Corporate Governance

Pharmacists playing a bigger role in the private drug plan equation, attendees hear.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will soon release its 5th Assessment Report. Not to be outdone, contrarians have unleashed a barrage of attacks designed to discredit the science before it's released. Expect more to come.

Just 16 years after arriving in the province, Pharmasave recently celebrated surpassing the 200 store milestone with the opening of its 204th Ontario pharmacy.

The Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores has decided to scrap the roll out of MirixaPro, the web-based clinical documentation platform that was intended as a way to help community pharmacies facilitate the adoption of professional pharmacy services.

A hospital in a small northern Manitoba community is facing scrutiny after the CBC reported some doctors have been quadruple dipping on roles and collecting large sums of money.

TORONTO | A study published by the Canadian Health Policy Institute (CHPI) compares insurance coverage for new medicines between Canada's provincial and federal public drug programs as well as between public-sector drug programs and the benchmarks currently set in a competitive market by private-sector drug insurance.

CALGARY | Alberta researchers will be able to explore the lymphatic system more extensively thanks to a $5-million donation from Dianne and Irving Kipnes.

Individuals who break the law and have a mental illness are often sent to forensic psychiatric hospital units. While many patients in these units are not violent, violence between patients is not an aberration. Nurses and other front-line hospital workers are also often the target of patient violence.