Ireland· IE-PA-PA22743/010/001
Metvix 160 mg/g cream
A methyl aminolevulinate product containing methyl aminolevulinate hydrochloride, registered in Ireland by Galderma International. The same ATC class is registered in 13 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Methyl aminolevulinate is registered in 13 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC L01XD03 (methyl aminolevulinate), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Ireland, from HPRA (Ireland)
- 7 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Methyl aminolevulinate · ATC L01XD03
13 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Franceprice
- Germany
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
- United Statesprice
The record
At a glance
HPRA (Ireland)- Active substance
- METHYL AMINOLEVULINATE HYDROCHLORIDE
- Manufacturer
- Galderma International
- Country
- Ireland (IE)
- ATC code
- L01XD03
- ATC class
- Methyl aminolevulinate
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- HPRA (Ireland)
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- ie_pa_numberPA22743/010/001
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Same medicine, other countries
Methyl aminolevulinate in 11 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- FinlandLuxeraGalderma Nordic AB
- SwedenLuxera 160 mg/g KrämGalderma Nordic AB
- SpainMETVIX 160 mg/g CREMALaboratorios Galderma S.A.
- IcelandMetvixGalderma Nordic AB*
- NorwayMetvixGalderma Nordic AB
- GermanyLuxermGalderma Laboratorium Gmbh
- United StatesKRX Aesthetics PD-13 TherapyBY KIN AESTHETICS LLC
- United KingdomMetvix 16% creamGalderma (UK) Ltd
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 18 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Luxerm, Metvix
- Belgium · Metvix
- Germany · Luxerm, Metvix
- Denmark · Metvix
- Spain · Metvix
- Finland · Metvix
- France · Metvixia
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Metvix
- Greece · Metvix
- Iceland · Metvix
- Italy · Metvix
- Luxembourg · Metvix
- Malta · Metvix
- Netherlands · Metvix
- Norway · Metvix
- Portugal · Metvix
- Sweden · Luxera, Metvix
- Slovakia · Metvix
Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.
Sourced from a public register and reproduced with attribution. Drug Database is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of HPRA (Ireland). This is an informational data service and not a medical device — verify against the official source of record before any clinical decision.
For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/85b8a0cf-0f37-404e-97f1-45a3153133a8 GET /v1/drugs/85b8a0cf-0f37-404e-97f1-45a3153133a8?format=fhir
Every response carries last_synced_at, so freshness is a field rather than a promise. Below is exactly what the ingestion wrote, before any presentation — the same JSON the API returns under payload.
{
"form": "Cream",
"routes": [
"Topical use"
],
"source": "hpra",
"atc_all": [
"L01XD",
"L01XD03"
],
"strength": null,
"pa_number": "PA22743/010/001",
"substances": [
"METHYL AMINOLEVULINATE HYDROCHLORIDE"
],
"legal_basis": "Full application (Article 8(3) of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
"market_info": "Marketed",
"authorised_at": "22/03/2002",
"dispensing_status": "Product subject to prescription which may not be renewed (A)",
"registration_status": "AU",
"supply_legal_status": "Supply through pharmacies only",
"interchangeable_code": null
}See everything about methyl aminolevulinate.
This page is the registration. A free account adds the label text as the regulator wrote it, what it costs per daily dose across the markets that publish a price, a feed of what changes in the registers, and an assistant that answers with its sources. Interaction severity is free; mechanism and management are on the Growth plan. No card, nothing to install.