Cookie Statement

(Updated June 2025)

Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. These cookies are set by us and are called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required to make the website work and cannot be turned off. They are exclusively used by us during the session. They help to make the page load more quickly and to limit the number of sessions originating from a user to prevent a website-overload. Also, a “cookie notifier” cookie is used. This cookie saves your decision either to agree with the usage of cookies on our website or not. It is saved automatically upon your click on one of the two options available. Your acceptance or refusal of our cookies is stored for 30 days. During this time, the cookie information banner will not be shown again. All other strictly necessary cookies remain valid during the session and are automatically deleted when you close the browser.

Functional or session cookies
For a functioning and individualised browsing experience, we use so called ‘session cookies’ which will help to identify you while using our website. These cookies save the choices and preferences you make while visiting this website in order to offer you an improved functionality and personal features. They can e.g. remember your login status, or the status of videos played.
We also use a ‘cookie notifier’ cookie, which saves your decisions either to agree with the usage of cookies on our website or not. It is saved automatically upon your click on one of the two options available. Your acceptance of our cookies is stored for one year from the acceptance date. If you decide to refuse our cookies, you decision will be stored for 30 days. During this time the cookie information banner will not be shown again.
These ‘session cookies’ will be deleted automatically and immediately after you close your browser. Session cookies are essential and cannot be removed.

Analytical cookies
Our website uses Google Analytics, an open-source web analytics tool. These cookies allow us to analyse the way the website is used, how often visitors use a page of our website, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from our pages. For this purpose, your IP address will be processed in a pseudonymized manner by deleting the last three digits. That way we are no longer able to directly identify you as an individual. The IP-address that is transmitted will not be merged with any other data collected by us. We will delete this data within three years.
The software from Matomo is running on servers of our in-house service provider in Germany and the information generated by the cookie about your use if the website (including your pseudonymised IP address) will be stored on the server of our in-house service provider in Germany.
If you decide to set a ‘do-not-track’ preference in your web browser or on your mobile device, you visit will not be tracked.
Additionally, you can avail of the ‘save your choice’ cookie which stores whether you are a private user or a healthcare professional. The ‘save your choice’ cookie will be stored for one year after your last visit on our website.

Third party cookies
In order to provide you with a personalised and relevant content of our and third-party products and service we allow the placement of third party cookies. The storage duration of these cookies are set by the third parties.

How to manage cookies
You have the right to refuse the use of some cookies for this website. However, please note that if you choose not to accept the use of cookies you may not be able to experience the full functionality of this website. If you choose to delete cookies, you might have to confirm certain dialogs once again. Please note that your cookie settings are always related to the web browser you are using, and the settings are of no effect if you use a different web browser upon your next use of this website.
To refuse the use of cookies, you will need to manage the settings of your web browser or on your mobile device. Here you can delete cookies at your own discretion at any time. More information on how to do this can be found here, depending on the web browser you are using:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Safari: http://help.apple.com/safari/mac/8.0/#/sfri11471

For more information see our Privacy Statement.