[Question] how do you actually verify EU
how do you actually verify EU. I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source. Pharmacy margins and dispensing fees are regulated nationally, which explains price differences that otherwise look arbitrary. Published reimbursement criteria exist in most member states and are usually available in…
Nothing here is medical or legal advice, and eligibility questions have national answers that a pharmacist where you live can give you in minutes.
a prescription from one member state is not automatically valid in another
the reimbursement criteria are published in most member states
a shortage in one member state is not a shortage in all of them
EU-wide advice is almost always wrong somewhere
reimbursement is national, not European, and that is the whole board
reimbursement is national, not European, and that is the whole board
vikram_asante is right about cross-border recognition being narrower than the summaries suggest.
Right, and a shortage notice in one country tells you very little about the next one along.
Are you comparing the same presentation, or different pack sizes?
Agreed — authorisation is European, reimbursement is national, and almost every confused thread here misses that split.
Careful, that guidance is from a different country and this thread is asking about somewhere else entirely.