Pharmacy Business

When Chris and Erin Briggs wake up tomorrow morning, they'll be celebrating their 38th wedding anniversary. And thanks to a simple twist of fate, it will also be the first day they won't have to go downtown to work in their drugstore.

When Aska Patel isn’t doing medication management home visits, or consulting with healthcare stakeholders on new business ventures, you will find her hosting her own podcast on the “Future of Pharmacy.”

Partner organizations of pharmacy professionals from around the world are finding ways to take action.

Until now, its use was limited to a hospital setting, and the drug was rationed for only the most high-risk cases.

Neighbourhood Pharmacies CEO Sandra Hanna and its vice-president of pharmacy affairs Shelita Dattani will lead the discussion

OkRx, a web-based system, is being offered by Toronto's Lawlor Pharmacy to help patients manage the patchwork system of coverage for expensive biologic and biosimilar drugs.

An undercover patient helped the FBI catch Dr. Andrew Berkowitz, who was also ordered to pay close to US$6 million in fines and restitution.

There are many interesting opportunities for pharmacy technicians who opt to pursue them, says Robert Solek. Now working as a pharmacy technician at Indigenous Services Canada, Solek speaks from experience.