Strategy

Pharmacist entrepreneurs aim to reshape Canada’s independent pharmacy scene.

Procuring lifesaving drugs is a daunting challenge in many low- and middle-income countries. Essential treatments are often neither available nor affordable in these nations, even decades after the drugs entered the market.

‘I’ve been with your pharmacy for years, but now my insurance says I have to go somewhere else.’

Canada is one of the world’s top supporters of the fund, which makes up the largest chunk of Ottawa’s global health spending.

The London Health Sciences Centre says police began investigating the hospital’s past financial practices late last year, while it began its own forensic audit of its finances dating back to 2013.

Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association president Jim Keon says there’s a risk that Canada will get caught in the crossfire as Trump pushes to reduce Americans’ reliance on drugs imported from places like China and India.

Doctors who rely solely on advisors risk missing out.

These new rules will come into effect on January 1, 2026.