Case Study: Deutscher Apotheker Verlag achieves first‑mover digital pharmacy information access with Pimcore's HVKompass

The HVKompass: the digital tool for pharmacies

Deutscher Apotheker Verlag (DAV) is Germany’s largest pharmaceutical publisher, serving pharmacists, pharmaceutical technical assistants and commercial staff with scientific information and professional know‑how. Faced with cumbersome, time‑consuming analog research—print publications, reference works and loose‑leaf collections kept in store—pharmacists needed a faster, more accessible way to find specialist information during day‑to‑day operations.

Together with BASILICOM and Pimcore, DAV developed HVKompass, a tablet‑ and desktop‑optimized application that consolidates four online databases—nutritional supplements, prescriptions, wound care and homeopathy—and adds digital consultation guidance and advanced search. The platform gave DAV a first‑mover advantage in German‑language pharmaceutical publishing and now provides instant access to 10,000 homeopathic medicines, 4,600 dietary supplements, 800 prescriptions and 750 indications, enabling quicker, more accurate customer advice and research.

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