[Question] does an EU prescription travel across member states or not
does an EU prescription travel across member states or not, and I want the answer with the reasoning attached rather than just the conclusion. Assumed a prescription would be honoured across the border. It was not, and the rules are clear once you actually read them. Nothing here is medical or legal advice, and…
Pack sizes and presentations differ between member states, so a headline price is not comparable until it is normalised to a common quantity.
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private pricing varies enormously between neighbouring countries
Not convinced — cross-border prescription recognition is narrower than you are describing and the exceptions matter.
pharmacy margins are regulated differently in each country
I would not treat one pharmacy’s quote as a national price. The variation within a country is often larger than between them.
the language barrier is a real cost and nobody budgets for it
Pharmacy margins and dispensing fees are regulated nationally, which explains price differences that otherwise look arbitrary.
What does the local patient information leaflet say?