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Germany Votes: But What Will Change For Health Care, Medtech Post-Election?

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The German Bundestagswahl – the 2017 general election – looks likely to deliver a fourth straight victory for CDU chief Angela Merkel, Europe's most powerful politician and arguably the world's most powerful national female leader. But she will have to invite coalition partners, as in her previous three regimes, which could spell changes for health and the other ministerial portfolios that touch on medtech.

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