The Local Spain 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 Cancer drug maker wants 4000% Spanish price hike 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 Spanish firm Grifols buys Novartis blood lab Spanish firm Grifols is to snap up the blood transfusion diagnostics of Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis for $1.68 billion (€1.25 billion), the Swiss company said on Monday, in what analysts are calling a good match. https://www.thelocal.es/20131112/spanish-firm-grifols-buys-novartis-blood-lab Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:06:35 +0100 spanish-firm-grifols-buys-novartis-blood-lab Thalidomide firm denies liability in Spain case A Madrid court on Monday heard Spain's first lawsuit against German firm Grunenthal, the manufacturer of the morning sickness drug thalidomide which caused birth defects in thousands of babies. https://www.thelocal.es/20131015/spanish-court-thalidomide-case Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:15:00 +0200 spanish-court-thalidomide-case