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World news wrapup: 14 March 2019
Patients suffer vision loss after receiving allegedly adulterated eye injections; Boots pharmacists vote for union representation; pharmacist facing charges after unsecured methadone stolen Dallas, Texas: …
World news wrapup: 6 March 2019
New Zealand cough medicine reclassification gaffe; historic Dublin pharmacy asks for help; GP-pharmacist turf war heats up in Malaysia New Zealand: Pharmacies were not told …
World news wrapup: 28 February 2019
US pharmacist spent stolen millions on cosmetic surgery; Canadian reporters investigate widespread pharmacy fraud; Ontario, Canada: Global News and the Toronto Star are reporting on …
World news wrapup: 21 February 2019
US pharmacist facing charges over alleged hit plan on witness; Indian pharmacist attacked by rioters; Indiana considers ethical rights Baltimore, Maryland: A pharmacist has been …
World news wrapup: 14 February 2019
Canadian pharmacist struck off after concealing sexual assault charges and going on the run; Turkish medicines shortage; US pharmacists happy with salaries Alberta, Canada: A …
World news wrapup: 31 January 2019
Alaskans directed to fill legitimate opioid scripts; Essex pharmacist struck off after “gross abrogation” of duty; Rotoruans can’t afford to fill scripts Alaska, US: People …
World news wrapup: 24 January 2019
Syrian pharmacist murdered in Germany; pharmacist fatally shoots alleged would-be robber, CVS and Walmart reach a deal Hamburg, Germany: A pharmacist and political activist has …
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 …