how much of what we believe about pharmacy actually comes from EMA threads
how much of what we believe about pharmacy actually comes from EMA threads. If this has been answered properly somewhere, link me and I will delete. On cross-border prescriptions, since the assumption behind half these threads is wrong. There are EU rules on the recognition of prescriptions issued in another member…
a shortage in one member state is not a shortage in all of them
Small fix — those two prices are for different pack sizes, which accounts for most of the gap.
reimbursement is national, not European, and that is the whole board
reimbursement is national, not European, and that is the whole board
Adding the practical step — read your own country’s published criteria. They exist and they are definitive.
private pricing varies enormously between neighbouring countries
private pricing varies enormously between neighbouring countries
Agreed — and normalising pack size before comparing prices is the fix for half these threads.
pharmacy margins are regulated differently in each country
Correction: that is the authorisation position, and the question was about reimbursement. Different bodies, different answers.