Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

‘Nicotine pouch flavours like berry frost or tropical breeze are not going to be allowed to be sold anywhere. They’ll be recalled.’

Lidocaine spray or gel used as a local anesthetic and other pain treatments—think ibuprofen or an injection of an anesthetic—are safe for most patients and can be effective, gynecologists say.

The new policy narrows the list of approves tests but allows applicants to forgo testing if they have Canadian or U.S. education.

Health Minister Sylvia Jones decided against those recommendations, announcing this week that the government would ban supervised consumption sites near schools and prohibit new ones from opening in the future.

Dr. Sohail Gandhi sees evidence that Ontario’s provincial government does not want to work with doctors.

The fake claims were made to Quebec's drug insurance plan.

The Ontario College of Pharmacists wants a meeting with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to discuss doctors it says are refusing to process MedsCheck paperwork and making social media posts that ‘denigrate pharmacists’ expanded scope of practice.’

An application filed by Dying with Dignity in Ontario Superior Court on Monday argues that it is discriminatory to bar people with mental disorders from being eligible for an assisted death when it is available to people who suffer physically.