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Infarmed Reads SNS Medicine Spend at a Record €4.417 Billion in 2025 — Hospital Drugs Cross €2.5 Billion for the First Time as Oncology Adds €864.5 Million at +16% and Ambulatory Comparticipação Lifts to €1.894 Billion at +12.4%

Infarmed Reads SNS Medicine Spend at a Record €4.417 Billion in 2025 — Hospital Drugs Cross €2.5 Billion for the First Time as Oncology Adds €864.5 Million at +16% and Ambulatory Comparticipação Lifts to €1.894 Billion at +12.4%

Infarmed's 2025 monitor puts SNS medicine spending at a record €4,417M — +60% above the 2020 baseline. Hospitals carry €2,523M (+11.2%), ambulatory €1,894M (+12.4%), families €966M (+4.9%). Oncology adds €864.5M (+16%), orphan drugs +34.1%, and Q1 2026 hospitals already +7.6%.
The Portugal Brief
ASF's Fundo de Acidentes de Trabalho Settles €10.4 Million to Sinistrados and Pensionistas in 2025 — €52 Million Reimbursed to Insurers on Pension Updates as 2,001 Indemnity Files Sit Inside the FAT Perimeter

ASF's Fundo de Acidentes de Trabalho Settles €10.4 Million to Sinistrados and Pensionistas in 2025 — €52 Million Reimbursed to Insurers on Pension Updates as 2,001 Indemnity Files Sit Inside the FAT Perimeter

ASF's 2025 reading of the Fundo de Acidentes de Trabalho lands direct payments to sinistrados at €10.4 million, up 1.47% YoY, with €52 million reimbursed to private seguradoras on pension updates and 2,001 indemnity files inside the FAT perimeter at year-end.
The Portugal Brief
EY-Parthenon Report Lands the Private-Health-Coverage Saving for the SNS at €1.945 Billion in 2023 — 9 Million Procedures Channelled, Surgeries Carry €846 Million and APHP-APS Press for Inter-System Fiscal Parity

EY-Parthenon Report Lands the Private-Health-Coverage Saving for the SNS at €1.945 Billion in 2023 — 9 Million Procedures Channelled, Surgeries Carry €846 Million and APHP-APS Press for Inter-System Fiscal Parity

EY-Parthenon report commissioned by APHP and APS reads private-health second-coverage savings to the SNS at €1.945 billion in 2023, with 9 million procedures channelled — €846m on surgeries, €688m on consultations. Galamba de Oliveira and Hermano Rodrigues press for inter-system fiscal parity.
The Portugal Brief
Zero Flags Profound Structural Fragilities in Portugal's 2030 Climate Trajectory After the 2024 Inventory Trims Emissions Just 3% to 51.5 Mt CO₂-eq — Transport Sector Carries 35.2% of the National Total and Q1 2026 Fuel Use Runs 2.5% Above Year-Earlier

Zero Flags Profound Structural Fragilities in Portugal's 2030 Climate Trajectory After the 2024 Inventory Trims Emissions Just 3% to 51.5 Mt CO₂-eq — Transport Sector Carries 35.2% of the National Total and Q1 2026 Fuel Use Runs 2.5% Above Year-Earlier

Zero warns Portugal's 2024 emissions inventory cut just 3% to 51.5 Mt CO₂-eq — well below the pace needed for the PNEC 55% target by 2030. Transport carries 35.2% of the total, fuel use ran 2.5% higher in Q1 2026, and the PNCPA 2030 is still in public consultation seven years past the EU deadline.
The Portugal Brief
PSI-Listed Executive Compensation Stretches to 53× the Worker Average in 2025 — Pedro Soares dos Santos Pulls €5 Million at Jerónimo Martins as 15 Top Managers Pool More Than €23 Million

PSI-Listed Executive Compensation Stretches to 53× the Worker Average in 2025 — Pedro Soares dos Santos Pulls €5 Million at Jerónimo Martins as 15 Top Managers Pool More Than €23 Million

Saturday's PSI remuneration-report analysis puts CEO pay at the 15 largest Lisbon-listed companies at 53× the average worker salary. Pedro Soares dos Santos tops the table at €5M gross — equivalent to 223 annual median wages — as the combined executive pool clears €23 million.
The Portugal Brief