singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only
language with a local pharmacy went better once i brought the compound name written down. spoken, it never worked once
#asia 2026-05-06
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- seoul_swirl — does a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps 16:49
- quiet_head_qi — japan being expensive despite the approval is the pattern. approval sets the licence and the pricing system sets the price 17:08
- manila_meniscus — sourcing is physically closer here, why is it not simpler 17:56
- factory_direct_fi — a parcel of mine was held inside the region and released after 20 days with no letter and no charge i was wrong about japanese pricing by a factor of two when i… 18:22
the room does not treat closer as safer, and it took a few bad experiences to get us there
does a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps
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approval isnt cheap
forty percent apart
sorry to jump in closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part
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the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on
japan being expensive despite the approval is the pattern. approval sets the licence and the pricing system sets the price
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anyone shipped from inside the region and had it take longer than from further away
singapore customs, is a personal quantity fine
customs inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries
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
as of about a year ago korea had the shortest path from deciding to starting of anywhere members here had described
right so summer shipping matters here too. i avoid july and august the way australian members avoid january
same customs steps
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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
no letter no charge
sorry to jump in is anyone here avoiding summer shipping the way the australians do
japan approved it
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sourcing is physically closer here, why is it not simpler
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while im here insurance in the region tracked the diabetes indication in every country a member reported on
Digest for the week of 2025-12-04 has been published.
figures are from last year
get it tested anyway
a parcel of mine was held inside the region and released after 20 days with no letter and no charge
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
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unrelated but is the korean clinic route cheaper than a pharmacy elsewhere
closer isnt simpler
is it covered by insurance anywhere in the region
diabetes indication only
physical proximity to the manufacturing changed my shipping cost far more than it changed my shipping time
how long is transit within asia running
singapore pricing, anyone able to put a number on it
is it easier to get seen about this in korea than in europe
hong kong, is it pharmacy or clinic in practice
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
the carrier matters
singapore handles personal quantities of prescription medicine under its own rules and i would not try to summarise them from memory
[edited]avoid august
language with a local pharmacy went better once i brought the compound name written down. spoken, it never worked once
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
japan approved it for both indications a while ago as i understood it, and the approval did not make it cheap