Drug supply issues in the country's pharmacies continues.
For this reason, the National Medicines Authority (Infarmed) suspended the
export of 110 medicines, such as amoxicillin, ibuprofen or vaccines against
typhoid, hepatitis A and tuberculosis, according to Correio da Manhã.
There are also 98 other medicines whose sale to other
European Union countries requires prior notification, which is the case of
Clamoxyl, Nurofen, Trifen and Ben-U-Ron.
According to Infarmed, the problems with the supply of
medicines is due, in some cases, to manufacturing problems, in others to
failures in distribution, or even to increased demand, as is the case of
ibuprofen. Stock outages have been taking place for several weeks in some
pharmacies and there are medicines, such as some antibiotics, whose
replenishment is only scheduled for May.
Although much is hidden from public scrutiny when the subject is health - Ordem dos Médicos has some of the most obscure and well established lobbies in Portugal - someone should say what really is at stake here since essential drugs are missing for months and this should not happen in an European country, even though Portugal is very far from one in many aspects.
By Diogo F. from Madeira on 14 Jan 2023, 16:03