World News
World news wrapup: 10 September 2021
French pharmacy privacy breach; new faces at the top in NZ; UK pharmacy to drive recovery France: Connexion France reports that around 700,000 pharmacy COVID-19 test results have been left …
World news wrapup: 2 September 2021
Fed-up US pharmacist calls for change, not pizza; UK “hub and spoke” competition call; Ivermectin use going wrong across US Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: A community pharmacist has told Oklahoma’s News …
World news wrapup: 26 August 2021
Abused pharmacists lauded as “heroes”; one US chain accused of losing most controlled drug doses in Massachusetts; Ireland’s pharmacy accessibility recognised Washington DC: The American Pharmacists Association has condemned recent …
‘They can be executed:’ anti-vaxxer threatens pharmacists
A US man reportedly abused pharmacists live on Facebook and threatened them with execution if they continued vaccinating US media including the Springfield News-Leader, which originally reported the incident this …
World news wrapup: 19 August 2021
Pharmacy worker’s stalker jailed; US pharmacist arrested over alleged sale of COVID vaccination cards on eBay; alleged robber tunnelled through plasterboard to get opioids Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: A man has faced …
World news wrapup: 12 August 2021
NZ pharmacist’s tramadol script suspicions spark enquiry; Lloydspharmacy boss says pharmacist shortage, self-isolation rules cause closures; Canadians waste Moderna jab Dunedin, New Zealand: A pharmacist’s concerns about a script for …
World news wrapup: 5 August 2021
Pharmacy tech stole half a million dollars’ worth of stock, sold it and gambled proceeds; GP surgery warns against pharmacy jab; NZ agency move for transparency Bedworth, Warwickshire: A pharmacy …
World news wrapup: 29 July 2021
Hospital pharmacist allegedly charged $5 to $7 for purported COVID jab; fungal meningitis outbreak pharmacists receive new sentences; community rallies around vandalised pharmacy Diamond Harbour, India: The Telegraph India reports …
World News Wrapup: 22 July 2021
Italian company fined $31m for charging “exorbitantly high and unfair” drug price; 340 premises “sealed” in Nigerian crackdown; US pharmacist pleads guilty over multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud scheme The Hague, The …
World News Wrapup: 15 July 2021
Transgender woman wins suit against pharmacist; two pharmacists sentenced for diverting $1.1 million worth of drugs; Irish pharmacy sees 5k vaccine enquiries in just a few days Tel Aviv, Israel: …
World News Wrapup: 8 July 2021
Karachi pharmacist turns motorcycle into a pharmacy; ‘soda pop chemist’ inspiration in Scotland; NYC pharmacists hailed as ‘heroes’ for frontline COVID vaccination role Inverkip, Scotland: A pharmacist inspired by “soda …
More than 200 forged scripts
Pharmacist sentenced to three years in prison for forging scripts for oxycodone and alprazolam American man Eric Tingley, 45, has been sentenced to 36 months of imprisonment for forging prescriptions …