Sweden· SE-20080124000012
Alacare 8 mg Medicinskt plåster
A medicinal product containing 5-aminolevulinic acid, registered in Sweden by Photonamic GmbH & Co. KG.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
The record
At a glance
Swedish Medical Products Agency (Sweden)- Active substance
- 5-Aminolevulinic Acid
- Manufacturer
- Photonamic GmbH & Co. KG
- Country
- Sweden (SE)
- ATC code
- —
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- Swedish Medical Products Agency (Sweden)
- Last checked
- October 1, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- se_varunummer20080124000012
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Same medicine, other countries
5-aminolevulinic acid in 15 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- CzechiaALACAREPhotonamic GmbH & Co. KG, Pinneberg
- BelgiumEffala 8 mgPhotonamic
- United KingdomAlacare 8mg medicated plastersmedac UK
- PolandAlacarephotonamic GmbH & Co. KG
- United StatesAMELUZBiofrontera Inc.
- SwitzerlandAlacare
- FinlandAlacarephotonamic GmbH & Co. KG
- IrelandAlacare 8 mg medicated plasterPhotonamic GmbH & Co. KG
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 17 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Alacare
- Belgium · Effala
- Czechia · Alacare
- Germany · Alacare
- Denmark · Alacare
- Finland · Alacare
- France · Effala
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Alacare
- Ireland · Alacare
- Iceland · Ameluz, Gliolan
- Italy · Alacare
- Liechtenstein · Ameluz, Gliolan
- Netherlands · Alacare
- Norway · Alacare, Ameluz
- Poland · Alacare
- Portugal · Alacare
- Slovakia · Alacare
Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.
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For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/b2a5675e-2afc-4d39-b6bc-157509c571a4 GET /v1/drugs/b2a5675e-2afc-4d39-b6bc-157509c571a4?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.
{
"source": "lakemedelsverket",
"doc_types": [
"PL",
"SmPC"
],
"se_npl_id": "20080124000012",
"product_page": "https://www.lakemedelsverket.se/sv/sok-lakemedelsfakta/lakemedel?id=20080124000012",
"product_doc_link": "https://docetp.mpa.se/LMF/Alacare%20medicated%20plaster%20SmPC_09001bee807a18dc.pdf"
}See everything about 5-aminolevulinic acid.
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.