Portuguese biotech firm seeks to launch Chinese drug to combat Parkinson’s
Portuguese pharmaceutical company Tecnophage intends to launch a supplement in Europe this year with “very promising” results in Parkinson’s disease, based on research from the University of Macau on a
Prices of cheaper medicines to rise 5% “to avoid stocks running out”
Strategy designed to “promote access to medication in Portugal” In Portugal, the prices of the cheapest medicines are to increase by 5% to facilitate access to them and avoid situations
Lusíadas Albufeira Hospital buys state-of-the-art mammography system
Lusíadas Albufeira Hospital has purchased a new “state-of-the-art” mammography system which provides “a more accurate, comfortable mammogram with a lower dose of radiation”. Says the private hospital group, the “high
Director General of Health Graça Freitas decorated with “Grande Cross of Order of Merit”
Outgoing director general of health Graça Freitas – a doctor who ‘led’ health authorities response to the pandemic while she herself was battling cancer – has been given a heroine’s
Mum-to-be forced to travel 200 kms to be attended for obstetric emergency
A 41-year-old pregnant woman – suffering from a rupture in the amniotic sac – was forced to travel over 200 kms in the back of an ambulance on Saturday, trying
Allegations of “deaths and mutilations” caused by surgical team at Amadora-Sintra hospital
Investigations ongoing into 22 separate allegations of malpractice Two surgeons at Fernando Fonseca hospital – better known as Amadora-Sintra – have reported cases of “deaths and mutilations”, allegedly due to
Bed-blockers frustrate Portugal’s long-term care network
Around 30% of patients have no medical problem at all Around 30% of patients in Portugal’s National Network for Long-Term Care (RNCC) are ‘social’ cases – that is, they do
Algarve cancer patients sent to Spain “solely for economic reasons”
Algarve Oncology Association speaks out during parliamentary commission Cancer patients from the Algarve are being sent for radiosurgery treatments to Seville, Spain “solely for economic reasons” and “not because there
Urgent appeal to donors as blood stocks teeter at historic low
The Portuguese federation of blood donors has appealed for an urgent mobilisation of those deemed suitable to donate blood as stocks in this country teeter at an historic low. The
Bazooka recovery plan will enable 30% increase in senior beds
“We could never have done this without Brussels funding”, says PM Back focusing on ‘the future’ and Portugal’s ‘recovery’ powered by Brussels’ funding, prime minister António Costa has said today