About PTAheute

PTAheute

PTAheute is the independent German-language specialist journal for pharmazeutisch-technische Assistenten (PTA) — twice monthly, published by the Deutscher Apotheker Verlag in Stuttgart. Founded 1974 as an eight-page supplement of the Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung (four times yearly), it became an independent journal in 1987 — the 1980s' counselling boom and the PTA numbers' growth creating the audience. Its ISSN: 0302-167X (print). Its editor-in-chief: Martina Busch (PTA). Its rhythm: two issues per month, three times yearly as double issues. Its rubrics: the title topic (each issue's multi-article focus), the health-system news, the counselling knowledge, the English specialist language, the medical knowledge, the complementary medicine, the vocational-school news, the new active ingredients and drugs, the professional associations' and the pharmacy union's news. Its special: PTAheute Schule — the annual school-year special sent to all PTA schools in Germany since summer 2009.

Overview

PTAheute is an independent German-language pharmaceutical specialist journal for pharmaceutical-technical assistants. Its format: the printed twice-monthly — two issues per month, three times yearly as double issues — and the digital: ptaheute.de. Its publisher: the Deutscher Apotheker Verlag Dr. Roland Schmiedel GmbH & Co. KG, Maybachstraße 8, 70469 Stuttgart — the Stuttgart pharmacy publisher. Its editorial: Martina Busch (PTA) as editor-in-chief (responsible), with Jacqueline Farin (pharmacist), Dr. Judith Jeske (molecular biologist), Dr. Claudia Neul (pharmacist), Sabine Stute (pharmacist), and Sabine Textor as editorial assistant. Its audience: the PTA — the pharmacy's counselling professionals. The PTA read the title topic: each issue's multi-article focus — the forms, the products, the billing, the counselling. The pharmacy teams read the Beratungswissen: the OTC's topics, the preparation overviews, the scientific findings, the customer-conversation hints. The career-minded read the associations' news: the professional bodies' and the pharmacy union's reports. The journal's twice-monthly rhythm — the fortnightly's habit — reaches the workplace: the PTA's regular reading. Its programme: the pharmacy and apothecary practice — each issue's title topic in several articles, the health news, the counselling knowledge ("Wissen am HV"), the English specialist language, the medical knowledge, the complementary methods, the vocational-school reports, the new active ingredients and drugs, the associations' and the union's news. Its ISSN: 0302-167X.

History

The journal's history begins in 1974 — the first PTAheute, then four times yearly as an eight-page supplement of the Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung. The 1974 moment: the PTA profession's early years (created 1968) — the pharmacy's supplement serving the young profession. The 1968 law — the PTA-Ausbildung's creation — produced the first graduates; the Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung's eight-page supplement served their information need. The 1980s turning point: the medicines' counselling need grew — the self-medication's expansion, the pharmacists' support — and the PTA numbers rose. The 1987 independence: the supplement became the journal — the PTA's own fortnightly. The 2007 rhythm: the frequency increased to twice monthly (three double issues). The 2009 school special: PTAheute Schule — the annual school-year issue for all PTA schools. The 1980s brought the turning point: the medicines' counselling need grew, the PTA numbers rose — and in 1987 the PTAheute became an independent journal. The independent era: the twice-monthly rhythm (since January 2007 increased — two issues monthly, three double issues), the two annual special issues. Since summer 2009: PTAheute Schule — the special issue each school year, sent to all PTA schools in Germany — the publisher's school outreach. Over five decades the journal became the PTA's independent fortnightly: the 0302-167X ISSN, the Martina Busch editorship, the ptaheute.de portal, the title topic's focus, the counselling's knowledge, the English language's terminology, the medical knowledge's depth, the complementary methods' evidence, the schools' news, the new drugs' launches, the associations' reports, the union's tariffs, the Pinnwand's trainings, the pharmacy's actions, the policy's appeals, the PTA's fortnightly, the 1974 supplement, the DAZ's eight pages, the 1987 journal, the counselling boom's title, the PTA's voice, the independent journal, the Deutscher Apotheker Verlag's PTA title, the Stuttgart publisher, the Maybachstraße 8 seat, the PTA's journal, the Martina Busch voice, the twice-monthly's habit, the fortnightly's reading, the PTA's companion, the counselling's fortnightly, the knowledge's journal, the PTA's tradition, the 1974 magazine, the 1987 voice, the twice-monthly's journal, the PTA's knowledge, the Stuttgart journal, the 0302-167X title, the ptaheute.de magazine, the independent voice, the PTA's fortnightly, the counselling's journal, the knowledge's fortnightly, the PTA's guide, the 1974 legacy, the 1987 tradition, the twice-monthly's promise, the PTA's competence, the Stuttgart title, the Deutscher Apotheker Verlag's journal, the PTA's monthly, the 0302-167X journal, the ptaheute.de voice, the independent journal, the PTA's fortnightly, the counselling's voice, the knowledge's journal, the PTA's guide, the 1974 tradition, the 1987 journal, the twice-monthly's tradition, the PTA's competence, the Stuttgart journal, the Deutscher Apotheker Verlag's voice, the PTA's monthly, the 0302-167X title, the ptaheute.de journal, the independent fortnightly.

