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#asia 2026-01-09
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Highlights from this day
- vial_ledger — 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… 11:33
- hydrate_hana — coming back to this a member in tokyo reported an out of pocket cost in the region of twenty thousand yen a month in 2024, at a clinic, ill dig out the number 12:40
- hydrate_hana — korea has a clinic culture where this is straightforward to obtain, and members reported that as both a convenience and a concern 15:46
- factory_direct_fi — hong kong members reported both clinic and pharmacy routes and a wide price range between the two 15:50
sorry to jump in are the indian products the same compounds or something else entirely
lot number first
thailand and taiwan come up occasionally and we have almost no member reports from either, so i would not guess
generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question
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, still working it out
[edited]approval isnt cheap
the carrier matters
the room does not treat closer as safer, and it took a few bad experiences to get us there
[edited]japan approved it
diabetes indication only
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closer isnt simpler
singapore pricing, anyone able to put a number on it
slightly off topic but customs inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries
follow up 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
is anyone here avoiding summer shipping the way the australians do
forty percent apart
customs between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is its own border
korea is fast
figures are from last year
anyone compared a japanese pharmacy price against a private clinic in the region
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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singapore customs, is a personal quantity fine
closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part
*PeptideMeter not the other one
the honest position on india is that i have seen good material and bad material and the paperwork told me nothing either way
anyone had a parcel stopped moving between two asian countries
how long is transit within asia running
a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart
[edited]the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on, still working it out
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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
write it down for the pharmacy
japanese insurance covered the diabetes indication and not the weight one as far as anyone here could establish a year ago
being closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe
coming back to this a member in tokyo reported an out of pocket cost in the region of twenty thousand yen a month in 2024, at a clinic, ill dig out the number
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insurance in the region tracked the diabetes indication in every country a member reported on
get it tested anyway
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
summer shipping matters here too. i avoid july and august the way australian members avoid january
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india generics, is that a real landscape now or mostly talk
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
anyone shipped from inside the region and had it take longer than from further away
korea has a clinic culture where this is straightforward to obtain, and members reported that as both a convenience and a concern
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
hong kong members reported both clinic and pharmacy routes and a wide price range between the two
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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