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World news wrapup: 7 October 2021
Irish pharmacist slams “show trial” over Facebook like; US licence exam bungle; jail over $17m in claims for unnecessary compounded meds scripts Dublin, Ireland: A pharmacist has slammed allegations against …
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Want to earn over $200k a year? Here’s the catch…that’s for pharmacists in Alaska The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its occupational employment and wages statistics as at …
‘Inexcusable:’ vax syringe barrels allegedly re-used
A pharmacist has been fired and conditions placed on his registration after he allegedly re-used syringe barrels when vaccinating patients, who were potentially exposed to blood-borne illness The College of …
‘We can oppose the anti-vaxxers.’
An international pharmacy leader has highlighted the role the profession can play in battling vaccine hesitancy and refusal, on World Pharmacists Day Over the weekend the world’s pharmacists celebrated the …
World news wrapup: 23 September 2021
Pharmacist indicted over alleged drug ring; crackdown on pharmacies without pharmacists; staff arrested over fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates Grosse Point Park, Michigan: A pharmacist has reportedly been charged with dispensing …
Nearly one million dollars in fraud
A pharmacist has admitted he re-labelled generic drugs as name brand medications and then sold them as if they were the more expensive drugs A US pharmacist has pleaded guilty …
World news wrapup: 16 September 2021
Auckland pharmacy to fall victim to lockdown; US pharmacist sentenced over racehorse doping supply; UK pharmacy workers at front of line for COVID boosters Auckland, New Zealand: The North Star …
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 …