Instituto para os Comportamentos Aditivos e Dependências

What Instituto para os Comportamentos Aditivos e Dependências does

Instituto para os Comportamentos Aditivos e Dependências (ICAD) is a Portuguese public institute headquartered in Lisbon that serves as the national coordination body for addictive behaviors and dependencies (Comportamentos Aditivos e Dependências, CAD) in Portugal. Its mandate covers risk reduction, social reintegration, training, research, and policy coordination on drug addiction and alcohol issues, anchored in the Plano Nacional para a redução dos CAD 2030 and successive action plans (Horizonte 2024 and Horizonte 2027). It also acts as Portugal's National Focal Point to the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), hosts the Lisbon Addictions conference, and operates public-information resources such as the Portal do Álcool.

ICAD's core service delivery is conducted indirectly through the national health system rather than as a commercial product. Its principal operational initiative is a pilot programme that decentralises methadone dispensing and administration from specialised facilities to community pharmacies, currently running across three Portuguese regions (Litoral Alentejano, Portalegre, and Portimão) covering 36 patients (12 per territory). The institute also maintains evaluation, monitoring, and reporting instruments (e.g., Avaliação do PNRCAD 2030, "A situação do País em CAD," Glossário em CAD) and runs recruitment and procurement processes under Portuguese public-sector rules.

ICAD does not operate a commercial business model. It is a government state entity (Instituto Público) funded through the Portuguese state budget, with no disclosed revenue, pricing, or funding rounds. Its "customers" are the Portuguese public and the individuals with opioid dependency reached through community pharmacy channels, and its value proposition rests on its statutory mandate, evidence-based policy work, and coordination of decentralised care models rather than on proprietary technology or monetisation.

Name

Instituto para os Comportamentos Aditivos e Dependências

Legal name

Instituto para os Comportamentos Aditivos e Dependências

Website

https://icad.pt

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ICAD is Portugal's national public institute coordinating policy, research, and programmes on addictive behaviors and dependencies, including a community-pharmacy methadone pilot across three regions and the public Portal do Álcool.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health and Addiction Treatment Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Administration of Public Health Programs (923120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Substance Use, Addiction & Harm Reduction Health Departments (HLAJAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Substance Use Recovery & Harm Reduction Support Services (BPAGAEAO)

Keywords

• Addiction treatment services
• Public health policy
• Opioid substitution therapy
• Drug addiction prevention
• Alcohol harm reduction

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Instituto para os Comportamentos Aditivos e Dependências (ICAD) is a Portuguese public institute that coordinates national policy and programs for addictive behaviors and dependencies (CAD). It delivers community-based opioid substitution therapy through a pilot methadone dispensing programme across three Portuguese regions (Litoral Alentejano, Portalegre, and Portimão) and provides public information resources such as the Portal do Álcool.

Product overview

Instituto para os Comportamentos Aditivos e Dependências (ICAD) is a Portuguese government institute that serves as the national coordination body for addictive behaviors and dependencies. ICAD operates as a policy and coordination body rather than a product company, overseeing national plans, international cooperation, and community-based healthcare interventions. The institute manages programs such as the Portal do Álcool and coordinates methadone substitution therapy dispensing through community pharmacies across three pilot regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portal do Álcool

Quantifiable outcome

• 12 patients per territory covered under the pilot programme across three regions (36 total)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Litoral Alentejano pharmaciesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCommunity pharmacies in the Litoral Alentejano region participating in the pilot methadone dispensing programme, marking a shift from specialised facilities to community-based opioid substitution therapy.
• Portalegre pharmaciesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCommunity pharmacies in the Portalegre region participating in the pilot methadone dispensing programme under the community-based care expansion.
• Portimão pharmaciesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCommunity pharmacies in the Portimão region participating in the pilot methadone dispensing programme as part of the community-based treatment expansion.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• SAMHSA (US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration): US federal agency coordinating substance-use prevention, treatment, and recovery policy with a public-health mandate. Functionally analogous to ICAD at a national-government level, although operating at a much larger scale.
• CCSA (Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction): Canadian national body providing leadership on substance-use evidence, policy, and harm reduction. Comparable national-coordination role to ICAD, including producing country-level substance-use reports analogous to ICAD's 'situação do País em CAD' output.
• NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse): US NIH institute leading research and policy guidance on drug use and addiction. Comparable to ICAD's research, training, and evidence-based policy functions even though NIDA sits within a research rather than coordination institute.
• Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas (Spain): Spanish government delegation for the National Plan on Drugs. Provides national coordination of addiction policy in Spain's central government — a direct Iberian peer to ICAD with overlapping mandate and structure.
• EUDA (European Union Drugs Agency, formerly EMCDDA): EU-level agency for drug and addiction monitoring, policy coordination, and intelligence sharing. ICAD is the designated Portuguese national focal point for EUDA, making it the most direct institutional peer in mandate, scope, and structure.
• MILDECA (Mission Interministérielle de Lutte contre les Drogues et les Conduites Addictives): French inter-ministerial coordination body for drug and addiction policy. Mandate structure (national drug policy coordination across ministries) closely mirrors ICAD's Plano Nacional CAD mandate.

Others

• UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime): UN body setting global standards and producing data on drug use and crime. Not a direct competitor, but ICAD's 'Cooperação Internacional' and 'Representação Internacional' functions actively engage with UNODC frameworks.

Regional players

• Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (UK): UK government unit coordinating public-health policy including alcohol, drug, and addiction-related initiatives. Compares to ICAD on the addiction-policy administrative function, but embedded in a wider public-health portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ICAD_IP

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Funding overview

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