INFARMED
Published 5 November 2026, 15:07
INFARMED — Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde (national authority for medicines and health products)
It is responsible for medicines and medical devices: it authorises them for sale, supervises pharmacies and handles complaints about them.
Where you come across it. A pharmacy, a prescription, a medicine being unavailable, a complaint about a pharmacy, looking for an equivalent drug.
A complaint about a doctor or a clinic goes to the ERS; INFARMED deals with medicines and those who sell them.
Official website: infarmed.pt