the Netherlands: EMA, and what it actually costs here
Something I keep coming back to: the Netherlands: EMA, and what it actually costs here. Asked in my own language at a local pharmacy and got a clearer answer in five minutes than a fortnight of forum reading. On cross-border prescriptions, since the assumption behind half these threads is wrong. There are EU rules on…
The translation cost of dealing with a foreign pharmacy was the thing I had not budgeted for.
Compared prices across two neighbouring countries and found the difference was mostly pack size once I normalised it.
Pharmacy margins and dispensing fees are regulated nationally, which explains price differences that otherwise look arbitrary.
the reimbursement criteria are published in most member states
Reimbursed or private?
the EMA authorises, member states decide who pays
the same product has different names and pack sizes across the union