Health and Wellness

Why Portugal’s out-of-the-box thinking and hustling attitude can be inspiring for US healthtech startups looking to expand to Europe Text: Chris Graeme Photos: Marie Bacelar The opportunities [...]

It was rowdy, boisterous and entertaining, and almost an embodiment of the Alice Cooper hit ‘School’s out for Summer’. But what would you expect from a cross-party parliamentary [...]

Prozis, the Portuguese sports nutrition company founded by Miguel Milhão, will build a new factory in the United States, in an investment of €20 million euros. The new factory, which is expected [...]

The Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro has authorised the purchase of five parcels of land covering 28,000m2 for €4.78 million on which to build Lisbon’s new Lisboa Oriental Hospital. In an order [...]

The President of the Portuguese Association of Insurers, José Galamba de Oliveira has said that the National Health System (SNS) is “irreplaceable” and that health insurance should be seen as [...]

By Natasha Donn – Portugal Resident Portugal’s national health service SNS has posted a loss of €435 million despite having received funds of €14Bn in 2023. Portugal’s public finances [...]

Portugal’s government can now request €713 million — the third tranche of EU funding earmarked for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) which had been blocked. According to the online news [...]

MC, a Sonae company, sold 22 Dr. Wells clinics to Lusíadas Saúde for €4.68 million according to the group led by Cláudia Azevedo in its annual report for 2023. According to the company’s [...]

Vasco Antunes Pereira, the CEO of the Grupo Lusíadas Saúde, has called for the return of Public Private Partnerships in the Portuguese health sector, but warns that the model must be [...]

The Dr. Wells clinics, which provide private dental and plastic surgery treatments, have changed hands from Sonae to Lusíadas Saúde for an undisclosed sum. In a communiqué, the company (Lusíadas [...]