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- 4/12/2018
Canadian online pharmacy to be fined millions for illegal imports into the US
An online pharmacy that bills itself as Canada's largest is expected to be fined $34 million today for importing counterfeit cancer drugs and other unapproved pharmaceuticals into the United States, a sentence that one advocacy group called too light for such a heinous crime. - 4/12/2018
Shortage alert of EpiPen and EpiPen Jr.
Pfizer Canada has advised Health Canada that there is a shortage of EpiPen 0.3 mg, with shortages of EpiPen Jr (0.15 mg) expected to follow. Pfizer is reporting that the current supply constraints are due to delays at the manufacturing facility - 4/11/2018
New instruction manual for developing evidence-based deprescribing guidelines
Provides step-by-step instructions for creating an evidence-based deprescribing guideline for a specific medication class. - 4/11/2018
The professionalism police
Last year the CPSO cracked down on physicians for making inappropriate comments online. Some are concerned this is causing stress and burnout - 4/11/2018
The burden of paperwork
Is this the match that is slowly burning up the joy and curiosity that should be part of practising medicine?