[Discussion] "EU rules" is almost always a national question wearing a European hat
"EU rules" is almost always a national question wearing a European hat. I have gone back and forth on this for months. The structure that makes this board make sense, once. Marketing authorisation for these products is granted centrally, which is why the same product exists across the union. Everything after that —…
Pharmacy margins and dispensing fees are regulated nationally, which explains price differences that otherwise look arbitrary.
Pharmacy margins and dispensing fees are regulated nationally, which explains price differences that otherwise look arbitrary.
Adding the practical step — read your own country’s published criteria. They exist and they are definitive.
a shortage in one member state is not a shortage in all of them
a shortage in one member state is not a shortage in all of them
Disagreeing with this bit: that criterion belongs to one member state and is being quoted as general.
Agreed that pharmacy margin regulation explains a lot of the price differences people find mysterious.
This. The published reimbursement criteria are the document to read, and most member states do publish them.
private pricing varies enormously between neighbouring countries