The new regulations from the Food and Drug Administration will have an impact on pharmacies across the country. They include a new requirement that pharmacy chains have a prescription drug discount that prevents them from charging drug manufacturers a markup. The rules also require pharmacies to offer at least two types of discounting for patients, and re-classify pharmacies into high risk or high profit drugs. In addition,…
Health Canada is looking at ways to streamline its approval process to help patients in rural areas access better healthcare options, the agency’s deputy chief medical officer, Dr. Paul Blais, said Thursday.In the last three years, the federal government has approved more than 4,000 new drug applications, he said.The average age of applications was 55,…
Posted July 03, 2018 16:34:33 What to say to doctors when they inform you of a rare and serious illness?That’s what we wanted to do with our series on rare and very serious illnesses.But before we start, we wanted you to know how to take the news about your rare illness in a way that’s…