While government, health organizations and manufacturers across the country struggle to find a solution to ongoing drug shortages, hospital pharmacists are working around the clock to minimize the effects of the crisis on patients.
How one registered tech is freeing up time for pharmacists. Plus, a refresher on compounding, the true cost of becoming registered, and a CE lesson on cough and cold product use in the pediatric population.
Addition of pharmacists to one of Canada's largest family medicine conferences indicative of their evolving role on primary care teams, says conference director.
The association representing Canada's generic manufacturers is demanding the provincial government backtrack on plans for further cuts to generic prescription drug prices.
Proposed changes to the Controlled Substances Act would allow midwives, nurse practitioners and foot specialists in some provinces to prescribe medications classified as controlled substances as soon as this fall.
