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- 1/9/2014
No new contract following cancer drug disclosure
Medbuy has not renewed its contract with Hamilton’s Marchese Health Solutions following drug dilution controversy. - 1/9/2014
Finnish study examines compounding pediatric doses
Pharmacist examines content uniformity, chemical and physical stability of different dosage forms of nifedipine. - 1/9/2014
Peter MacKay defends medical marijuana
Conservative cabinet minister Peter MacKay has become the latest—and perhaps most unlikely—defender of medical marijuana. - 1/9/2014
Press Review - January 10, 2014
Check out our review of recent medical stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Ward of Edmonton children’s hospital put in isolation due to flu outbreak. Read this and - 1/9/2014
U.S. independents want ballooning generic drug costs investigated
Pharmacist organization calls on Congress to look into alarming price hikes. - 1/9/2014
Sovaldi: first nucleotide polymerase inhibitor for chronic hepatitis C
New antiviral can be used as part of an all-oral regimen for certain types of chronic HCV infection. - 1/9/2014
Public healthcare can be fixed – without large doses of taxpayer dollars
Chronic disease is long-term and requires care best delivered in the community by a multidisciplinary partnership, rather than a provider-to-provider handoff. Do we need to introduce a parallel private system to cope with this development? - 1/8/2014
Canada fares better than the U.S. on value for healthcare dollars, but lags behind other developed nations
Canadians live longer than people in the United States. Specifically, women in Canada live an average of 83 years, compared with 80 in the United States; men live more than 78 years on average compared with 75 in the United States. Why is this the case? There are clear links between mortality rates and the way countries invest in healthcare and improving social conditions. - 1/8/2014
SDI Canada buys SDI U.S.A.
Montreal firm specializing in MRI shielding solutions to expand to numerous new global healthcare markets - 1/8/2014
Alberta government restricts supply of flu vaccines to AHS clinics
Pharmacies, doctors’ offices will no longer receive flu vaccine supplies.