Drugs recalled

THE Spanish pharmaceutical authorities have removed two types of medication for type 2 diabetes after considering that they were unsafe for use.

Several batches of the products containing metformin hydrochloride and sold by various manufacturers have already been recalled from chemists throughout the Valencia Region.

The affected products are Metformina VIR and Metformina Combix, which have been returned to the laboratories as they were found not to meet the required standards for purity.

Metformin is commonly used to lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes.

IN great news for tourism, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez Airport enjoyed the best March in its history with more than one million travellers walking through its doors.

The airport management group AENA has proudly confirmed that AlicanteElche Miguel Hernandez Airport closed the month of March with 1,045,004 passengers.

This figure represents an increase of 4.9 per cent compared to the number of passengers in the same month in 2019 and an increase of 25.8 per cent compared to the same period last year 2022. AENA’s airports recorded nearly 54 million passengers in the first quarter of the year which is 41.6 per cent more than in the same period of 2022.

There were 180,627 aircraft movements and 96,566 tonnes of cargo were transported across the network.

In the month of March 2023, AENA reached 20,093,589 passengers.