three years of Apotheke threads, summarised so you do not have to read them
three years of Apotheke threads, summarised so you do not have to read them, which sounds obvious until you try to state the evidence for it. Marketing authorisation is granted centrally for these products; reimbursement, pricing and prescribing criteria are national competences. Those are decided by different bodies…
Cross-border prescription recognition exists under EU rules but is conditional and narrower than commonly assumed, with requirements about the prescription’s form and content.
Asked in my own language at a local pharmacy and got a clearer answer in five minutes than a fortnight of forum reading.
Apotheke pricing and pharmacy pricing elsewhere are different systems
Right, and a shortage notice in one country tells you very little about the next one along.
ask for the Beipackzettel or the local equivalent, it answers most questions
the same product has different names and pack sizes across the union
Supply notices are issued nationally. A notice in one member state does not imply availability problems in another, even for the same product.