Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R) announced on February 26 that it has acquired telemedicine company OnlineDoctor AG. This acquisition of a digital health start-up marks the first in L&R’s corporate history.
OnlineDoctor is a provider of teledermatology in Switzerland and Germany, offering digital skin diagnoses by medical specialists. With around 800 dermatologists and partnerships with pharmacies and health insurance companies, OnlineDoctor enables rapid diagnoses.
L&R is a German-Austrian manufacturer of medical devices and hygiene products. The company is a result of a merger in 1998 between Lohmann (established in 1851) and Rauscher (formed in 1899). L&R’s customers include hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacies, medical supplies retailers, wholesalers and industry and retail businesses for consumer products.
OnlineDoctor will remain an independent subsidiary with an unchanged team and under the same name. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“L&R is the ideal partner for us. Being part of the L&R Group opens up new and long-term opportunities for us to drive forward our innovations in the field of digital medical products. We share a common vision of creating superior solutions for healthcare systems. As a young team, we are excited about the great opportunities for the future of OnlineDoctor,” said the founders of OnlineDoctor, Dr. Tobias Wolf and Dr. Philipp Wustrow.
According to data in the LevinPro HC database, this transaction marks the 55th eHealth acquisition of 2025 and the 11th in the telehealth specialty. There were 42 telehealth transactions announced in 2024, 61 announced in 2023 and 55 announced in 2022.
