Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

New legislation being introduced in Ontario today will, if passed, grant the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) the authority to inspect and license hospital pharmacies.

An alleged fight between two doctors at a hospital in northern Manitoba has resulted in an assault charge, the CBC reports.

Pharmacy named by Texas was promised secrecy if it supplied drugs used for capital punishment. Death penalty states have been turning more to compounding pharmacists to help fill a shortage of execution drugs.

About 6,000 nurses in Nova Scotia have reached a two-year tentative agreement that would provide them wage increases.

Alberta Health and Alberta Blue Cross (ABC) has announced a high-level agreement-in-principle with the Alberta Pharmacists Association (RxA) that will be finalized over the next several months.

Program is for medications found not to be cost or clinically effective enough for wider use.

An open letter to Deb Matthews, Ontario Minister of Health

Agreement-in-principle comes into effect next spring and includes four years of funding, changes to dispensing fees and updated compensation for pharmacy services.