Showing posts with label world pharmacy news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world pharmacy news. Show all posts
Monday, January 25, 2010

Boots hit by mass homeopathy 'overdose'

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There is mention of a "sympathy protest" in Canada. Has anyone heard if this has happened? From the Telegraph (UK): The protester...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

Drug prescriptions unreliable: officials

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From Viet Nam News: Around 73 per cent of doctors’ prescriptions have not been properly checked, nor have patients been properly advised on ...

NHS faces 'potentially serious problems' from wrong prescriptions on the NHS

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From the Telegraph (UK ): Junior doctors on average fill out five or six prescription forms during their whole time in medical school only t...

Turkish govt cancels all deals with pharmacists after strike

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From World Bulletin: Turkish government cancelled all deal with pharmacists days after nation-wide strike over drug prices. Turkish Pharmaci...
Monday, August 31, 2009

500 pharmacists training to give jabs for swine flu

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From the Herald (Ireland): Around 500 pharmacists have now signed up to a training programme which would enable them to administer the swine...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Pharmacists urged back to work

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From the Irish Times: The Irish Pharmacy Union this evening urged pharmacists to resume normal services immediately “in the interests of pat...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Chinese dispensaries puzzled by legal revision

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From Asahi.com: Purveyors of Chinese herbal medicines--and their long-time mail-order customers-- are up in arms over a revised law that too...

Dispensing with the niceties

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From the Irish Times: The pharmacy dispute over the State drugs scheme is already leaving many people with chronic conditions stranded, but ...
Saturday, August 08, 2009

Nurses and pharmacists to be given off-label prescribing rights

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From Pulse (UK): Exclusive: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is planning a controversial change in the law to allow n...
Thursday, August 06, 2009

PU claims 'widespread' problems

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From the Irish Times: Pharmacists have reported “widespread” problems for patients today as they sought to have prescriptions filled under a...

Pharmacy condemns codeine decision

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From Pharmacy News (AU): Tighter controls on over-the-counter codeine combinations will not address the problem of misuse of the products an...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Pharmacists in 7 cities strike in defiance of association leadership

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From the Jordan Times: Hundreds of pharmacies outside the capital observed a four-hour work stoppage on Sunday to protest a sales tax on pha...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Ireland “set for pharma supply crisis from Aug 1”

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From Pharma Times: Patients enrolled in Ireland’s Community Drugs Schemes may have difficulty getting their prescriptions filled from August...

Swine flu fears prompt run on UK pharmacies

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From CNN.com: Pharmacies in England are reporting a run on supplies like surgical masks, thermometers and anti-bacterial gels by customers c...

Staff shake-up at pharmacies seen as cure

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From the Standard (HK): The city's 500 pharmacies and dispensaries may be required to have full-time pharmacists - instead of them being...
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Miracle diet pill alli sold to slim women by chemists

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From the Times (UK): High street chemists are selling a new over-the-counter diet pill to women who do not have weight problems, a report ha...

Planet Pharmacy to open 750 outlets

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From Trade Arabia: Planet Pharmacy, a Dubai-based pharmacy retailer, is set to launch 250 pharmacies across the UAE and over 500 in Saudi Ar...

Pharmacists in Bahrain Oppose Draft Law

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From the Khaleej Times: A draft law giving businessmen right to open pharmacies in Bahrain has been rejected by pharmacists. The Bahrain Pha...
Monday, July 06, 2009

HSE paying pharmacists full price for discounted drugs

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This sounds similar to generic rebates in Canada... From the Irish Business News: Pharmacists are being offered discounts of as much as 80 p...

Pharmacist doles out bitter pill

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From Express Buzz: All he needed was two tablets to save his mother which would cost him more than Rs 2. But, Rafeeq Ahmed, had not bargaine...