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World news wrapup: 17 January 2019
Potential no-deal Brexit sees pharmacists needing greater powers to handle shortages; Mississippi ex-pharmacist arrested for selling drugs at florist shop; pharmacist saves coworker UK: Britain’s …
Kids, teens at risk from opioid epidemic
The number of deaths among young people from prescription and illicit opioid poisoning has nearly tripled in the past two decades, according to a US …
‘Contaminated, deficient, deadly drugs’
Five more people have been convicted on federal charges relating to the deadly 2012 fungal meningitis case in the United States US Attorney Andrew E. …
World news wrapup: 6 December 2018
Contraceptive pill refusal case divides Croatia; former US children’s hospital pharmacy director accused of US$4.4 million embezzlement; UK rules tighten on dispensing gluten-free food Zagreb, …
World news wrapup: 29 November 2018
US pharmacist charged with secretly recording people; New York pharmacist critical after shooting; lack of regulation causing havoc in Nigeria Portland, Oregon: A pharmacist has …
World news wrapup: 22 November 2018
Tributes for hospital pharmacist killed in Chicago shooting; UK regulator can conduct covert surveillance; young pharmacist murdered in Saudi Arabia Chicago, Illinois: Family and friends …
World news wrapup: 15 November 2018
Two years’ suspended sentence for Finnish pharmacy fraud; ex-boyfriend blamed for closure of Zimbabwe pharmacy; language no barrier for winning student team Lahti, Finland: A …
World news wrapup: 1 November 2018
What happened to the Boots closed during the Novichok poisoning; Americans can’t afford to fill scripts; Uganda crying out for pharmacists Amesbury, UK: The area …
Is a pharmacist haunting this dope shop?
Workers at an Oregon City cannabis dispensary suspect a pharmacist is haunting their store, because their alleged ghost “likes to organise things” TV station KGW8 …
World news wrapup: 25 October 2018
Pharmacy workers racially abused in Sweden; UK government urged to reject remote pharmacist proposals; US woman denied miscarriage treatment on religious grounds Sweden: More and …
World news wrapup: 18 October 2018
Trump ends the US pharmacy “gag clause”; triple threat alleged robber caught in NZ; fraud crackdowns in the UK Washington, DC: Pharmacists in the US …
The week in review
It’s been a busy week in the pharmacy sector, with new information on drug trends, a number of health awareness days and another shot in …