# Lyfjastofnun

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## TL;DR

Iceland's medicines regulator. It authorises medicines and clinical trials, monitors side effects, and decides the maximum prices and public reimbursement of prescription medicines.

## Summary

Lyfjastofnun is an independent agency under Iceland's Ministry of Health with about 70 staff. It grants marketing authorisations, supervises the manufacture, distribution and sale of medicines, handles adverse reaction reports, authorises clinical trials of medicinal products, supervises advertising and publishes the Register of Medicinal Products; it works within the European Medicines Agency's network of agencies in the European Economic Area. It also sets the maximum prices of prescription-only medicines and decides on their reimbursement under the Medicinal Products Act, publishing the Icelandic Medicine Price Catalogue monthly. Its address is Vínlandsleið 14, Reykjavík; the coordinates are the OpenStreetMap point for the building.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Icelandic Medicines Agency; IMA
- City: Reykjavík, IS
- Type: government
- Website: https://island.is/en/o/ima

## Sources

- Icelandic Medicines Agency: organisation and role: https://island.is/en/o/ima/organisation-and-role
- Icelandic Medicines Agency: pricing and reimbursement: https://island.is/en/o/ima/pricing-and-reimbursement
- Icelandic Medicines Agency: home page: https://island.is/en/o/ima

## Connected records

- institutions: [European Medicines Agency](https://onco.cc/institutions/ema/), [Landspítali, the National University Hospital of Iceland](https://onco.cc/institutions/landspitali/), [Sjúkratryggingar Íslands](https://onco.cc/institutions/icelandic-health-insurance/)

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