update from 5 months ago: nothing changed on reimbursement where i am and the price went up anyway, i could be wrong
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#eu 2026-04-26
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- ghk_gia — update from 5 months ago: nothing changed on reimbursement where i am and the price went up anyway, i could be wrong 10:01
- ghk_gia — update on the earlier thing statutory insurance in germany did not cover it for weight when i last read about it. for the diabetes indication it was a different… 10:12
- ghk_gia — ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other 12:16
- deadspace — vat on imports from outside the eu applied from a very low threshold when i last imported, and the carrier handling fee was bigger than the vat, i have it written… 13:26
update on the earlier thing statutory insurance in germany did not cover it for weight when i last read about it. for the diabetes indication it was a different conversation
crossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it
i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
prices moved since
can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago
ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other
handling fee is worse than vat
check the date on that
diabetes yes weight no
i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 7 days once
approval isnt reimbursement
sorry to jump in german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024
what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu
vat on imports from outside the eu applied from a very low threshold when i last imported, and the carrier handling fee was bigger than the vat, i have it written down somewhere
the price for the same dose in two eu countries differed by about forty percent in the one careful comparison i have seen in here
*Medutest not the other one