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Impaired Canadian pharmacist dispensed “staggering” amount of hydromorphine to one patient; NZ pharmacy fights subsidy decision; US pharmacist convicted on kickback scheme Portage la Prairie, Manitoba: CBC Canada has reported …

Amazon aims to cut “friction” such as waiting at pharmacy counters for GLP-1 weight management medicines; Iran suffers high costs and medicine shortages; Fiji examines workforce problems Seattle, Washington: Amazon …

US hospital pharmacists vote to join union, seeking safer staff levels; UK shortages linked to epilepsy death risk; residential care pharmacies facing closure Everett, Washington: More than 70 inpatient, ambulatory …

New Zealand art highlights funding issues; Montréal ponders antihistamine restriction after poisonings; English women take up EC program in droves Auckland, New Zealand: Radio New Zealand has reported on an …

Pharmacist offered demotion or dismissal after pregnancy reveal; Canada gives green light for generic semaglutide; wholesaler brings pharmacy to cash-and-carry-style supermarket Tullamore, Offaly, Ireland: A community pharmacy is being ordered …

Canadian pharmacist banned over abuse of patients; warning for UK pharmacist; NZ pharmacies get funding boost Bassano, Alberta: A pharmacist has been slapped with a permanent ban on practising the …

Pharmacists sentenced over re-billing fraud; pharmacist fee variance in Canadian province; UK pharmacist MP outlines future vision Corinth, Mississippi: Two pharmacists have been sentenced for stealing almost US$800,000 (AUD$1,154,793) from …

Discount pharmacy group founder steps down; Communication and mitigation strategies to tackle drug shortages is lacking; Pharmacists to resupply oral contraceptives under legislation before the Irish parliament  Johannesburg, South Africa: …

Dispensing errors and pharmacists’ attitudes top list of consumer grievances; vintage pharmacy signs sell for thousands; ‘system error’ sees private messages appear on pharmacy’s website Dublin, Ireland: Patients raised 185 …

Community pharmacy at the centre of 10-year plan; NZ Post faces last-minute plea to save pharmacy post office; union members rally to have votes counted  London, UK: Pharmacy is “one of the NHS’s most …

Union closes in on pay deals; service focus makes Welsh pharmacies attractive to buyers; rising operational costs are impacting pharmacy owners’ confidence  Newport, Rhode Island, US: The Pharmacy Guild says it is “seeing a …

Rollout of generic semaglutide products prompts surge in demand; pharmacists to get expanded prescribing rights to ease pressure on GPs and hospitals; report finds Polish pharmacy ownership laws led to a decline in pharmacy  Ontario, …