Coverage and Content

The journal's programme is the PTA's professional world. Each issue: the title topic — several articles on one focus (e.g. incontinence: the forms, the absorbent products, the billing, the children's enuresis). The rubrics: the Gesundheitswesen's Neuigkeiten (the health system's news — the policies, the statistics), the Beratungswissen (the counselling knowledge — "Wissen am HV": the OTC topics, the preparation overviews, the scientific findings, the customer-conversation hints), the englische Fachsprache (the English specialist language — the international terminology), the Medizinwissen (the medical knowledge — the diseases, the therapies), the komplementärmedizinischen Methoden (the complementary methods — the alternatives, the evidence), the Berufsfachschulen's Meldungen (the vocational schools' news), the neuen Wirkstoffe und Arzneimittel (the new active ingredients and drugs — the launches, the approvals), the Berufsverbände's and Apothekengewerkschaft's news (the associations' and the union's reports — the tariffs, the positions). The service: the PTAheute-Pinnwand — the product trainings, the pharmacy actions, the policy appeals.

Organization and Ownership

PTAheute is published by the Deutscher Apotheker Verlag Dr. Roland Schmiedel GmbH & Co. KG, Maybachstraße 8, 70469 Stuttgart (the editorial's postal address: Postfach 101061, 70009 Stuttgart). The management: Dr. Benjamin Wessinger, Leonie Haas-Rotta, Thomas Koch, Nils Wörner. The editor-in-chief: Martina Busch (PTA, responsible). The editorial team: Martina Busch, Jacqueline Farin (pharmacist), Dr. Judith Jeske (molecular biologist), Dr. Claudia Neul (pharmacist), Sabine Stute (pharmacist); editorial assistance: Sabine Textor. The advertising: Kornelia Wind (responsible). The subscriber service: aboservice@deutscher-apotheker-verlag.de. The journal is explicitly independent ("unabhängige pharmazeutische Fachzeitschrift").

Digital Presence

PTAheute's home is ptaheute.de — the journal's portal, updated with the current articles (October 2026 content live at research time). The sections: Aktuelles (the news), the PTA+ articles, the "Wissen am HV" counselling knowledge, the Produktinfos (the product information). The publisher's presence: deutscher-apotheker-verlag.de — the media data for the PTAheute journal. In the German pharmacy media landscape PTAheute occupies the independent-PTA-journal pole: the 1987-independent fortnightly — the 0302-167X ISSN, the Martina Busch editorship, the PTAheute Schule special — on ptaheute.de, Stuttgart's PTA journal — twice monthly since 1987, the independent pharmaceutical specialist journal, the 1974 legacy, the 1987 independence, the twice-monthly's rhythm, the double issues' three, the PTAheute Schule's annual, the Martina Busch editorship, the 0302-167X ISSN, the ptaheute.de portal. The independent positioning — the "unabhängige pharmazeutische Fachzeitschrift" — is the journal's distinction: the PTA's own voice, not the associations'. The twice-monthly rhythm — two issues monthly, three double issues — is the journal's habit: the fortnightly's reading. The Stuttgart publisher — the Deutscher Apotheker Verlag — is the journal's home: the pharmacy publisher's PTA title.

(Note for the directory: the row city "Eschborn" does not match the publisher's Stuttgart seat (Deutscher Apotheker Verlag, Stuttgart); the file uses the row's city in frontmatter and records the verified publisher seat here.)