Pharmacy Business

Your first digital product: how to choose what to create
Once you've decided to branch out with a new digital venture, the hardest part can be choosing where to focus. What helped me move forward wasn’t finding the perfect idea. It was asking the right questions.
Despite PPNs, Canada is still ‘far from U.S.-style coverage’
A new study from C.D. Howe found that there’s little evidence of widespread harm if PPNs are introduced into the Canadian healthcare system.

Chasing a dream across borders

The quality of entries for our 2025 Student Essay Contest was so high that we decided to share them all. Here's an essay by Maria Paola Mendieta, a third-year PharmD student at the University of Ottawa.
‘No pricing updates to share for Canadian patients,’ Eli Lilly says in wake of U.K. price hike for Mounjaro

The type 2 diabetes medication is set to rise in price in the U.K.
Pharmacy students help solve real-world healthcare challenge in Northern Ontario

Students presented ideas to launch antimicrobial stewardship program in Northern Ontario to hospital management.
Big debut for novel Tiny Little Pharmacists

Longtime pharmacist pens a comic novel that puts his profession at the heart of the story.
Saskatchewan launches new medication substitution training for pharmacists

The government of Saskatchewan is allowing pharmacists to substitute medications under certain conditions.
‘Pharmacies are not just pharmacies’: The Alberta Independent Pharmacy Association wants to empower small pharmacy owners in the province

In response to a number of new healthcare policies in Alberta, a group of independent pharmacies has started an association to advocate for their specific needs.
Working together to support pharmacist prescribing

New research yields practical strategies to support pharmacist prescribing.
Let's talk about . . . staffing

Some businesses have a full complement of skilled labour, but that rarely extends to remote and rural areas where positions remain vacant for years.

Your first digital product: how to choose what to create

Despite PPNs, Canada is still ‘far from U.S.-style coverage’

Chasing a dream across borders

‘No pricing updates to share for Canadian patients,’ Eli Lilly says in wake of U.K. price hike for Mounjaro

Pharmacy students help solve real-world healthcare challenge in Northern Ontario

Big debut for novel Tiny Little Pharmacists

Saskatchewan launches new medication substitution training for pharmacists

‘Pharmacies are not just pharmacies’: The Alberta Independent Pharmacy Association wants to empower small pharmacy owners in the province

Working together to support pharmacist prescribing

Let's talk about . . . staffing