nordic prices look brutal, is that real or is that just what gets reported
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#eu 2025-05-21
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- lyophile_liv — nordic prices look brutal, is that real or is that just what gets reported 22:35
- lyophile_liv — ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other 22:48
- gip_glp_gil — a prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist knows that is another matter 23:46
any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today
cross border in theory
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i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 17 days once
is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem
diabetes yes weight no
does a prescription from one eu country work in another
ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other
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update from 5 months ago: nothing changed on reimbursement where i am and the price went up anyway, from memory
send both languages
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how do you deal with a supplier whose support is in one language only
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i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not
member reported
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is there anywhere in the eu where this is actually cheap
parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly
my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did
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that was 2024 pricing
i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling
nordics are brutal
a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that
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poland was cheapest
privat means you pay
coming back after 14 months, has anything changed on reimbursement anywhere
approval isnt reimbursement
prices moved since
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 - 260three working days
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how far ahead do people order given transit inside the eu
transit inside the eu was 9 days for me door to door, which is faster than anything i have had from outside it
no local insurance means the pharmacy price, full stop, in every country a member has reported from
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i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
a prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist knows that is another matter
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handling fee is worse than vat
germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription