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Last year's survey found 72% of pharmacy professionals were considering leaving their job or the profession entirely.

‘There are ways to come up with better solutions, and it should not come from the bottom line of pharmacies,’ Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacists Association, told Pharmacy Practice + Business.

The National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities has released its latest figures on how many pharmacists and pharmacy technicians there are across the country.

McKesson owns independent pharmacies I.D.A., Guardian, Remedy’sRx, The Medicine Shoppe, Uniprix and Proxim, the Rexall Pharmacy Group and Well.ca.

Shawn Bugden, the current chair of the Canadian Pharmacists Association, sets out the association’s roadmap for the year ahead.

Under a settlement, California-based GoodRx also accepted that it will be prohibited going forward from sharing user health data with third parties for advertising purposes.

With pharmacy techs now full members, the “Together 2023” conference will feature several sessions of particular interest to these professionals.

The new PMPRB guidelines have not been implemented on January 1st as planned, and the old guidelines will remain in place "until further notice," the organization's website says.