Showing posts with label Ontario. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ontario. Show all posts
Monday, January 25, 2010

Windsor pharmacists decry planned drug rebate ban

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From the Windsor Star: Seniors whose prescriptions are covered by the provincial drug plan could lose perks like one-on-one consultations if...
Sunday, January 17, 2010

Drugstores poised to become true health-care hubs

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From the Globe and Mail: In a big-box world, the role of pharmacists seems increasingly humble. Camped out at the back of chain drugstores, ...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

'It's ruining people's lives': province looks at restricting Oxy

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From the Sault (Ont.) Star: First, it takes away the pain. Then it takes over your life. Pharmacist Jon MacDonald has seen the astonishing r...
Friday, December 04, 2009

Pharmacies blamed for dirty needles

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From the Ottawa Sun: Ottawa’s pharmacists are frustrated that they have been blamed for the number of dirty needles being collected on the c...

Prescription drug kiosks get OK in Ontario

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From CBC News: People in Ontario will soon be able to buy prescription drugs through an ATM-like self-serve machine now that Bill 179 has be...
Saturday, August 08, 2009

Pharmacist at a loss

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From the Sudbury Star: Pharmacist Jason Keeping is planning on having a minimal supply of OxyContin at his pharmacies after being hit twice ...
Thursday, August 06, 2009

Ontario’s law curbing the cost of generic drugs sparks changes

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From CMAJ: Ontario shook up the world of generic drug pricing across the country 3 years ago when it passed Bill 102, the Transparent Drug S...
Friday, June 26, 2009

A prescription for convenience

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From the Globe and Mail: Shortly after being named Ontario's Minister of Health and Long-term Care last summer, David Caplan was getting...

Firm has high hopes for blockbuster drug

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From the St. Catharines (Ont.) Standard: The clinical setting inside Biolyse Pharma Corp. resembles the space-plague movie The Andromeda Str...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Researchers work to erase women's hormone-replacement fear

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From the Ottawa Citizen: A research team led by Ottawa scientists is creating and testing synthetic hormones to take the fear out of hormone...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Ontario tests paperless prescription system in two communities

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From the Canadian Press: Barely legible handwritten prescriptions could become a pharmacists' headache of the past in Ontario as the pro...

Ont. health-care professionals to get new powers under government bill

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From the Canadian Press: Ontario wants to broaden the scope of practice for many health-care professionals as part of a strategy to address ...

Drug Dispensing Machines May Change The Way You Fill Your Next Prescription

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From City News Toronto: Imagine being able to get your next prescription filled without having to go to a pharmacy. It's not such a bitt...
Monday, May 11, 2009

Medication a defence for punching the boss

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From the National Post: A labour arbitrator has reversed the firing of a veteran elementary-school janitor who sucker punched his boss, ruli...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Key players implicated in scheme to boost generic drug profits

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From the Globe and Mail: Many of the largest players in Canada's generic drug industry have been implicated in an illegal scheme that in...
Monday, April 27, 2009

Woman given 30 months in jail for drug scam

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From Toronto Sun: An Etobicoke pharmacist and her son exploited homeless men to bilk the province out of at least $500,000 in bogus prescrip...

Health-care workers to get broader powers

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From the Toronto Star: Ontario is about to move ahead with plans to allow pharmacists, nurse practitioners and other health-care professiona...

Automated delivery of prescriptions moves a step closer in Ontario

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From CBC News: The pharmaceutical version of the automated banking machine could be coming to Ontario, as the province's pharmacy colleg...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Pharmacy school opens its doors

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From the Waterloo (Ont.) Record: Celebration was in the air as University of Waterloo officially opened its new school of pharmacy, the firs...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Pharmacist wins kudos for his compounding skills

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From the Waterloo (Ont.) Record: When pharmacist Phil Hudson came to Canada from England in 1986, the idea of a pharmacist customizing medic...