Pharmacy Business

Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs
The government-hosted website is set up as a facilitator, pointing Americans to drugmakers’ direct-to-consumer websites, where they can make purchases. It also provides coupons to use at pharmacies.
Court upholds sanctions against pharmacist who used a fake name to place orders for pet meds through a veterinarian
Under the Veterinarians Act, veterinarians are prohibited from providing drugs to pharmacists for resale ‘except in “in reasonably limited quantities in order to address a temporary shortage.’

Why most pharmacists are broke on paper, despite high incomes

We deserve more than spending our entire careers trading hours for pay, no matter how good that pay looks on paper. To really succeed, we must find that thing that works for us.
Why hasn't this changed since 2014?

Ontario's latest provincial budget is on the horizon and Ontario Pharmacists Association wants to highlight this key recommendation.
The illusion of control

Pharmacists who succeed won't be those who resist change; they'll be the people who learned to control what they can while adapting to what they can't.
OCP weighs extending term limits for board members and adding more directors

The college is considering increasing the term limit to nine years based on three years, arguing that the six-year term limits ‘restrict effective succession planning.’
Local Alta. pharmacy MacKenzie Drugs cites Crown corp. turmoil as it removes Canada Post services

What brought this longstanding relationship to a close?
Zero tolerance? OCP dismisses complaint from teacher forced to use PPN pharmacy for specialty drug

Critics note that the OCP’s dismissal of the complaint appears to go against the college’s own policy statement against closed PPNs, which says these care models pose a ‘potential risk of harm to patients.’
The medicine chest clause: How an 1876 treaty opened the door to guaranteed access to OTC and prescription drugs for Indigenous patients

When it comes to the treaty right to healthcare, an agreement dating back to 1876 set the benchmark, ensuring that Indigenous patients have guaranteed access to medication at their local pharmacies.
The pharmacy world comes to Canada, for only second time in history

Registration and abstract submissions are now open for the International Federation of Pharmacy's 2026 Congress, to be held in Montreal.