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Hundreds of pharmacies outside the capital observed a four-hour work stoppage on Sunday to protest a sales tax on pharmaceuticals, despite calls by the Jordan Pharmacists Association (JPhA) to call off the strike.
#8220;All#8221; pharmacies in Mafraq, Ajloun, Karak and Salt decided to ignore the JPhA council and shut their doors from 8:00am until noon, according to association activists.
Moreover, around 90 per cent of pharmacies in Zarqa, Jerash !–more– and Madaba also joined the work stoppage, according to Malik Saad Maaitah, an activist from the JPhA#8217;s Zarqa branch.
On Saturday, JPhA President Taher Shakhshir issued a statement calling on all pharmacies to refrain from closing their doors on the grounds that an agreement with the government over the controversial law was imminent.
But the JPhA council decision did not sit well with the leaders of some JPhA branches, who decided to act on their own, according to Maaitah.

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Delegates debate, vote on Association policy
House of Delegates concludes APhA2009 by voting on independent
practice, patient safety.
The 2009 APhA Annual Me eting & Exposition ended Monday afternoon
with the final session of the Association House of Delegates. The 321
delegates present exercised their voting power on policies and new
business items after spending much of the weekend discussing and
debating their relative merits.
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Delegates debate, v ote on Association policy
House of Delegates concludes APhA2009 by voting on independent
practice, patient safety.
The 2009 APhA Annual M eeting & Exposition ended Monday afternoon
with the final session of the Association Hous e of Delegates. The 321
delegates present exercised their voting power on policies and new
business items after spe nding much of the weekend discussing and
debating their relative merits.
(more…)

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