World News
World news wrapup: 28 July 2022
Pharmacist’s “repulsive” alleged acts exchanging pills for sex; US pharmacy stakeholder calls for clarity in wake of abortion debate; Ontarians say wider scope too little, too late Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A …
World news wrapup: 14 July 2022
Pharmacist right to conscientious objection appeal in Poland; NZ pharmacies flooded with patients; US pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid Kraków, Poland: A pharmacist was reprimanded for refusing to dispense emergency contraception …
World news wrapup: 7 July 2022
New hub could handle 40% of UK chain’s scripts, one of Turkey’s oldest pharmacies to become museum upon death of owner; Indian pharmacist’s murder investigated Chesterfield, Derbyshire: The Peak Pharmacy …
World News Wrapup: 30 June 2022
Walgreens takes Boots off the market; the pharmaceutical impact of the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade: Pharmacy to boost cheaper cannabis sales US: Pharmacy giant Walgreens has dropped …
World News Wrapup: 23 June 2022
Security guards for a UK pharmacy chain; concerning variations in Irish prescription drug prices; and the dropping of a US court case head the news UK: The Knights Pharmacy group …
World news wrapup: 16 June 2022
Growing violence against UK pharmacists has them worried; “kick in the guts” for Kiwi independents as big discounters move in; US pharmacist founds “Uber Eats” of vaccination UK: Violence against …
World news wrapup: 9 June 2022
Pharmacist says it was a “mistake” to sell nearly two million pills for envelopes of cash; conviction for Texas pharmacist for selling over half a million opioid tablets; Missouri pharmacist …
World news wrapup: 2 June 2022
“Unbelievable” pharmacist shortage boosts NZ pay rates; Texas abortion ban impacts cancer, arthritis patients and more; one country where half the pharmacies operate illegally New Zealand: Locum pay rates are …
World News Wrapup: 26 May 2022
Pressure driving Irish pharmacists from community sector; American Pharmacists Association speaks out on gun violence after pharmacist shot; UK group slams landlord Ireland: “I did a job interview where I …
Drugs supplied for ‘highly addictive’ drink
A former pharmacy manager has been sentenced after he aimed to help corner the market on a drug drink containing opioids and promethazine UK media have reported on the case …
‘They shouldn’t have prescribed the medication.’
A pharmacist prescribed and dispensed propranolol to a woman who later died from an overdose, saying he could not access her medical records because it was the weekend UK media …