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Healthcare system, hospitals, and medical services in Portugal.
Farminveste's 2025 Net Profit Quintuples to €58.7 Million on the Alloga Logifarma Divestment — €908.6 Million Revenue, €51.6 Million EBITDA as the ANF-Controlled Holding Reweights Around Glintt, CUF and HMR International

Farminveste's 2025 Net Profit Quintuples to €58.7 Million on the Alloga Logifarma Divestment — €908.6 Million Revenue, €51.6 Million EBITDA as the ANF-Controlled Holding Reweights Around Glintt, CUF and HMR International

Farminveste's 2025 net profit hit €58.7M, nearly quintupling 2024's €11.2M, on the May-2025 sale of 51% of Alliance Healthcare (Alloga Logifarma). Volume of business €908.6M (+7.6%); EBITDA €51.6M (+10%); continuing ops €26M; discontinued ops €73.8M from the divestment.
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia and the Ordem dos Médicos Demand Infarmed Revoke the 13 April Glucose-Sensor Circular — Generic Prescription Treats Two Medical Devices With Different Age Approvals and Different Apps as Interchangeable

Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia and the Ordem dos Médicos Demand Infarmed Revoke the 13 April Glucose-Sensor Circular — Generic Prescription Treats Two Medical Devices With Different Age Approvals and Different Apps as Interchangeable

SPD president Estevão Pape and Ordem dos Médicos bastonário Carlos Cortes call Infarmed's 13 April circular a 'clinical setback'. The shift from brand-specific to generic prescription treats two CGM sensors as interchangeable — but one is approved age 2+, the other age 18+, and the apps don't talk.
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Portugal's Direito ao Esquecimento for Mortgage and Consumer Insurance — Cancer Survivors Beyond 10 Years, Childhood Cases at 5, and the 2-Year Mitigated-Disease Threshold for HIV, Diabetes and Hepatitis C Now Live Under ASF Supervision

Portugal's Direito ao Esquecimento for Mortgage and Consumer Insurance — Cancer Survivors Beyond 10 Years, Childhood Cases at 5, and the 2-Year Mitigated-Disease Threshold for HIV, Diabetes and Hepatitis C Now Live Under ASF Supervision

Portugal's Direito ao Esquecimento (right to be forgotten) bars insurers from collecting or pricing on health histories that meet specific recovery thresholds — 10 years post-treatment for adults, 5 for under-21 cases, 2 years of continuous treatment for mitigated chronic conditions.
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Hospital Dona Estefânia Suspends Its External Pediatric Surgery Emergency Until Sunday 20:00 — Anaesthesiology Staff Shortage Strips Lisbon's Main Children's Hospital of Operating-Room Cover Through the May Day Long Weekend

Hospital Dona Estefânia Suspends Its External Pediatric Surgery Emergency Until Sunday 20:00 — Anaesthesiology Staff Shortage Strips Lisbon's Main Children's Hospital of Operating-Room Cover Through the May Day Long Weekend

Hospital Dona Estefânia has suspended its external paediatric-surgery emergency until Sunday 3 May at 20:00, citing an anaesthesiology staff shortage. The general paediatric ER stays open. SNS 24 (808 24 24 24) handles the redirect to other paediatric-surgery centres.
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Pharmacies in Portugal in 2026 — The Receita Sem Papel Codes, the Farmácia de Serviço Rotation, the Farmácias Portuguesas Saúda Card, App da Farmácia Home Delivery, and a Practical Guide for Foreign Residents Across the Counter

Pharmacies in Portugal in 2026 — The Receita Sem Papel Codes, the Farmácia de Serviço Rotation, the Farmácias Portuguesas Saúda Card, App da Farmácia Home Delivery, and a Practical Guide for Foreign Residents Across the Counter

Portugal has 2,920 community pharmacies, the Receita Sem Papel system runs every prescription through three SMS codes, the Farmácia de Serviço rotation keeps one open in every freguesia, and a fresh Greater Porto delivery app launched on 1 May. The practical 2026 guide for foreign residents.
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