Pharmacy Careers

Quebec pharmacist Etienne Dauphin also used his doctor's name and licence number to write a fake prescription for methylphenidate, according to the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec.

Pharmacists across Canada fill more than 600 million prescriptions every year, and though somewhat rare, medication incidents do occur. When COVID-19 hit, it put unprecedented pressure on the industry.

Sunshine Drugs Family of Pharmacies has partnered with Pathway Health to offer their employees Pathway’s Cannabis Management System. 

The College of Pharmacists of British Columbia says the fee increases will help it return to a balanced budget and fully funded reserves.

For many years pharmacists have been known as the “pill counters” or “druggists” hidden behind the pharmacy counter, but the truth is pharmacists are a lot more than that and have proven so throughout the pandemic.

The organization's annual report for 2021, Navigating a World in Transition, covers the key moves for last year, as well as what's coming up in the rest of 2022.

Nova Scotia pharmacist Connie Gault was also sanctioned for prescribing drugs for family members.

Researchers will explore interventions in heart failure and Parkinson’s among other initiatives.