https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain’s competition watchdog announced Monday it has fined Italian pharmaceutical firm Leadiant €10.2 million ($10.6 million) for selling a drug against a rare genetic disease at an excessive price. https://www.thelocal.es/20221115/spain-fines-drugmaker-for-grossly-overcharging-for-medicine Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:07:04 +0100 spain-fines-drugmaker-for-grossly-overcharging-for-medicine A study by a Spanish science and healthcare non-profit suggests children in Spain are being prescribed antibiotics at an excessive level, with kids under the age of two given up to 50 percent more antibiotics than German or American children of the same age, and 3.5 times more than their peers in Norway. https://www.thelocal.es/20161227/spanish-kids-given-3-5-times-more-antibiotics-than-european-peers-study Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:56:45 +0100 spanish-kids-given-3-5-times-more-antibiotics-than-european-peers-study Relatives of an Irishman who died after being prescribed a common painkiller in Spain have spoken out to warn other holidaymakers of the danger. https://www.thelocal.es/20160726/family-warns-of-painkiller-risk-after-irishman-dies-on-holiday Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:20:06 +0200 family-warns-of-painkiller-risk-after-irishman-dies-on-holiday Doctors in Spain have announced the world's first clinical trial to cure five HIV patients within three years using transplants of blood from umbilical cords. https://www.thelocal.es/20151023/spain-seeks-to-cure-five-hiv-patients-within-next-three-years Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:21:51 +0200 spain-seeks-to-cure-five-hiv-patients-within-next-three-years A Spanish woman has been awarded €1,000 ($1,167) compensation after spending over three decades with a surgical needle stuck inside her body after a mishap while she was giving birth. https://www.thelocal.es/20150824/surgical-needle-found-in-woman-32-years-after-she-had-surgery Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:27:58 +0200 surgical-needle-found-in-woman-32-years-after-she-had-surgery Doctors in Barcelona have successfully conducted Europe’s first transplant completely performed by robotic surgery. https://www.thelocal.es/20150716/spain-performs-first-all-robot-transplant-in-eu Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:08:21 +0200 spain-performs-first-all-robot-transplant-in-eu Several hundred hepatitis C sufferers and their supporters protested in Madrid on Saturday, complaining that public spending cuts were cutting off access to a drug that could cure the deadly liver illness. https://www.thelocal.es/20141228/hepatitis-patients-say-cutbacks-block-vital-drugs Sun, 28 Dec 2014 10:14:00 +0100 hepatitis-patients-say-cutbacks-block-vital-drugs Spanish police busted a Chinese gang accused of carrying out back-street abortions, surgery and dentistry in 'deplorable' home clinics, the force said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140627/spain-police-bust-back-street-abortionists-health Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:16:44 +0200 spain-police-bust-back-street-abortionists-health The President of Spain's Medical Colleges Organization has supported a campaign which would see patients who don’t really need treatment or who go to the wrong hospital fined for their "bad usage" of the country's health system. https://www.thelocal.es/20140331/spanish-doctors-call-for-bad-patients-to-be-fined-2 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:42:31 +0200 spanish-doctors-call-for-bad-patients-to-be-fined-2 Drug manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare has reportedly threatened to stop selling its leukaemia and ovarian cancer treatments in Spain if Health Minister Ana Mato refuses to raise fixed purchase prices by up to 4,000 percent. https://www.thelocal.es/20140212/cancer-drug-maker-demands-4000-spanish-price-hike Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:21:00 +0100 cancer-drug-maker-demands-4000-spanish-price-hike A Spanish doctor who reportedly gave drugs for dogs, cattle and horses to a team of cyclists was sentenced to a year behind bars by a Madrid court on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130430/dog-medicine-doc-lands-years-jail-time Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:44:00 +0200 dog-medicine-doc-lands-years-jail-time