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- 1/17/2019
Pharmacy students encouraging Ontarians to sign up for MedsChecks
At the beginning of this year, George Daskalakis from Waterloo Pharmacy, Sera Lee from the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, and their peers put out a video with a special message for Ontarians: Book a MedsCheck appointment with your pharmacist. - 1/17/2019
Walmart, CVS Health hammer out new PBM pharmacy network deal
The two have now come to terms following a break over a dispute over drug pricing - 1/16/2019
US national survey reports alarming increase in use of e-cigarettes by youth
Use increased by 78% in high schoolers and by 48% in middle schoolers from 2017 to 2018 - 1/16/2019
CBC’s exposure of illegal pharmacy rebates shows need for funding reform
McKesson, the owner of the pharmacies featured in the investigations, has denied the allegations - 1/16/2019
Ontario PC government plans to dissolve province's regional health authorities
The 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) are reportedly going to be replaced with five new oversight bodies - 1/16/2019
Doctors concerned about Canada's new food guide
For years, hundreds of Canadian physicians have been criticizing the existing Canada's Food Guide. A new one is coming out this spring, but they're not sure it will be specific enough. - 1/16/2019
McGill science group takes aim at pharmacies for selling 'quack' flu remedy
A survey of 150 Montreal pharmacies conducted last month by the McGill Office for Science and Society found that two-thirds of them stocked the homeopathic pill - 1/15/2019
Walmart and CVS end pharmacy partnership over prescription costs
CVS apparently refused the retail giant's demand for higher reimbursement for dispensing