- in charge of development, testing, and monitoring of new drugs
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keep tabs on 95000 business
- 1 trillion woth of goods
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reactive rather than proactive
- typically as result of major crises
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patchwork solutions
- resolved the issue at hand but left other unresolved issues
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beginning
- mostt drugs imported this time
- states exercised principal control over domestically produced and distributed food and drugs
- control was markedly inconsistent from state to state
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Patent medicines
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miracle elixirs
- cure aches, pains, rheumatism, gout and cancer
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syrup
- calm colicky babies and tonics for adults
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listerine
- prevent TB
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crisis: adulterated and imported drugs 1848
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mesican war of 1848
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yellow fever
- quinine claimed ineffective because adulterated
- not proved
- harmed pharm/doc rep
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new york and phil coll of pharm passed law to congress
- Drug Importation Act of 1848
- all medications inspected by US CUSTOMS
- owners or consignees recieved right to demand independent analystic esxaminations
- recognized U.S. PHARMACOPEIA NGO that sets state-of-the-art standards to ansure quality of medicines
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FDA
- oldest reg dedicated to consumer pro
- originated as single chemist in bureau of chemistry (USDA)
- 2009-11500 chemists,aksdjflkjsdhfljsdfh
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crisis: death of children in 1901
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tetanus constaminated serum of horse used to produce diphtheria antitoxin
- (horse produced antibodies)
- tetanus contaminated smallpox vaccine
- attributed to failure of proper procedures and testing by local officials
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Biologics Control Act 1902
- biologics (antibodies, hard to characterize chemically)
- required fed gov o issue premarket approval for biolodic dr
- inspects establishments of manufacture
- license these place annually
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First Clinical Trials
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in effort to inderstand preservative effects
- trial design: 10 days of baseline, increasing levels therafter
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seven prevalnt preservatives used
- borax/boric acis
- roaches
- salicylic acid/salicylates
- facewash
- acne caused by bacterium, affective anti
- benzoic acid and benzoates
- above
- Subtopic 2
- sulphur dioxide and sulphites
- wine pres
- Subtopic 2
- Subtopic 3
- formaldehyde
- enbalming
- carcinogenic
- Subtopic 6
- copper sulfate
- used in agr to kill microbes
- potassium nitrate (saltpeter)
- component of firework) yellow
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the poison squad
- no animal safety studies
- no carcinogenic, mutagenic, or teratogenic studies
- no institutional review board oversight
- no informed consent forms for participants
- no contorls, i.e. untreated group for comparison
- of 7 preservatives studies, 4 are now banned
- borax
- sal acid
- formal
- coper sulfate
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the muckrakers 1906
- harvey wiley
- inv food pred
- Food and Drug Act (Wiley Act)
- june 30 1906
- first fed lw to regulate food and drugs
- prohibits interstate comerce in misranded
- charged buraeu of chemistry
- required proper labeling
- alcohol, morphine, heroin, and cocaine
- 11 total
- samuel hopkins adams
- questioning dangers of patent medicines)
- uptonsinclair
- question meat industry, wrote The Jungle, precipating force behind comprehensive food and drug law
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crisis: Elixir Sulfanilamide
- in tablet and powder form to treat streptococcal infections
- had highly toxic variant of antifreeze
- people died
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Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic act 1938 (passed wiley act)
- required manufacturers to show new drug was safe
- required safe tolerances
- drug must be given under direction of medical expert
- ???
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crisis: contaminated antibiotic
- phenoarbital antibiotic
- led to good manufacturing practices
- clinincal trials
- 1941 wwI
- public health service act
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crisis thalidomide babies 1962
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sedative to control prgnant nausuea
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led to baby deformites
- these babies died
- not approved in use merrell co, fda pharm kelsey disapproved
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kafacuve arris ammednemtn
- required drug manudacturs to notify fda before testing in humans
- prove effective and safe
- send adverse action reports
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fair packaging and labeling act of 1966
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consumer products to be labeled
- identity,quantity, name od bussiness, place of manufacture
- 1970 first for contrap
- Subtopic 2
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crisis: tylenon adulterated subst with cyanise, no safety seals in packageing
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Federal Anti tampering Act of 1982
- crime to tamper with packaged consumer products
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reuiwred on OTC drugs
- distinctive by design
- prominet, identified on label, provide visible evidence if tampering
- otc sante TEP adulterated
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Crisis: Pst market drug safety act
- rezulin,
- antiporozasx, only of adults