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Oliver Buchannon
The Sig Happens Team

Weekly newsletter for Canadian pharmacists. The stuff that actually affects your shift.

💊 Sig Happens — you've got 72 hours and they've got a tick

Jun 17, 2026

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3 min read

💊 Sig Happens — you've got 72 hours and they've got a tick

Plus: an octopus aces a test most toddlers fail, Canada's first-ever World Cup point, and a laxative eyes the front aisle.

The Sig Happens Team
The Sig Happens Team
💊 Sig Happens — your pharmacy just got a $1.50 hot dog

Jun 10, 2026

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4 min read

💊 Sig Happens — your pharmacy just got a $1.50 hot dog

Plus: Canada quietly loses its measles-free status, bumblebees outsmart us, and where 40% of pharma R&D actually goes.

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The Sig Happens Team
💊 Sig Happens — a pill just did what chemo couldn't

Jun 3, 2026

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4 min read

💊 Sig Happens — a pill just did what chemo couldn't

Plus: generic Ozempic's comically large box, and your wholesaler's MySpace era.

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The Sig Happens Team
💊 Sig Happens — your patient has a doctor. that's not the problem.

May 27, 2026

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3 min read

💊 Sig Happens — your patient has a doctor. that's not the problem.

Your patient didn't know you could do that. Neither does OHIP.

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The Sig Happens Team
💊 Sig Happens — 2.4 million reasons and counting

May 20, 2026

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5 min read

💊 Sig Happens — 2.4 million reasons and counting

The July 1 expansion, AI scribes getting drugs wrong, and a fax that wasn't really about faxes.

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The Sig Happens Team
💊 The Fax Machine Won

May 12, 2026

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9 min read

💊 The Fax Machine Won

$298 million. Nine years. 5% uptake. PrescribeIT is dead — and the board called it a success.

The Sig Happens Team
The Sig Happens Team

Sig Happens

Sig Happens is a free weekly newsletter for Canadian pharmacists. Scope updates, policy news, clinical research, the money stuff nobody talks about, and the occasional reality check — delivered every Wednesday. Written by a pharmacist, for pharmacists. Because sig happens, and you should probably know about it.

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