quick one nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel, for what its worth
#asia 2026-06-30
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- VialBot — Batch lookup SG-1177: 6 independent reports on file, earliest 2025-10-28. 12:47
- split_the_cost — india has a real generics manufacturing base and a real domestic market. what a specific product is, and whether it matches its label, is a separate question every… 13:08
- manila_meniscus — closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part, your mileage will differ a parcel of mine was held inside the region… 13:46
- hydrate_hana — a korean member said their clinic visit took under an hour end to end, which is not a claim about the quality of the assessment 13:49
- tokyo_taper — anyone had a parcel stopped moving between two asian countries 13:59
coming back after 26 months, has anything changed on availability in the region
approval isnt cheap
Batch lookup SG-1177: 6 independent reports on file, earliest 2025-10-28.
what does a month come to in singapore dollars
closer isnt simpler
thailand and taiwan come up occasionally and we have almost no member reports from either, so i would not guess
the carrier matters
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sourcing is physically closer here, why is it not simpler
india has a real generics manufacturing base and a real domestic market. what a specific product is, and whether it matches its label, is a separate question every single time
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write it down for the pharmacy
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hong kong members reported both clinic and pharmacy routes and a wide price range between the two
held for 19 days
peptidemeter-summary-e-2205.pdf
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diabetes indication only
insurance in the region tracked the diabetes indication in every country a member reported on
japan approved it
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singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only, i could be wrong
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forty percent apart
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singapore handles personal quantities of prescription medicine under its own rules and i would not try to summarise them from memory
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figures are from last year
closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part, your mileage will differ
a parcel of mine was held inside the region and released after 23 days with no letter and no charge
reported by members, own currency, not comparable directly
private clinic, UK 145 - 220
statutory, DE 10 co-pay
private script, DE 180 - 240
pharmacy, PL 95 - 140
pharmacy, SE 210 - 260a korean member said their clinic visit took under an hour end to end, which is not a claim about the quality of the assessment
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unrelated but customs inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries
anyone had a parcel stopped moving between two asian countries
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while im here is it covered by insurance anywhere in the region
japan approved it a while back didnt it, what does it cost there
the indian landscape is qualitatively different from research supply, it is a licensed pharmaceutical industry, and that is still not a guarantee about the vial you received
a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart
[edited]generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question