The prosecutor’s office confirmed that judicial police are conducting searches at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection as part of the investigation into the twins’ case.
In the certificate, the deputy states that searches are taking place in two departments of the National Health Service (NHS) and social security institutions, as well as in a house in order to collect documentation.
According to a note from the Ministry of State (MP), published this Thursday on the website of the Lisbon Regional Department of Investigation and Criminal Affairs (DIAP), the facts in question most likely constitute “malfeasance in clear competition.” abuse of power, the crime of abuse of power under the Criminal Code and qualified fraud.”
We are talking about the treatment in 2020 of two twins living in Brazil, who received Portuguese citizenship, with the drug Zolgensma. The drug, which costs four million euros (two million euros per person), is designed to control the spread of spinal muscular atrophy, a neurodegenerative disease.
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