Bot Detector
IJPC Seal
Download FREE Sample Issue or Article
LEARN MORE
Subscribe Today
A subscription to IJPC includes a print copy delivered by postal mail and on-line access to electronic PDF copies of your subscribed issues.

Pharmaceutical Legislation: An Historical Perspective

Author(s):  Worthen Dennis B

Issue:  Jan/Feb 2006 - Sports Medicine
View All Articles in Issue

Page(s):  20-28

Pharmaceutical Legislation: An Historical Perspective Page 1
Pharmaceutical Legislation: An Historical Perspective Page 2
Pharmaceutical Legislation: An Historical Perspective Page 3
Pharmaceutical Legislation: An Historical Perspective Page 4
Pharmaceutical Legislation: An Historical Perspective Page 5
Pharmaceutical Legislation: An Historical Perspective Page 6
Pharmaceutical Legislation: An Historical Perspective Page 7
Pharmaceutical Legislation: An Historical Perspective Page 8
Pharmaceutical Legislation: An Historical Perspective Page 9

Download in electronic PDF format for $65

Abstract:  Pharmaceutical quality and consistency has been a focus of pharmaceutical legislation in the United States for well over a century. The first such legislative initiative was the Drug Importation Act of 1848. It was the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, however, that first brought the issues of drug safety to the attention of the public. This law was the first to designate the United States Pharmacopeia and National Formulary as standards for quality of drugs prepared in the US. Subsequent legislation and amendments addressed loopholes in this law, but it wasn't until the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was passed in 1938 that fraudulent and misleading claims for pharmaceutical products were addressed. This essay describes each pharmaceutical legislative initiative in the context of pharmacy practice of the time.

Related Keywords: Dennis B. Worthen, PhD, drug laws, pharmacy regulations, history, United States Pharmacopeia, National Formulary, pharmacy education

Related Categories: HISTORY, LEGAL, PHARMACY EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

Printer-Friendly Version



Related Articles from IJPC
Title/Author
(Click for Abstract / Details / Purchase)
Issue/​Page
View/Buy
Prescription - Pharmacy and the United States Pharmaceopeia-National Formulary - From the Editor
Allen Loyd V Jr
May/Jun 2004
Pg. 162

Pharmaceutical Legislation: An Historical Perspective
Worthen Dennis B
Jan/Feb 2006
Pg. 20-28

PreScription: Stability Studies and United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary-Grade Chemicals
Allen Loyd V Jr
Sep/Oct 2016
Pg. 356

Pharmacy History: Pharmacy Knots
Worthen Dennis B
May/Jun 2005
Pg. 220-221

Applying Quality of Design Concepts to Pharmacy Compounding
Timko Robert J
Nov/Dec 2015
Pg. 453-463

Art of Pharmacy v. State
Standridge Rob
May/Jun 2022
Pg. 182-186

PreScription: Formal Appeals to United States Pharmacopeia Regarding USP Chapters <795>, <797>, and <825>: Part 2
Allen Loyd V Jr
May/Jun 2020
Pg. 180

PreScription: Formal Appeals to United States Pharmacopeia Regarding USP Chapters <795>,<797>, and <825>: Part 1
Allen Loyd V Jr
Mar/Apr 2020
Pg. 92

Quality Control: Minor Chapters, Major Impacts: What United States Pharmacopeia Chapters <51>, <61>, <62>, and <1207> Mean for Your Compounding Practice
Kelley Brian
Mar/Apr 2021
Pg. 115-124

United States Pharmacopeia Chapter <797> Timeline: 1989 to 2013
Newton David W
Jul/Aug 2013
Pg. 283-288

Particle Measuring Systems - USP <797> Environmental Monitoring Solutions