Pharmacy Business

Exploring efforts to reduce single-use plastics in healthcare
Multi-year environmental initiative and new Ontario start-up pave the way to greener practices.
Quebec campaign aims to attract young people to pharmacy technical programs
Enrolment in pharmacy tech courses is steadily declining, so Quebec organizations have launched a major campaign to attract young people and raise the profile of often little-known professions.

Pharma-tariffs

If the U.S. goes ahead with its tariffs, we can expect tariffs on drugs and Canada to retaliate with similar measures, warns pharmacy industry expert Bertrand Bolduc.
Need to study up? Counselling cue cards for pharmacists

Resource aims to save time and provide counselling pearls easily accessible in practice.
Clinical viewers for community pharmacists could be mandated in Ontario

The OCP sees clinical viewers as essential tools in the face of the expected expanded scope of practice coming to the province.
Drug company Apotex acquires CanPrev, a provider of vitamins and supplements

CanPrev owns the CanPrev, Cyto-Matrix and Orange Naturals brands.
Measuring the benefits of expanding pharmacists’ scope

A new study sheds light on the health and economic impacts of new clinical pharmacy activities and the persistent obstacles to their expansion.
Strep throat, ear infection testing rolls out to select Sask. pharmacies

The province announced that 11 pharmacies were selected to provide testing and assessment for strep throat and ear infections, while an additional 37 pharmacies will be offering ear infection assessments only.
U.S. accuses Walgreens of filling millions of illegitimate prescriptions, including for opioids

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the complaint says the drugstore chain’s pharmacists filled controlled substance prescriptions with clear red flags that indicated they were highly likely to be unlawful.
‘Real struggle’: Pharmacists in Alberta facing double-whammy in 2025 with provincial cuts and PrescribeIT fees

With the Alberta government cuting billable services and PrescribeIT now charging a 20 cents per prescription, here’s how pharmacists in the province are managing.