Industry Advocacy

Is it possible Express Scripts Canada will break the camel’s back?
Wow, there has been a lot going on in pharmacy in Canada. I was starting to write a completely different blog, but that update simply had to wait, given the recent communication from Express Scripts Canada (ESC) introducing a monthly service fee to pharmacy providers beginning January 1, 2024.
Meet the candidates for CMA president for 2025-26
Voting is now open, and this time, it’s New Brunswick’s turn.

Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed

‘Before anybody goes into the barn, they’re changing their shoes two or three times.’
Alberta COVID panel chair urges federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings

Preston Manning, the former head of the Reform Party, made the pitch last week in an email sent to Conservative MPs on the same day the report from the panel he chaired was published.
E.U. nations condemn Hamas for what they describe as use of hospitals, civilians as ‘human shields’

The statement reiterated their ‘call on Hamas for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. It is crucial that the International Committee of the Red Cross is granted access to the hostages.’
The woman behind the U.S. pharmacist walkouts

As founder of #pizzaisnotworking, pharmacist Bled Tanoe is leading the charge to improve working conditions in community pharmacies across the U.S.
CFPC pauses implementation of family medicine residency extension

The college released a statement on Friday evening.
Ontario to add provincial tax to vaping products; meant to discourage youth uptake

The combined tax would see manufacturers and importers paying $2 per two millilitres of vaping liquids for the first 10 millilitres, then $2 per 10 millilitres for volumes beyond that.
Death of a player from a skate to the neck reignites hockey’s stubborn debate over protective gear

Broken jaws, smashed noses and concussions haven’t led to full face shields or cages in professional men’s hockey at any level, either.
Health Canada says cord blood stored at Edmonton facility may pose serious risks

The warning affects all cord blood at the Canadian Cord Blood bioRepository that was collected, processed, tested or stored between March 1, 2014, and present.

Is it possible Express Scripts Canada will break the camel’s back?

Meet the candidates for CMA president for 2025-26

Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed

Alberta COVID panel chair urges federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings

E.U. nations condemn Hamas for what they describe as use of hospitals, civilians as ‘human shields’

The woman behind the U.S. pharmacist walkouts

CFPC pauses implementation of family medicine residency extension

Ontario to add provincial tax to vaping products; meant to discourage youth uptake

Death of a player from a skate to the neck reignites hockey’s stubborn debate over protective gear

Health Canada says cord blood stored at Edmonton facility may pose serious risks