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World news wrapup: 25 November 2021
Anti-vaccinators make murder claim against pharmacy staff; Canadian journalists go undercover on pharmacy homeopathy, CVS to slash outlets Blenheim, New Zealand: Staff were left “stressed and upset” after two men …
Warning after dispensing error
An Irish pharmacist incorrectly dispensed medication used in the termination of a pregnancy to a pregnant woman The patient, 34, attended the pharmacy in Dublin to have a prescription for …
‘Blatant abuse’ of pharmacist position
A pharmacist who supplied nearly $2 million worth of medicines to criminals, and pretended to be another pharmacist when he was investigated, has been struck off the register Balkeet Singh …
‘Pharmacist prescribers can help to alleviate that pressure.’
Specialist pharmacists in New Zealand can now prescribe over 1700 prescription medicines, but similar proposals in Australia have met ‘resistance’ Pharmacist prescribers in New Zealand can now prescribe nearly 200 …
World news wrapup: 11 November 2021
US union pharmacists to strike over wages; vaccine fraud in Canada; Scotland eyes sore throats in minor ailment scheme San Francisco, California: The union representing pharmacists employed by Kaiser Permanente …
‘Trusted’ pharmacist takes flight after guilty verdict
A pharmacist convicted of 70 counts of illegally dispensing and distributing “copious quantities” of opioid pills from his pharmacy attempted to flee after hearing the verdict A 71-year-old pharmacist from …
Many methadone mistakes
A pharmacist has been told to pay over $40,000 after his dispensing of methadone led to several “near-misses” An Auckland pharmacist has been censured and found guilty of professional misconduct …
World news wrapup: 4 November 2021
Student death sparks call for change; pharmacist accused of trading medicines for sex; pharmacist who re-used syringe barrels faces class action suit Media, Pennsylvania: An 81-year-old pharmacist has been arrested, …
World news wrapup: 28 October 2021
Pharmacists reject “sub-inflation” pay offer; ivermectin patient asks pharmacist if he knows what “off-label” means in viral video; burned-out pharmacists in labour shortage UK: The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has rejected …
Pharmacist wins $36.8m in damages
Regularly having to forgo work breaks and overtime pay and being expected to fund her own vaccination training, this pharmacist filed a claim – and won California pharmacist Afrouz Nikmanesh …
World news wrapup: 14 October 2021
Convictions upheld for pharmacists who claimed they were like “mere shipping clerks;” US retailers gets out of pharmacy sector; mechanic who saved pharmacy delivery lauded Boston, Massachusetts: Two pharmacists involved …
Pharmacist allegedly murdered over COVID jabs
A US pharmacist has been shot and killed, by a man who allegedly believed health providers are “poisoning people with COVID vaccines” US media have reported on the case of …