Bioscientia Milestones
March 1970 |
Founded by Boehringer Ingelheim, initially as a joint venture with Bioscience Labs, USA, for the qualified performance of medical laboratory tests. |
July 1971
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Move to the so-called "Blue Barracks". Although a corporation and not a freelance medical practice, the Bioscientia receives authorisation from the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians and is allowed to participate in statutory health care.
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Since 1974
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Prof. Dr. med. Bernd Heicke becomes Medical Director, from 1978 additionally Managing Director.
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May 1976
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Relocation of the 60 employees to the new biochemistry facilities.
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1982
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Relocation of the now approximately 200 employees to the new institute building on the Boehringer premises.
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1987
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Accreditation as the first German laboratory by the "College of American Pathologists" (CAP). |
1989
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Foundation of the laboratory for the Medical Laboratory Association Freiburg.
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July 1990
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Acquisition of the Dr. Klethmann laboratory in Moers.
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1991
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Acquisition of the Dr. Jaeger laboratory in Jena.
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1991
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Foundation of the Wermsdorf laboratory for the Medical Laboratory Association of Central Saxony.
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July 1993 | Foundation of the Fulda laboratory for the Medical Laboratory Association of Eastern Hessen. |
October 1993 | Acquisition of the Dr. Lorenz laboratory in Berlin. |
January 1995 | Boehringer Ingelheim divests Bioscientia. Prof. Heicke takes over the shares in a "management buy out". |
December 1995 | Foundation of the laboratory in Hamburg. |
December 1995 | Acquisition of the Munich laboratory Dr. Simkovic in Munich, move to Karlsfeld in 1996. |
December 1996 | Acquisition of the Mainzer laboratory Dr. Kapp. |
February 1997 | Foundation of the laboratory in Horstmar in cooperation with the Health care provider Horstmar GbR. |
1998 | Bioscientia and the Mining, Chemical and Energy Union (IG BCE) conclude a groundbreaking company collective agreement. |
December 1999 | Relocation of the 450 Ingelheim employees to the new building at Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse 17. |
February 2000 | Investigations by the public prosecutor's office begin on suspicion of breaches of the rules of professional medical law. Five years later the investigations are discontinued without charges. |
November 2004 | PD Dr. med. Markus Nauck joins the management and becomes head physician of Bioscientia. |
January 2007 | Foundation of the laboratory at the Hans Susemihl Hospital in Emden. |
July 2007 | Foundation of the laboratory in the Klinikum am Winterberg, Saarbrücken, with support of the Medical Laboratory Association Völklingen. |
September 2007 | Sonic Healthcare takes over Bioscientia, which will become a valuable part of a worldwide laboratory group. |
November 2007 | Foundation of the laboratory in the Pirmasens Municipal Hospital. |
July 2009 |
The former LG laboratory in Freiburg will become the MVZ location for medical specialists. |
May 2012 | Foundation of the laboratory of the Medical Laboratory Association Gotha. |
December 2016 | Move to the new premises in Ingelheim, which were built directly on the existing building in Konrad-Adenauer-Straße. Around 700 employees in laboratory and administration now work together again under one roof. |
October 2017 | Dr. med. Oliver Harzer succeeds Dr. Nauck as Managing Director, who died completely unexpectedly in February 2017. |
January 2019 |
The Bioscientia Group will be merged with the Labdiagnostics Group, which also belongs to Sonic Healthcare, under the holding umbrella of Bioscientia Healthcare GmbH. This new group employs a good 2,500 people at 19 locations throughout Germany. |