is the korean clinic route cheaper than a pharmacy elsewhere
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- lisbon_lot — unrelated but the indian landscape is qualitatively different from research supply, it is a licensed pharmaceutical industry, and that is still not a guarantee about… 15:20
- lisbon_lot — singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only 15:47
- sgp_subq — india has a real generics manufacturing base and a real domestic market. what a specific product is, and whether it matches its label, is a separate question every… 19:04
write it down for the pharmacy
customs inside asia caught my parcel once in four years. that is my rate, not a regional statistic
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thailand and taiwan come up occasionally and we have almost no member reports from either, so i would not guess
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sorry to jump in is it easier to get seen about this in korea than in europe
[edited]get it tested anyway
hong kong members reported both clinic and pharmacy routes and a wide price range between the two
hong kong, is it pharmacy or clinic in practice
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diabetes indication only
a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart
unrelated but korea and the clinic culture, is it as easy to get as people say
whats the position in taiwan or thailand, anyone at all
avoid august
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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
held for 16 days
unrelated but 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
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 - 260follow up is it covered by insurance anywhere in the region
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singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only
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 - 260⚠️9
i treat a claim about an indian generic the way i treat any claim about any product. get a lot number and get it tested
the room does not treat closer as safer, and it took a few bad experiences to get us there
japan approved it for both indications a while ago as i understood it, and the approval did not make it cheap
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 - 260same customs steps
[edited]japan being expensive despite the approval is the pattern. approval sets the licence and the pricing system sets the price
the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on
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does anyone in hong kong want to compare prices
forty percent apart
japan approved it
as of about a year ago korea had the shortest path from deciding to starting of anywhere members here had described, anyway
japanese insurance covered the diabetes indication and not the weight one as far as anyone here could establish a year ago
language with a local pharmacy went better once i brought the compound name written down. spoken, it never worked once, your mileage will differ
[edited]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
korea is fast
lot number first
the honest position on india is that i have seen good material and bad material and the paperwork told me nothing either way
nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel
singapore handles personal quantities of prescription medicine under its own rules and i would not try to summarise them from memory, from memory
does a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps
what does a month come to in singapore dollars
singapore customs, is a personal quantity fine
is anyone here avoiding summer shipping the way the australians do
coming back after 6 months, has anything changed on availability in the region
every price in this channel is a snapshot from the month it was typed. pricing in the region moved a lot and unevenly
closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part
member reported range
quick one update from 19 months ago: availability in the region is broadly the same and the prices i track are slightly higher
india has a real generics manufacturing base and a real domestic market. what a specific product is, and whether it matches its label, is a separate question every single time
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ok so being closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe
closer isnt simpler
summer shipping matters here too. i avoid july and august the way australian members avoid january
lot number first