{"id":520,"date":"2023-06-30T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dkcommunications.de\/en\/?p=520"},"modified":"2025-10-28T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:12:07","slug":"wefra-life-uebernimmt-dk-life-science-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dkcommunications.de\/en\/blog\/wefra-life-uebernimmt-dk-life-science-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"WEFRA LIFE \u00fcbernimmt dk Life Science Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Das langj\u00e4hrige Management-Team der Agentur, bestehend aus den Direktoren Dirk Fischer f\u00fcr OTC und Social Media, Bettina Sieber f\u00fcr die Kommunikation von verschreibungspflichtigen Medikamenten und Dr. med. Monika Vogt f\u00fcr Medical Education, wird das operative Gesch\u00e4ft wie gewohnt weiterf\u00fchren. Die Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrung \u00fcbernimmt Niklas Kurz, seit Oktober 2022 Chief Operating Officer der WEFRA LIFE GROUP und Neffe des CEO &amp; Managing Partner Matthias Haack. Kurz startete seine Karriere bei Dentsu, Accenture Song und KPMG. Er hat einen Bachelor in Soziologie, Politik und \u00d6konomie der Zeppelin Universit\u00e4t Friedrichshafen und einen Master in Entrepreneurship &amp; Innovation der University of Edinburgh. Das Unternehmen WEFRA feierte k\u00fcrzlich seinen neunzigsten Geburtstag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eAls inhabergef\u00fchrte Healthcare-Agenturen passen wir kulturell bestens zusammen\u201c, erkl\u00e4rt Dorothea K\u00fcsters ihre Entscheidung f\u00fcr WEFRA LIFE. \u201eIch bewundere die unglaubliche Innovationskraft dieses in vierter Generation gef\u00fchrten Familienunternehmens. WEFRA LIFE pr\u00e4gt mit seinen Business-Modellen die moderne Gesundheitskommunikation, und ich bin sehr zuversichtlich, dass wir unseren Kunden gemeinsam spannende Zukunftsperspektiven und Mehrwert bieten werden. Ich bin stolz darauf, was das Agenturteam in den zur\u00fcckliegenden fast 30 Jahren auf die Beine gestellt hat; ich habe immer mit viel Freude mit meinen Kollegen und Kunden gearbeitet und sehe nun \u2013 da ich mein Lebenswerk in guten H\u00e4nden wei\u00df \u2013 meinem Ruhestand entspannt entgegen,\u201c so K\u00fcsters weiter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthias Haack erg\u00e4nzt: \u201eDas Team von dk Life Science Communications hat uns durch seine au\u00dferordentliche Fachkompetenz, seine Leidenschaft f\u00fcr die Gesundheitskommunikation und einen ausgepr\u00e4gten Team-Spirit \u00fcberzeugt. All dies f\u00fchrt offensichtlich zu nachhaltigem Erfolg mit einem \u00fcber viele Jahre treuen Kundenstamm. Wir freuen uns darauf, mit kreativen und innovativen L\u00f6sungen diesen Weg weiter zu beschreiten.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00dcber die WEFRA LIFE GROUP<sup><\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wir sind die treibende Kraft im Gesundheitsmarkt \u2013 das ist die Philosophie von WEFRA LIFE. Rund 200 Kommunikationsspezialisten in den Tochtergesellschaften WEFRA LIFE MEDIA, WEFRA LIFE MEDIAPLUS, WEFRA LIFE MEDIAPLUS 2, WEFRA LIFE INTERNATIONAL, WEFRA LIFE SOLUTIONS und WEFRA LIFE VENTURES gestalten den Gesundheitsmarkt aktiv. Integriert und agil schaffen sie kundenzentrierte ma\u00dfgeschneiderte Data- und Insight-basierte L\u00f6sungen f\u00fcr zunehmend komplexere Herausforderungen. Innovatives Herzst\u00fcck f\u00fcr die vision\u00e4ren Services, Produktideen und Plattformen ist der WEFRA LIFE INNOVATION HUB.<br><br><em>Bild &#8211;&nbsp;<\/em><em>v.l.n.r.: Niklas Kurz, Dorothea K\u00fcsters und Matthias Haack<br>(<\/em><em>\u00a9 WEFRA LIFE GROUP)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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