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- 7/25/2023
Saskatchewan releases new course for pharmacy managers
All licenced pharmacists and pharmacy technicians should consider taking the class, the Saskatchewan College of Pharmacy Professionals says. - 7/25/2023
Solu-Cortef is in shortage. Here’s how to conserve it
The Canadian Pharmacists Association released information about how healthcare providers can help conserve the life-saving medication for those who need it most. - 7/25/2023
First Board Certified Emergency Medicine Pharmacists graduate
The American program launched in the spring of this year. - 7/25/2023
‘Way past due’: Resource helps healthcare providers identify, treat brain injuries from domestic abuse
A new resource is the first to tell healthcare professionals how to treat brain injuries that are a result of intimate partner violence. - 7/24/2023
A bunch of people got COVID shots past their beyond-use dates: Here's what we can learn from such an incident
An ISMP report explains how a healthcare organization in a small community failed to notice the mistake until dozens of people were affected and offers advice on how others can avoid similar situations. - 7/23/2023
Transgender unit added to University of Toronto’s PharmD course
A new PharmD course for pharmacists from the University of Toronto helps pharmacists provide care for transgender people. - 7/20/2023
J&J greatly expands access to TB drug following push from famous novelist
A new deal will expand tuberculosis drug access to millions by allowing greater access to the drug bedaquiline, used to treat multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. - 7/19/2023
Covering essential medicines saves on overall healthcare costs: study
When free medications were given to people who couldn’t afford them, the overall healthcare system saved an average of $1,488 a year per patient. - 7/17/2023
Health Canada conditionally approves Lynparza for some prostate cancer
Health Canada has conditionally approved Lynparza (olaparib) in combination with abiraterone and prednisone or prednisolone.