The Local Switzerland https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Why one in five Swiss residents now take psychiatric drugs The Swiss are taking more and more psychiatric drugs and those living in French-speaking parts of the country are more likely to pop pills than elsewhere in Switzerland, a new study has shown. Here are the details. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191008/study-one-in-five-swiss-residents-now-take-psychiatric-drugs Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:18:34 +0200 study-one-in-five-swiss-residents-now-take-psychiatric-drugs Generic medication twice as expensive in Switzerland as EU The price of many generic medicines, as compared by Interpharma and antésuisse, was twice as high in Switzerland as in nine EU countries. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190417/generic-medication-twice-as-expensive-in-switzerland-as-eu Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:59:58 +0200 generic-medication-twice-as-expensive-in-switzerland-as-eu