieved total sales in the first quarter of 2012 of EUR 9.8 million, a 51% increase on the previous year’s figure of EUR 6.5 million. The sales growth was driven by an 18% increase in sales on product level to EUR 7.7 million (previous year: EUR 6.5 million) as well as from the sales of EUR 2.1 million from the exclusive license agreement with a world-leading medical technology company announced on March 23, 2012. Based on the sales on product level in the first quarter 2012 and the Company’s goal of achieving profitable growth, the Company anticipates that EBITDA growth on product level in the first quarter 2012 will be stronger than the sales increase on product level. more …

Siemens awarded large-scale service contract in Australia covering 6,000 items of medical technology equipment (05/10/2012)

In a 1.3 billion Australian Dollar partnership between the Western Australian Department of Health and the services company Serco, Siemens has been subcontracted by Serco to provide a Managed Equipment Service (MES) for the new Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Australia. Consequently, Siemens will be providing services that will manage procurement, installation, maintenance, and regular system replacements of diagnostic and treatment equipment for the next 15 years. more …

LEICA MICROSYSTEMS INTRODUCES TISSUE IA 2.0* QUANTITATIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS FLUORESCENCE AND BRIGHTFIELD ANALYSIS FOR DIGITAL PATHOLOGY (03/30/2012)

Leica Microsystems announces the release of Tissue IA 2.0, high performance image analysis for discovery research. Combining fluorescence and brightfield analysis capabilities in a single platform, with precision cell modelling, Tissue IA 2.0 offers a superior solution for IHC biomarker quantification. Tissue IA 2.0 joins the Total Digital Pathology portfolio from Leica, providing streamlined end-to-end excellence in capture, management and analysis of digital pathology images. more …