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- 9/14/2017
Quebec to offer overdose reversal drug naloxone free of charge in pharmacies
Health minister Dr. Gaetan Barrette said Quebec isn't facing a crisis, but he called the situation worrisome - 9/14/2017
Personal pension plans: a way to blunt the blow likely about to fall on small businesses
While opposition to these draconian proposals has been sustained and vocal, few stakeholders have yet to propose constructive solutions to blunt or even completely deflect the blow about to fall on small businesses and the medical doctors and pharmacists who work for them. There is however one government-approved, tax-efficient solution that has been available for at least 5 years to MPCs: the Personal Pension Plan or PPP. - 9/14/2017
Over 2,800 deaths last year linked to opioids, hospitalizations also on rise: officials
At least 2,816 Canadians died from opioid-related causes in 2016 and that number "will almost certainly" surpass 3,000 in 2017, the country's chief public health officer predicted Thursday, as officials outlined the growing scope of the epidemic. - 9/13/2017
Ontario health minister bans controversial EMR 'voucher' feature
Dr. Eric Hoskins said patients must have confidence that their doctors' prescribing decisions are not influenced by marketing programs - 9/13/2017
N.L. pharmacists still advocating for universal coverage for flu shots after three years
The province is the last in the country that does not off the vaccine for free - 9/13/2017
Canadian guidelines for safe handling of oral anticancer drugs in community pharmacies
Designed to minimize pharmacy staff and patient/caregiver exposure to oral anticancer drugs