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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: 10 June 2021
Amazon offers discount six-month scripts; pharmacist who spoiled vaccines sentenced; huge shortfall in pharmacists in UK US: Amazon has announced an offer of a six-month supply of 13 commonly used …
World news wrapup: 3 June 2021
New UK data shows pharmacy’s worth; Kiwis worried about discount impact; UK pharmacies to be “decimated” by online competitors UK: More than 1.1 million informal consultations a week – or 58 million …
World news wrapup: 6 May 2021
Crusading pharmacist doxxed for countering misinformation; NZ independents face CWH, Bargain Chemist openings Mississippi, US: A pharmacist has been “doxxed” and received death threats after she gained a strong TikTok …
World news wrapup: 22 April 2021
Felt art pharmacy so convincing that patients try to buy medicines; overwhelming response to fundraiser in the name of pharmacist who died of COVID-19; Dublin court “at a loss” over …
World news wrapup: 8 April 2021
Pharmacist sentenced over hydroxychloroquine importation; high street downturn blamed for UK store closures; rural pharmacies report vaccine no-shows Draper, Utah: A pharmacist has avoided a custodial sentence after he illegally …
World news wrapup: 1 April 2021
Irish pharmacists pile into vaccination centre and abuse workers; US pharmacist turns TikTok sleuth on vaccination faking; appeal to examine whether UK pharmacist’s comments were antisemitic Cork, Ireland: COVID-19 vaccination …
World news wrapup: 18 March 2021
Netherlands pilot to look at reusing unwanted medicines; not guilty verdict for accused US pharmacist; UK pharmacist heads to Lebanon to help Syrian refugees Nijmegen, the Netherlands: Researchers are tackling …
World news wrapup: 11 March 2021
Pharmacist’s joke leads to privacy lawsuit; pharmacist keeps vaccinating despite personal losses; registration cancelled after appeal fails Phoenix, Arizona: An Arizona Supreme Court ruling has revived the lawsuit of a …
Jailed pharmacist pretended to be his mother
A pharmacist has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment after he sold hundreds of thousands of doses of drugs of addiction onto the black market The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare …