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• 1/9/2014

  Press Review - January 10, 2014

  Check out our review of recent medical stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Ward of Edmonton children’s hospital put in isolation due to flu outbreak. Read this and
• 1/9/2014

  U.S. independents want ballooning generic drug costs investigated

  Pharmacist organization calls on Congress to look into alarming price hikes.
• 1/9/2014

  Sovaldi: first nucleotide polymerase inhibitor for chronic hepatitis C

  New antiviral can be used as part of an all-oral regimen for certain types of chronic HCV infection.
• 1/9/2014

  Public healthcare can be fixed – without large doses of taxpayer dollars

  Chronic disease is long-term and requires care best delivered in the community by a multidisciplinary partnership, rather than a provider-to-provider handoff. Do we need to introduce a parallel private system to cope with this development?
• 1/9/2014

  Peter MacKay defends medical marijuana

  Conservative cabinet minister Peter MacKay has become the latest—and perhaps most unlikely—defender of medical marijuana.
• 1/9/2014

  No new contract following cancer drug disclosure

  Medbuy has not renewed its contract with Hamilton’s Marchese Health Solutions following drug dilution controversy.
• 1/9/2014

  Finnish study examines compounding pediatric doses

  Pharmacist examines content uniformity, chemical and physical stability of different dosage forms of nifedipine.
• 1/8/2014

  Newfoundland pharmacists step up in weather crisis

  Profession steps up by providing emergency extensions, delivering medications to seniors stuck inside, or opening their doors as warming centres.
• 1/8/2014

  SDI Canada buys SDI U.S.A.

  Montreal firm specializing in MRI shielding solutions to expand to numerous new global healthcare markets
• 1/8/2014

  Alberta government restricts supply of flu vaccines to AHS clinics

  Pharmacies, doctors’ offices will no longer receive flu vaccine supplies.