Research shows the most effective smoking cessation strategies involve both medication support and counselling, and Dr. Richard Ward wanted to offer patients of Calgary’s Foothills Primary Care Network (CFPCN) the best of both.
In March 2010, the Nova Scotia Ministry of Health proposed amendments to the Pharmacy Act that will give pharmacists the authority to order lab test, monitor drug therapy and administer injections.
Hoffmann-La Roche will soon be introducing Actemra (tocilizumab), the first interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor inhibitor to be approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
