Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

Manitoba pharmacists have now seen the final version of regulations that will enable activation of the new Pharmacy Act in that province (passed in 2006).

With 30 years past, a former BCMA president reveals a ‘confidential’ deal worked out with premier Bill Bennett

U.S. chain Duane Reade hit with $40 million lawsuit after former pharmacist allegedly performed a “manual mammogram” on tourist.

Prescription drug costs are on average 50 per cent higher in Canada than in other developed countries.

Some smokers who've failed to quit take the battery-operated option

Report finds company claiming to be Canadian is actually headquartered in Belize, ships its low-priced drugs from India and doesn’t employ a single pharmacist here, report finds.

Fewer full-time nurses will be assisting surgeons in the operating rooms of the Montreal General Hospital as part of a second phase of budget cuts, The Gazette has learned.

TORONTO | Access to orphan drugs – pharmaceuticals developed specifically to treat very rare medical conditions – has been more challenging for Canadians than patients in most other developed countries.