Pharmacy Business

Making the case for functional medicine in pharmacy
Talk to any young pharmacist, and they’ll tell you that working as a pharmacist is nothing like studying pharmacy. In pharmacy school we had clinical thinking drilled into our heads every day. We followed a specific pharmacist’s thought process to assess medication therapy systematically. In school, we wouldn’t dare leave an inappropriate PPI prescription unaddressed.
Doc facing 7-year-old $146K fraudulent billing case gets suspension and $31K penalty on separate issue
Dr. Harmander Singh Gill has already been found guilty in another case from 2014 involving fraudulent billing for rapid strep tests. But he's currently appealing the Ontario college's decision to revoke his license and to impose hearing costs of $124,000.

New year, new virtual care standard for Alberta doctors

A five-visit limit for out-of-province doctors has been removed from the new virtual care standard because there was no way to track or enforce this rule.
Well-researched: New book on healthy aging from pharmacist who banned homeopathic products and sugary drinks from his store

In his book Healthy Logic: Evidence Based Healthy Aging, Cape Breton pharmacist Graham MacKenzie tackles a wide range of health topics through the lens of robust research.
Liberals delay new regulations to lower price of medicines in Canada

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has put a six-month pause on new regulations designed to lower the cost of patented medicines in Canada.
The year in reader photos

Thank you to all who sent in their favourite photos to share with your fellow pharmacists. It's not too late to share yours!
American Pharmacists Association acknowledges burnout a serious issue for pharmacists and patients

National and state associations have launched a tool that pharmacy personnel can use to describe both positive and negative workplace experiences, helping to form an aggregate picture.
Health Canada announces recall of several powdered version of cold and flu meds

CellChem Pharmaceuticals Inc. is recalling all lots of cold and flu medications sold in pouches of powder dissolvable in water.
Haloette: progestin/estrogen vaginal ring contraceptive now available

First alternative to Canadian reference product, NuvaRing.
Saskatchewan pharmacists on overdrive

Like their counterparts across the country, pharmacists here are struggling to keep up with rapidly changing vaccine and booster policies.

Making the case for functional medicine in pharmacy

Doc facing 7-year-old $146K fraudulent billing case gets suspension and $31K penalty on separate issue

New year, new virtual care standard for Alberta doctors

Well-researched: New book on healthy aging from pharmacist who banned homeopathic products and sugary drinks from his store

Liberals delay new regulations to lower price of medicines in Canada

The year in reader photos

American Pharmacists Association acknowledges burnout a serious issue for pharmacists and patients

Health Canada announces recall of several powdered version of cold and flu meds

Haloette: progestin/estrogen vaginal ring contraceptive now available

Saskatchewan pharmacists on overdrive