prescription drugs

The Saskatchewan and federal governments have announced an agreement for coverage of select new drugs for rare diseases. Ottawa says the plan is to invest more than $40 million to cover three drugs that treat certain cancers and a urinary issue.  The medicines are Poteligeo, Oxlumo and Epkinly. The agreement is to also see Saskatchewan work with Ottawa and […]

Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc. says it has acquired six pharmacies across Canada. Financial terms of the deals were not immediately available. The company says it has acquired five locations in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and British Columbia in separate transactions. The sixth deal is for another location in B.C. and is expected to close later this month, pending […]

The provincial government is lifting the supply limits on prescription drugs that were implemented as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response in March. Saskatchewan residents will now be able to fill their prescriptions as they did before the measures were introduced on March 18th except when a specific drug remains in short supply. According to […]