Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer

Post by thu2111 » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 9:40 AM UTC

rkangel wrote: post #168

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NHS spending has not dropped, but it has not grown at the appropriate rate Yes, this is how such threads always go. It's a simple three step process: 1. Someone claims the NHS funding has been cut 2. I point out that's a lie, no such cuts have ever happened and in fact the budget has always gone up 3. Somebody else replies with: but it should have grown even faster. The point I'm making is not about the correct level…

Thank you for an actually well reasoned response with citations. You haven't persuaded me yet but I'll go and have a good read.

You're welcome, happy reading!

Post by hef19898 » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 7:28 PM UTC

raverbashing wrote: post #180

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The importer is considered to be the manufacturer in case something bad happens, caused by the product. Meaning, worst case,you import a mask. It fails. Patients in the practice you supplied the mask to get infected and some die. Now we are talking tens of millions. I asked the Allianz and Munich Re (the insurers insurer). Both declined to insure that at the moment. Which sucks. Because the gap between FOB and DDP wo…

Yeah speaking of that: https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-netherlands-recalls-defect...

Imagine to be a e-commerce launching itself into masks now. Without insurance, proper due Diligence of suppliers and potentially no way to track batch numbers. And then something like that happens. You are in for a lot of pain.

Apparently you can get coverage, or rather a waiver, from the government if you are a non-profit.

As a side note, the government is now seriously launching itself into procurement. For example German states are starting procurement themselves.

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