Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government appears to be backing away from planned budget cuts to the province’s MedsCheck program on the heels of the final report of the Wettlaufer inquiry.
The federal government is overhauling the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines, including ending comparisons to the United States — changes that Canada's health minister is billing as the biggest step towards lower drug prices in a generation.
The Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada has announced that Sandra Hanna will take on the role of interim Chief Executive Officer beginning Sept. 3, 2019.