Teale Phelps Bondaroff, chair of the AccessBC campaign for free prescription contraception, says the policy is exactly what his organization has spent years calling for, and advocates are “so excited.”
The moves announced Wednesday promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face annual costs of more than US$1,000 for insulin they need in order to live.
Ottawa pharmacy owner Guo Ma told staff no labels were necessary for methadone dispensed regularly to the same patient and narcotic system alerts should just be ignored if it’s backed by a prescription, according to the Ontario College of Pharmacists.
Manitoba becomes the the sixth province to sign onto a new healthcare deal proposed by Ottawa earlier this month. Ontario and the four Atlantic provinces signed Thursday.
Now that Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have formally agreed to the offer, they will begin negotiating more specific plans.
Ray Shelley is the new chair of the The Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association has elected, and Michel Robidoux, president and general manager of Sandoz Canada, the new vice chair.
