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- 8/7/2011
Quebec family doctors vote on new master agreement
Quebec’s 8,300 family doctors have voted on a government offer to pay them more money in exchange for taking on more patients. And the results could mark a turning point in the province’s decade-long efforts to deal with a chronic medical manpower shortage that has left more than two million Quebecers without a family physician. - 8/3/2011
BCMA, province resume fee talks
- 8/3/2011
Victrelis for chronic hepatitis C launched
Drug is used in combination with peginterferon alpha/ribavirin. - 8/2/2011
PEI pharmacists lobby for more authority
Alarmed by the ongoing prescription drug shortage, Prince Edward Island pharmacists are stepping up their efforts for expanded prescriptive authority. - 8/2/2011
Pharmacies reluctant to support Elton John’s needle exchange program
Initiative encourages heroin addicts to exchange used needles at pharmacies for clean needles. - 8/2/2011
Twelve pharmacists charged in massive scam bust
Billing scheme one of the largest in Michigan’s history. - 8/1/2011
Fever in returning traveller: new CATMAT guidelines
Fever in a returning international traveller should initially be considered a medical emergency, say guidelines. - 8/1/2011
NCPA offers program to support refill 'synchronization'
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) has developed a new program to help independent pharmacists to provide adherence services to patients. Called “Simplify My Meds”, the turnkey adherence program includes tools, training and support and is being offered exclusively for members of NCPA.