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- 10/14/2021
Nova Scotia to cover the cost of cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta
Last month, Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan announced they would pay for the drug, which costs roughly $300,000 a year per patient. - 10/14/2021
More companies recalled lots of losartan tablets due to azido impurity
Earlier this year, several other companies made similar recalls. - 10/14/2021
N.L. doctors walk away from government contract negotiations, decry 'divide-and-conquer tactic'
Finance Minister Siobhan Coady said she wasn't expecting to see doctors announce they were walking away from contract negotiations Thursday, Oct. 14, but the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association says the government has not budged in 10 months. - 10/13/2021
Alberta takes pediatric triage possibility off the table
Earlier in 2021, the AHS released critical care triage protocol that could be needed should a “major surge” of COVID-19 hospitalizations resulting in 90% or more occupation of the province’s ICU beds. - 10/13/2021
The story behind the new miniseries 'Dopesick,': an opioid crisis story that needed 'to be told'
The eight-part miniseries about America's opioid crisis weaves together the painkiller's devastating toll and the actions of those who aided it or failed to stop it. - 10/13/2021
Quebec delay sign of tough decisions provinces face on healthcare worker vaccine mandate
In Alberta, employees of the province's single health authority must be fully immunized against COVID-19 by the end of the month. - 10/13/2021
Riva-Risperidone lot recalled due to possibility of some bottles containing the wrong medication
Health Canada warns of a possibility that pharmacists might not recognize the error and accidentally repackage and dispense pill bottles containing incorrect medication. - 10/13/2021
Ontario government urges doctors to provide in person visits over virtual
A joint letter from the chief medical officer of health, a senior government bureaucrat and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario says COVID-19 should no longer pose a barrier to in-person practice. - 10/13/2021
Pharmacy Leader Amy Lamb: "Creating safe spaces for my patients to heal has been my primary goal."
Pharmacists have many hats, and your personal strengths and motivations help you leverage these diverse roles into meaningful careers. The role I will serve today may be vastly different from the role I serve next year, and certainly 10 years from now. The problems are endless, but the solutions, and subsequent opportunities for pharmacists, are as well. - 10/13/2021
Vaccinating Hamilton’s homeless, one block at a time
I overcame an entire lifetime of avoiding responsibility, moving on from any job when things stopped being fun, and allowed myself to be voted in as the lead physician of the Shelter Health Network Physicians Group. It will be a couple of hours a week they said, no big deal they said . . .