Pharmacy Business

The Familiprix chain announced it is withdrawing energy drinks from all its pharmacies amid growing calls for the province to ban the sale of the high-caffeine beverages to children.

B.C. pharmacy college registrar says expanded accountability and discipline changes are redefining regulation, but public safety needs to remains the bottom line.

The platform, set to shut down later in May, had hoped to gather 75% of prescriptions, Dr. Peter Vaughan, chair of the board of Canada Health Infoway, told the committee on Tuesday.

But don’t expect to be paid for ordering labs—because no one gets paid for that, noted a ministry official at the BCPhA conference.

‘Measure More, Miss Less’ aims to close gaps in early hypertension detection through community pharmacy.

Ontario College of Pharmacists says scope expansion is not yet in effect and clarifies what pharmacists can currently perform.

The Canadian Pharmacists Association’s new online curriculum aims to help pharmacists order, monitor and interpret lab results.

It's essential that any AI tools implemented in healthcare—especially in patient care—be overseen and monitored by informed humans, panel warns.