Rebecca Gao
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- 5/13/2025
Former Shoppers president appointed to CEO of 123Dentist
Jeff Leger, who most recently was the President of Shoppers Drug Mart, will start his new job in July. - 5/12/2025
New eLearning module on ‘just culture’ at work available now
Designed for all healthcare professionals, this module is free and self-paced. - 5/11/2025
Shoppers Drug Mart billed Ontario almost $62M for MedsCheck in 14 months: Toronto Star investigation
This accounts for about 60% of medicine reviews done in that time in Ontario, but the Toronto Star reporting says Shoppers locations only make up 13% of the pharmacies in Ontario. - 5/8/2025
May Measurement Month is here! Time to refresh your skills as a pharmacist
Pharmacists can now sign up for blood pressure screening education to participate. - 5/4/2025
Pharmacist involvement improves outcomes for hypertension and cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis
Systematic review of 95 global randomized controlled trials found that hypertension patients who received pharmacists’ care had consistently better blood pressure. - 4/29/2025
Walmart Canada chooses St. Catharines, Ont. as location for its first pharmacy clinic
The company has plans to open more pharmacy clinics in select provinces this year. - 4/28/2025
College of Pharmacists of Manitoba seeking input on proposed changes to practice directions and guidelines
The College will accept feedback from Manitoba’s pharmacists until May 12. - 4/28/2025
This Mexican museum gives visitors a look into ancient Indigenous methods of healing
Aside from the museum, this location includes a large medicinal garden and a functioning herbalist pharmacy. - 4/27/2025
A way to test for fake fentanyl patches in pharmacies? These pharmacists think they’ve found a way
The current Ontario government program mandates that patients must return their used fentanyl patches before receiving new ones from their pharmacists. - 4/27/2025
New initiative for women entrepreneurs in pharmacy is launching with an event in Toronto this June
HERizon Rx is hoping to empower women pharmacy professionals to get into entrepreneurship and leadership.
