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Twenty-seven answers to the same question. Rezept, reimbursement, VAT.
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Country-by-country European access: German private versus statutory prescriptions and what the difference costs, Dutch and Spanish pharmacy supply, Polish and Nordic pricing at opposite ends, EMA approval versus national reimbursement, cross-border purchasing inside the single market, and import VAT.
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EMA approval and national reimbursement are different things and confusing them is the single most common mistake in this channel.
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2026-06-29anyone compared the price for the same dose in two eu countries properly30 msgs · 8 people2026-06-27as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting…37 msgs · 9 people2026-06-23how do you deal with a supplier whose support is in one language only26 msgs · 8 people2026-06-20anyone had a german pharmacy order it in and how long did that take65 msgs · 14 people2026-06-18the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix16 msgs · 4 people2026-06-14a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year14 msgs · 4 people2026-06-13translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not, i think33 msgs · 6 people2026-06-12any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today15 msgs · 3 people2026-06-11diabetes yes weight no30 msgs · 7 people2026-06-09is there anywhere in the eu where this is actually cheap25 msgs · 5 people2026-06-08poland pricing, has anyone compared it against germany26 msgs · 7 people2026-06-07nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people…25 msgs · 7 people2026-06-06is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself22 msgs · 6 people2026-06-05write simple english55 msgs · 11 people2026-06-03poland was cheapest14 msgs · 5 people2026-06-02pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied…19 msgs · 4 people2026-05-30coming back to this a prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border…35 msgs · 7 people2026-05-27what does privat versus kassenrezept mean in money terms26 msgs · 8 people2026-05-25nordics are brutal46 msgs · 10 people2026-05-23member reported19 msgs · 7 people2026-05-22the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year53 msgs · 12 people2026-05-20how far ahead do people order given transit inside the eu19 msgs · 6 people2026-05-17New independent result logged — JEEP, lot D-0718, purity 99.2% (VendorInvestigate).19 msgs · 7 people2026-05-15a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that14 msgs · 3 people2026-05-12cross border in theory46 msgs · 10 people2026-05-11nordics are brutal55 msgs · 10 people2026-05-10check the date on that37 msgs · 7 people2026-05-09handling fee is worse than vat16 msgs · 6 people2026-05-07check the date on that55 msgs · 11 people2026-05-05three working days17 msgs · 5 people
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right so transit inside the eu was 23 days2026-06-13 · 11 msgsthat is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved2026-04-04 · 5 msgsnordic prices look brutal, is that real or is2025-12-17 · 5 msgsgerman pharmacies will order in what they do not2025-12-07 · 12 msgsthe language barrier with support is real. i write2025-11-26 · 14 msgsas of about a year ago statutory cover in2025-11-25 · 8 msgssorry to jump in a prescription from one member2025-11-16 · 13 msgsdoes a prescription from one eu country work in2025-09-30 · 5 msgsstatutory insurance in germany did not cover it for2025-09-24 · 12 msgsthe language barrier with support is real. i write2025-09-21 · 13 msgsparcels entering the eu get assessed at the first2025-09-18 · 6 msgsis carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu2025-08-17 · 10 msgsa member in spain said their pharmacy price was2025-07-27 · 7 msgsthe language thing improved a lot when i stopped2025-06-29 · 8 msgsthe language thing improved a lot when i stopped2025-06-05 · 17 msgsquick one a prescription from one member state is2025-06-01 · 6 msgsupdate from 5 months ago: nothing changed on reimbursement2025-05-21 · 6 msgs