Licensing

The case of Montreal pharmacists Helène Massicotte and Christine Larivière draws parallels to a recent one involving another Montreal pharmacist, Michael Assaraf, who was fined close to $100,000 for offences that included getting exclusive referrals through programs managed by McKesson Canada.

The class-action lawsuit centres around the fact that between Aug. 24 and Aug. 26 some patients at Kent Pharmacy received COVID-19 vaccines with reused syringes.

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In 2012, unmatched R-1 residency applicants totalled 24. That number has increased each subsequent year, peaking to 166 in 2018.

Dr. Lisa Dearman, who practices in Wolfville, N.S., was too upset to read the reprimand in its entirety. That's understandable but it's no excuse, said the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia.

To avoid disruption to pharmacy services in the city of Port Cartier, the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec has postponed sanctions against Mohamed Madi to January 2022.

Preparations already underway as first cohort of pharmacy technician students start courses in Quebec.

After a four-and-a-half year saga that saw undercover investigators at a private party, stalling tactics that included claims of possibly being sick with COVID-19, and allegations of mistreatment in jail, Maria Ezzati has lost her bid for a serve-at-home conditional sentence.