Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

Paul Dube’s report on the inspection regime for long-term care homes during the COVID-19 outbreak says that there were no inspections for the first seven weeks of the pandemic and no inspection reports issued for the first two months.

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Medicines360 recently issued a report summing up what did and did not work in the seven years since it distributed devices for $50 apiece.

Dr. Raymond David Stein also grabbed the patient's waist and thigh during a Beatles tribute concert while he appeared to be sleeping, according to the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal.

Proposed regulatory changes will allow pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to, among things, inject vaccines for RSV and will give pharmacists authority to prescribe Tamiflu. That's great, but could be better, said the Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada.

The annual CaRMS match used to be scheduled before the NRMP, its U.S. counterpart—giving Canadian medical schools precedence in drawing the best IMGs to their programs. Now, that advantage was relinquished.

The agency began recalling the drinks in July because they do not comply with various caffeine content and bilingual labelling requirements.

The price negotiations will represent a first.