Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie

What Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie does

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie (DGHO) is a German professional medical society (eingetragener Verein – registered association) founded in 1937 and headquartered in Berlin. It serves physicians and scientists specializing in hematology and medical oncology, functioning as Germany's leading professional body in the field and a significant voice in national healthcare policy. The organization runs 30+ working groups covering specialty topics from AI to palliative care, a quarterly member circular, and health policy publication series addressing drug shortages, demographic change, and AMNOG early benefit assessments.

DGHO's core digital asset is Onkopedia, a freely accessible guidelines portal providing diagnostic and therapeutic guidance for hematological and oncological diseases. The platform comprises a main portal with expert-developed guidelines, a parallel knowledge database of nearly 400 articles across 86 topics, a drug information system covering nearly 100 medications including AMNOG early benefit assessments and interaction/side-effect databases, and a mobile application launched in 2018 for offline access on iOS and Android. Complementary products include the eLCH eLearning Curriculum Hematology with a digitized specimen collection, the Junge DGHO youth program with mentoring and the Juniorakademie, the DGHO KI School training program on artificial intelligence, an Off-Label-Indikation database, and named scientific prizes and stipends.

The organization generates revenue primarily through annual membership fees (regulated by a separate fee schedule/Beitragsordnung), with members receiving reduced conference fees and full Onkopedia access. Additional revenue comes from conference participation and the DGHO Service GmbH subsidiary, which handles event organization, KI School, eLCH webinars, and intensive care training. The society co-organizes a joint annual conference with the Austrian (OeGHO) and Swiss (SGMO, SGH) sister societies, with the 2026 edition in Vienna attracting 806 submitted abstracts. Governance rests with a board led by Geschäftsführende Vorsitzende Prof. Dr. med. Claudia Baldus, alongside a chairman (Prof. Dr. med. Lars Bullinger) and board members.

Name

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie

Legal name

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie e.V.

Website

https://dgho.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1937

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

German professional medical society (eingetragener Verein) serving hematologists and oncologists through the Onkopedia guidelines portal (~400 articles, ~100 drug monographs), an annual conference, working groups, and educational programs, funded via membership fees and the DGHO Service GmbH subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: The society generates revenue through annual membership fees. Members receive benefits including reduced conference fees, full Onkopedia access, professional information, and network access to the professional society.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DGHO is a German professional medical society that provides clinical practice guidelines, drug information, and educational resources for hematology and medical oncology through its Onkopedia digital platform. The society also runs an annual conference, continuing medical education programs, mentoring for young professionals, and health policy advocacy for the German-speaking medical community.

Product overview

DGHO operates a unified portfolio of professional medical resources centered on Onkopedia, a comprehensive guidelines portal. The Onkopedia platform includes the main portal, a mobile app launched in 2018, a knowledge database with ~400 articles, and a drug information database covering ~100 medications. Complementing Onkopedia are educational tools (eLCH eLearning Curriculum), professional development programs (mentoring, awards, stipends), an annual conference, and an off-label indication database. The organization functions as a professional society providing clinical guidelines, educational content, and health policy resources for hematology and oncology practitioners in German-speaking regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Onkopedia: The guidelines portal of DGHO providing guidelines for diagnosis and therapy of hematological and oncological diseases, freely accessible
• eLCH – eLearning Curriculum Hämatologie
• Junge DGHO
• DGHO KI School
• Deutsche Stiftung für junge Erwachsene mit Krebs

Products and services

• Onkopedia

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OeGHO (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 October 2026Austrian sister society co-organizing the joint annual conference. The 2026 annual conference in Vienna is a common congress of DGHO, OeGHO, SGMO (Swiss), and SGH, making it a major European hematology-oncology event.
• SGMO (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Medizinische Onkologie)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 October 2026Swiss Society for Medical Oncology co-organizing the joint annual conference with DGHO, OeGHO, and SGH.
• SGH (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Hämatologie)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 October 2026Swiss Society for Hematology co-organizing the joint annual conference with DGHO, OeGHO, and SGMO.
• DGHO Service GmbHcoreOthersA service company of DGHO located at the same Berlin office, providing additional services including event organization (KI School, eLCH webinars, intensive care training courses). Website: dgho-service.de

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO): Largest US-based professional society for oncology, publishing clinical guidelines, hosting ASCO Annual Meeting, and operating JCO/JCO Oncology Practice journals. Direct functional peer to DGHO in guideline publishing, conference organization, and member education for oncology professionals.
• European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO): Leading European oncology society publishing clinical practice guidelines, hosting the ESMO Congress, and serving medical oncologists across Europe. Most directly comparable continental peer to DGHO in oncology guideline development, education, and congress operations.
• European Hematology Association (EHA): European hematology society that publishes guidelines, hosts the EHA Congress, and provides educational programs across Europe. Directly mirrors DGHO's hematology mission with a pan-European footprint, making it both a peer and partial competitor for content and congress share.
• American Society of Hematology (ASH): Premier global hematology society producing clinical guidelines, publishing Blood, and hosting the ASH Annual Meeting. Closest peer to DGHO for the hematology half of its scope, with similar content, conference, and advocacy offerings.

Broad incumbents

• International Society of Hematology (ISH): Global hematology society that organizes biennial World Congress and supports hematology education worldwide. Broader geographic scope than DGHO but similar professional-society function for hematologists.
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN): US-based alliance of leading cancer centers that produces widely adopted oncology clinical practice guidelines used globally. Comparable to Onkopedia as a guidelines publisher but operates as a guideline consortium rather than a member-driven professional society.

Others

• European Medicines Agency (EMA): EU regulator referenced extensively in Onkopedia drug information entries. Not a competitor but a key external data source whose labeling decisions feed directly into DGHO's drug information and AMNOG assessments.
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften (AWMF): German umbrella association of medical scientific societies that coordinates S3 guideline development across specialties. DGHO participates in AWMF's guideline infrastructure, making AWMF both an enabler of DGHO's guideline work and an indirect collaborator/peer at the meta-society level.

Regional players

• Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie (OeGHO): Austrian sister society of DGHO with overlapping mission and joint annual conference co-organization. Functionally identical in structure (professional society, guidelines, congress) but scoped to Austria rather than Germany.
• British Society for Haematology (BSH): UK national hematology society producing clinical guidelines, hosting the BSH Annual Scientific Meeting, and providing member education. Comparable to DGHO's hematology half but UK-focused rather than German.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/dgho_ev
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/DGHOev
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dgho-service-gmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/dgho_ev

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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