[PSA] EU is not what most of this community thinks it is
EU is not what most of this community thinks it is, written plainly and without the jargon that usually swallows this topic. Pharmacy margins and dispensing fees are regulated nationally, which explains price differences that otherwise look arbitrary. Marketing authorisation is granted centrally for these products;…
Published reimbursement criteria exist in most member states and are usually available in the national language. They are the authoritative answer to eligibility questions that this board can only guess at.
Supply notices are issued nationally. A notice in one member state does not imply availability problems in another, even for the same product.
reimbursement is national, not European, and that is the whole board
Agreed that pharmacy margin regulation explains a lot of the price differences people find mysterious.
ask for the Beipackzettel or the local equivalent, it answers most questions
Correction: that is the authorisation position, and the question was about reimbursement. Different bodies, different answers.