Canada's largest manufacturer and distributor of advanced natural health products recently announced its commitment to a rigorous new set of quality-control benchmarks.
The B.C. Medical Association says that the results of a new Ipsos Reid poll confirm that the majority of British Columbians are not supportive of pharmacists making changes to patient prescriptions without first consulting the prescribing physician.
Independent pharmacists, struggling to survive since Ontario introduced a series of major changes to the drug system, want patients to go to bat for them with the government.