High price of Cyprus meds due to monopoly

[Paphos Life]

Condemnation of high med prices in Cyprus is picking up steam, as state auditors go public with a report pointing to monopoly and special interests in the pharmaceutical industry....

Read the article and chat about it below...

[mike strand2]

I have recently been prescribed CANTALIN micro, the cost here was almost €20 for 64. On a Romanian website I saw it for €10 for 64. I'm waiting for a response to my email to see if they will post.

[jeba]

I know quite a few people who take their meds over to the North for reference and buy equivalent meds from a pharmacy there, reasonably priced.

Is it legal to import drugs from the North for personal use without declaring it at the border?

[PhotoLady]

I guess if they wanted to be awkward about it, they could be - and I suppose it all depends on the quantity being carried through....

This comment below is from a Cyprus Mail article from March this year:

The situation with drug prices, according to the auditor, is driving the public to less-than-ideal alternatives, including buying their drugs from the north.
“The prices are much lower there, so we are practically sending people over there, while others opt to buy from abroad,” he said.

There is no mention of it being illegal, but as the saying goes "this is Cyprus" and we know that rules change very quickly or are made up as they go along...

Full article here: http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/03/01/no-le ... cial-says/