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Dorothea Küsters died on 23 October 2023 at the age of 67 after an admirably brave and patiently endured illness. The esteemed founder of the communications agency of the same name was one of the most influential figures on the German healthcare agency scene over the last 40 years.

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The Frankfurt-based communications agency dk Life Science Communications (dk), which specialises in healthcare, celebrates its 30th anniversary this October. The dk team celebrated the agency's birthday together with the founder Dorothea Küsters, who retired in July, and the new Managing Director Niklas Kurz during a wine hike in the Rheingau region followed by dinner.

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The WEFRA LIFE GROUP, headquartered in Neu-Isenburg, Germany, today announced the acquisition of all shares in the Frankfurt-based PR agency dk Life Science Communications. Thus one of the prominent owner-led Healthcare advertising agencies of Germany acquires one of the most renowned PR-agencies specialized in healthcare communication. The previous managing partner, Dorothea Küsters, who founded the agency in October 1993 after holding senior positions at MS&L, McCann Health and Ogilvy Healthcare, among others, will leave the company at the end of June 2023 and retire after more than 40 years in PR.

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This year, dk Life Science Communications is once again one of the top-selling healthcare PR agencies in Germany, according to the industry portal PR-Journal. Among the consultancies that specialise 100 percent in healthcare communication, the Frankfurt agency even ranks third.

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The innovative power of Hessen's health industry is the focus of a new image film, which dk Life Science Communications was able to realise on behalf of Hessen Trade & Invest (HTAI). Integrated into the location marketing campaign "Schrittmacher für Gesundheit" (Pacesetters for Health), ten impulse-giving companies that are driving medical progress with their innovative approaches have their say. They all underline Hessen's positioning as one of the most innovative locations for the health industry in Europe.

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Improving educational opportunities for children and young people in Africa and creating prospects for a better future is the goal of PROBONO School Partnerships for One World e.V., which was initiated in 2004. dk Life Science Communications supports the work of the non-profit organisation every year at Christmas with a substantial donation.

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Working Group Folic Acid & Health (Arbeitskreis Folsäure und Gesundheit) wins supporters for awareness campaign for World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day on 25 October 2022. Facebook and Instagram posts raise awareness for sufficient folate supply to reduce the risk of neural tube defects.

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Renowned awards such as "Bestes Pharma-Unternehmen Deutschlands" (Best Pharmaceutical Company in Germany), "Die Goldene Tablette" (The Golden Tablet) and "Das innovativste Produkt" (The Most Innovative Product) were presented for the 22nd time at the Pharma Trend Image & Innovation Awards in Munich under the patronage of Bavarian Health Minister Klaus Holetschek.

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Dentaid, the Mannheim-based oral care company, is calling on people to gargle against infections and for general health in a social media campaign.

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66 percent of German beds are noisy at night. This is how many people state in a representative IPSOS survey commissioned by the orthodontic specialist laboratory Orthos that they themselves or their partner snore.

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