Health

Alzheimer Portugal is urging the state to reimburse lecanemab and donanemab, the first drugs shown to slow early Alzheimer's, which currently cost patients up to €40,000 out of pocket while INFARMED weighs whether the SNS should fund them.

The Health Regulatory Authority counted 83,089 deliveries in 2025, up 3.6%, while the share of planned caesarean sections leapt from 10.2% to 41.3% in a single year — reaching 55% of births in private units.

Portugal performed a record of around 70 heart transplants in 2025 — up from the previous high of 58 in 2024 — and lung transplantation also hit an all-time peak, IPST figures show. The records come from just four cardiac units, but waiting lists stay flat as organ supply, not surgical capacity, rem