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The profession of pharmacy lost one of its pioneering women recently with the passing of Sylvia Bell in Halifax on March 31, 2015. Sylvia served as the first female president of the Canadian Pharmacists Association (1980-81) and was an inspiring and influential force in Canadian pharmacy.

A study released by the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board confirms what Canada’s front-line pharmacists have been witnessing for years - while governments are achieving their goal of reducing drug prices and increasing the utilization of lower cost generic drugs, these actions are not leading to an improvement in drug therapy quality or value for Canadians.

According to a recent national survey to mark Pharmacist Awareness Month, 88% of Canadians trust pharmacists to provide advice on vaccinations and 79% of Canadians said they would consider going to their pharmacist for a flu shot or other vaccines.

In a national survey 85% of respondents believed that pharmacists have the education and professional training to do more for patients than fill prescriptions.

Polling confirms Canadians support increased role for pharmacists in providing health care services.

Interview with Pharmacy U.

Canada’s pharmacists firmly believe, and evidence-based science has proven, that immunization is the safest, most effective way to prevent, control and eliminate immunizable infectious diseases.

CPhA responds to Health Canada announcement.