Pharmacy Business

What would Shakespeare think of PPNs?
A patient is told by their insurer that they ca no longer have their medications covered unless they transfer their medications from their longtime diabetes educator/prescribing pharmacist to an out-of-province mail order pharmacy. What could possibly go wrong?
Canadian pharmaceutical industry alarmed after Trump floats 200% tariff
Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association president Jim Keon says there’s a risk that Canada will get caught in the crossfire as Trump pushes to reduce Americans’ reliance on drugs imported from places like China and India.

Your pharmacy is already a clinic

Let’s stop waiting for permission or perfection. The systems we already have can support clinical care if we design them to.
Pharmacy Plus PEI program has seen 200,000 assessments and counting

Since beginning the program two and a half years ago, more than 200,000 assessments have been counted.
Medication service promotes delivery ease without errors

Platform geared only to pharmacies aims to be medication delivery leader in Canada.
New guidelines from PMPRB on monitoring and reviewing drug prices

These new rules will come into effect on January 1, 2026.
Rethinking career fulfilment in pharmacy: the case for a portfolio career

Can we still be pharmacists if we’re also artists, entrepreneurs or educators?
Walmart Canada sees ‘very positive’ feedback for pharmacy clinics as company eyes expansion

Nearly two months after Walmart launched its first pharmacy clinic in Canada, the retail giant says it has received ‘very positive’ feedback from patients and is carefully monitoring the further expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice.
OCP delivers update on addressing corporate pressures

The Ontario College of Pharmacists says it has launched 79 investigations relating to corporate pressures since last October.
How many asymptomatic STI cases are sneaking under the radar?

In a pilot study where four Nova Scotia community pharmacies were allowed to offer self-testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea, test positivity rates were three-to-seven times higher than expected.