singapore customs, is a personal quantity fine
#asia 2025-10-08
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- secretagogue_sy — does a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps 12:02
- underfill_uma — getting seen in korea was faster than any route a uk member described at the time we were both describing it 15:27
- underfill_uma — anyone had a parcel stopped moving between two asian countries 15:32
- endotoxin_ed — hong kong, is it pharmacy or clinic in practice 18:15
customs inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries
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transit inside the region ran 22 days for me, which was not faster than a longer route with a better carrier, your mileage will differ
nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel
korea is fast
anyone compared a japanese pharmacy price against a private clinic in the region
i keep the compound name and the dose written in the local language in my phone and it has been more useful than any app
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is japan expensive because of the approval or in spite of it
is the korean clinic route cheaper than a pharmacy elsewhere
does a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps
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On this day 7 years ago this channel logged 110 messages.
closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part, still working it out
the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on
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a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart
*VendorInvestigate not the other one
anyone shipped from inside the region and had it take longer than from further away
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avoid august
follow up language with a local pharmacy went better once i brought the compound name written down. spoken, it never worked once
physical proximity to the manufacturing changed my shipping cost far more than it changed my shipping time
insurance in the region tracked the diabetes indication in every country a member reported on
i was wrong about japanese pricing by a factor of two when i quoted it in here, because i was quoting a clinic and somebody else was quoting a pharmacy
does anyone in hong kong want to compare prices
india generics, is that a real landscape now or mostly talk
a member in tokyo reported an out of pocket cost in the region of twenty thousand yen a month in 2024, at a clinic
diabetes indication only
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Reminder set. I will post here in 3 days.
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getting seen in korea was faster than any route a uk member described at the time we were both describing it
reported by members, own currency, not comparable directly
private clinic, UK 145 - 220
statutory, DE 10 co-pay
private script, DE 180 - 240
pharmacy, PL 95 - 140
pharmacy, SE 210 - 260korea has a clinic culture where this is straightforward to obtain, and members reported that as both a convenience and a concern
anyone had a parcel stopped moving between two asian countries
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update from 7 months ago: availability in the region is broadly the same and the prices i track are slightly higher
update on the earlier thing every price in this channel is a snapshot from the month it was typed. pricing in the region moved a lot and unevenly
for the archive how long is transit within asia running
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forty percent apart
the indian landscape is qualitatively different from research supply, it is a licensed pharmaceutical industry, and that is still not a guarantee about the vial you received
[edited]customs between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is its own border
approval isnt cheap
for the archive whats the position in taiwan or thailand, anyone at all
hong kong, is it pharmacy or clinic in practice
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a korean member said their clinic visit took under an hour end to end, which is not a claim about the quality of the assessment
physical proximity to the manufacturing changed my shipping cost far more than it changed my shipping time