Pharmacy monopolies are coming for Ontario. Quebec banned them — will we?

Pharmacy monopolies are coming for Ontario. Quebec banned them — will we?

  • Michael Nashat
U.S. ‘whistleblower’ site targets Canadian doctors providing gender-affirming care

U.S. ‘whistleblower’ site targets Canadian doctors providing gender-affirming care

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Nick Tsergas
RFK's plan to phase out synthetic food dyes could face industry pushback

RFK's plan to phase out synthetic food dyes could face industry pushback

  • npr
Roche to invest US$50-billion in U.S. to avoid Trump tariffs, create 12,000 jobs
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Roche to invest US$50-billion in U.S. to avoid Trump tariffs, create 12,000 jobs

  • Globe and Mail
Canadians going to vote face sticker shock for health care at private clinics

Canadians going to vote face sticker shock for health care at private clinics

  • CBC
The FDA Buried an E. Coli Outbreak. Now It’s Scaling Back Food Safety

The FDA Buried an E. Coli Outbreak. Now It’s Scaling Back Food Safety

  • Rolling Stone
BC Health Coalition urges province to end contract with U.S. owner of LifeLabs

BC Health Coalition urges province to end contract with U.S. owner of LifeLabs

  • Canadian Press
People say microdosing psychedelics helps them. Scientists are trying to evaluate the claims

People say microdosing psychedelics helps them. Scientists are trying to evaluate the claims

  • Associated Press
Eli Lilly stock soars on encouraging results for daily weight-loss pill

Eli Lilly stock soars on encouraging results for daily weight-loss pill

  • Axios
Trump's EPA eyes looser rules for burning coal

Trump's EPA eyes looser rules for burning coal

  • Associated Press
White House, Florida promote Canada drug imports while tariff threat looms
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White House, Florida promote Canada drug imports while tariff threat looms

  • Globe and Mail
A Wellness Company With False Claims, Global Aims and a Toronto Island

A Wellness Company With False Claims, Global Aims and a Toronto Island

  • The New York Times
U.S. puts drug tariffs on the table, threatening entire supply chains
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U.S. puts drug tariffs on the table, threatening entire supply chains

  • Globe and Mail
Pharma tariffs could be a generics problem

Pharma tariffs could be a generics problem

  • Axios
Saving lives with Manitoba-made vaccines

Saving lives with Manitoba-made vaccines

  • University of Manitoba
Shut out of medical school, he blames a controversial admissions test which experts say lacks evidence

Shut out of medical school, he blames a controversial admissions test which experts say lacks evidence

  • CBC
Gene-editing therapy lowers cholesterol without serious side effects in early study

Gene-editing therapy lowers cholesterol without serious side effects in early study

  • STAT
MHCare, tied to allegations involving the Alberta government, says it is being unfairly attacked
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MHCare, tied to allegations involving the Alberta government, says it is being unfairly attacked

  • Globe and Mail
Competition Bureau investigating Express Scripts practices in pharmacy sector
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Competition Bureau investigating Express Scripts practices in pharmacy sector

  • Globe and Mail
Experimental drug aims to be gastric bypass surgery in pill form

Experimental drug aims to be gastric bypass surgery in pill form

  • ars technica
New handheld device can diagnose TB without a lab in under an hour, its developers say

New handheld device can diagnose TB without a lab in under an hour, its developers say

  • CIDRAP
FDA plans to phase out animal testing requirements

FDA plans to phase out animal testing requirements

  • Axios
3 pharmacists linked to Thunder Bay pharmacy now face allegations of misconduct, false medication reviews

3 pharmacists linked to Thunder Bay pharmacy now face allegations of misconduct, false medication reviews

  • CBC
Alberta to tie hospital funding to number, type of procedures performed

Alberta to tie hospital funding to number, type of procedures performed

  • CBC
Parents give kids more melatonin than ever, with unknown long-term effects

Parents give kids more melatonin than ever, with unknown long-term effects

  • ars technica
Bleeding Money: Alberta’s Private Healthcare Shift

Bleeding Money: Alberta’s Private Healthcare Shift

  • The Tyee
Trump says US will soon announce tariffs on pharmaceutical imports

Trump says US will soon announce tariffs on pharmaceutical imports

  • Reuters
Weedkiller maker asks U.S. Supreme Court to block lawsuits claiming it failed to warn about cancer

Weedkiller maker asks U.S. Supreme Court to block lawsuits claiming it failed to warn about cancer

  • STAT
How national health-care legislation could impact benefits plan sponsors’ virtual care offerings

How national health-care legislation could impact benefits plan sponsors’ virtual care offerings

  • Benefits Canada
Pharma, tech giants complained of Canada’s drug pricing system, digital service tax to U.S. trade rep
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Pharma, tech giants complained of Canada’s drug pricing system, digital service tax to U.S. trade rep

  • Hill Times
The American Plan to Eliminate Vaccines: hiring of David Geier is another step toward getting rid of immunizations altogether

The American Plan to Eliminate Vaccines: hiring of David Geier is another step toward getting rid of immunizations altogether

  • McGill
‘Highly problematic’: Trump's acting FDA commissioner pauses planned approval of Novavax shot

‘Highly problematic’: Trump's acting FDA commissioner pauses planned approval of Novavax shot

  • citeline
Canada’s tainted blood scandal warned against paying donors for blood products. So why are paid-plasma clinics popping up across the country?
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Canada’s tainted blood scandal warned against paying donors for blood products. So why are paid-plasma clinics popping up across the country?

  • Toronto Star
Your data is unwell. Sharing electronic medical records in Canada is a hassle – and, for some, a health risk.
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Your data is unwell. Sharing electronic medical records in Canada is a hassle – and, for some, a health risk.

  • Globe and Mail
Trump’s next tariffs could target foreign-made drugs and medical supplies

Trump’s next tariffs could target foreign-made drugs and medical supplies

  • The New York Times
Attack on AHS reveals the failings of surgery privatization

Attack on AHS reveals the failings of surgery privatization

  • Edmonton Journal
  • Andrew Longhurst
Not simple for Saskatchewan to end contract with American lab company: minister

Not simple for Saskatchewan to end contract with American lab company: minister

  • Canadian Press
Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency

Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency

  • Canadian Press
Remove drugs from potential retaliatory tariffs list, pharmacists urge

Remove drugs from potential retaliatory tariffs list, pharmacists urge

  • Canadian Press
Quebec wants to make it harder for doctors to go from public to private system

Quebec wants to make it harder for doctors to go from public to private system

  • CBC
Singh proposes blocking American interests from owning Canadian healthcare assets

Singh proposes blocking American interests from owning Canadian healthcare assets

  • Edmonton Journal
Well Health shares tumble after company discloses investigation into U.S. subsidiary
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Well Health shares tumble after company discloses investigation into U.S. subsidiary

  • Globe and Mail

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