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Imported Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices at Lower Prices
Did you know that you can reduce the cost of your prescription medicines without compromising on quality?
If you are insured under Germany's statutory health insurance scheme, you pay a co-payment of 10% of the retail price for each prescription medicine, subject to a minimum of €5 and a maximum of €10. Imported medicines can help reduce these co-payments. If you have private health insurance, your own contribution is reduced directly. At the same time, the healthcare system saves millions of euros – helping to keep health insurance costs under control for everyone.
What are Parallel-Imported Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices?
Parallel-imported pharmaceuticals and medical devices are genuine branded products manufactured by the original manufacturer to exactly the same standards. The difference is simple – they are sourced from another EU country, where pricing is often lower due to differences in national healthcare systems.
B2B Medical imports these genuine branded products into Germany, repackages them in accordance with German labelling requirements and passes the resulting cost savings directly on to you.
Original Brand or Generic – What's the Difference?
The key difference is simple. A generic medicine is not the original branded product. It is manufactured by a different company but contains the same active ingredient. An imported medicine, by contrast, is a genuine branded medicine from the original manufacturer, sourced from another EU country.
Under German law, your pharmacist is generally required to dispense a lower-cost medicine containing the same active ingredient, unless your doctor has specifically prescribed the original branded medicine. These lower-cost alternatives are known as generic medicines. They contain the same active ingredient as the original branded medicine but may differ in their inactive ingredients and formulation.
Imported medicines, on the other hand, are genuine branded medicines manufactured by the original manufacturer. They contain the same active ingredient and offer the same quality, safety and therapeutic effect as the equivalent medicine available in Germany. The only difference is that they were originally intended for another European market, allowing them to be offered at a more competitive price.
Your Benefits as a Patient
As a patient, parallel imports offer you significant advantages:
Lower co-payments – the same quality
Imported pharmaceuticals are genuine branded medicines from the original manufacturer – at a lower price. If you are insured under Germany's statutory health insurance scheme, this means lower co-payments. If you have private health insurance, it helps reduce your own contribution towards treatment costs.
Supporting a sustainable healthcare system
Lower-priced imported medicines encourage price competition, helping to reduce healthcare expenditure and generate substantial savings across the healthcare system. Everyone benefits – including through helping to keep health insurance contributions more stable over time.
The original – nothing less
Parallel imports supplied by B2B Medical are genuine branded medicines manufactured by the original manufacturer, with the same active ingredient and the same therapeutic effect. No compromise. No difference – except the price.
Safety you can trust
As a licensed pharmaceutical wholesaler and pharmaceutical manufacturer, we operate under strict legal and regulatory requirements. Every product undergoes comprehensive quality checks so that you can focus on what matters most: your recovery.
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Safety and Quality
Giving you complete peace of mind.
We know that when you take a medicine, you need complete confidence in it. That's why quality at B2B Medical is more than a checklist – it's the standard by which we measure everything we do.
Our Quality Management System is regularly inspected by the relevant authorities and meets the highest European standards. Every process – from supplier qualification and manufacturing through to delivery – is fully documented and continuously monitored.
Suppliers we trust – Every supplier undergoes a rigorous qualification process before becoming a B2B Medical partner. Our logistics partners also ensure your medicines remain within the required temperature range throughout transport.
Authenticity you can rely on
One question we're often asked is: How safe are medicines imported from other EU countries? Our answer is simple.
Every prescription medicine is electronically verified through the European securPharm system. Only products that successfully pass this verification process enter our manufacturing process. Following repackaging, every product receives a new unique identification number, is resealed and remains fully traceable throughout the supply chain.
This means you can be confident that the medicine you receive from your pharmacy is a verified genuine branded medicine.
