The Public Health Service’s Bureau of Radiological Health was transferred to the FDA
On May 17, 1971, The Public Health Service’s Bureau of Radiological Health was transferred to the FDA.
On May 17, 1971, The Public Health Service’s Bureau of Radiological Health was transferred to the FDA.
In 1971, The PHS Bureau of Radiological Health transferred to FDA. Its mission: protection against unnecessary human exposure…
On Feb. 27, 1970, in Upjohn v. Finch the Court of Appeals upheld enforcement of the 1962 drug…
In 1970, the FDA required the first patient package insert: oral contraceptives must contain information for the patient…
On Dec. 13, 1969, Charles Edwards, M.D., becomes FDA commissioner.
On Dec. 2, 1969, the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health recommended systematic review of GRAS…
On Sept. 4, 1969, the FDA issued a report that called birth control pills safe, despite a slight…
In 1969, the FDA began administering Sanitation Programs for milk, shellfish, food service, and interstate travel facilities, and…
On Nov. 26, 1968, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a second live, further attenuated measles…
On Apr. 7, 1968, the FDA Bureau of Drug Abuse Control and Treasury Department Bureau of Narcotics were…
In March 1968, a reorganization of federal health programs placed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in…
In 1968, The FDA formed the Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI) to implement recommendations of the National Academy…
In 1968, Medtronic annual sales skyrocketed to more than $12 million, with the company reporting net income in…
On Dec. 28, 1967, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Mercks mumps virus vaccine live (MumpsVax)….
In 1967, Medtronic introduced two “on-demand” pacemakers, designed to avoid competition between paced beats and the patient’s own…
On Nov. 3, 1966, the Child Protection Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The bill enlarged the…
On Jun. 8, 1965, FDA appointed science advisors to stimulate career development.
In 1966, the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act required all consumer products in interstate commerce to be honestly…
In 1966, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed amantadine (marketed as Symmetrel) to Du Pont, a…
On Aug. 30, 1964, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested help in removing “X-33 Water Repellent”…
In 1964, the anticancer drug Azidothymidine (AZT) was synthesized in Michigan Cancer Foundationï¾’s chemistry lab by Jerome Horwitz,…
On Jul. 10, 1963, the U.S. FDA approved vincristine, a sister drug to vinblastine. The drug was established…
On Jun. 20, 1963, the FDA announced three sets of regulations governing“ the manufacture, effectiveness and promotion of…
On Oct. 21, 1962, Jere E. Goyan, Ph.D., becomes commissioner of food and drugs. Goyan was the first…
On Oct. 10, 1962, the Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments were signed into law by President Kennedy. The Legislation was…
On Jul. 15, 1962, Thalidomide, a new sleeping pill developed by the German company Gr�nenthal, was found to…
On Oct. 6, 1961, the National Congress on Medical Quackery convened in Washington, D.C. sponsored jointly by the…
In September 1961, U. S. Congress authorized the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct a study of…
On Jan. 10, 1961, External D&C No. 15, a red color additive widely used in cosmetics before it…
On Sept. 21, 1960, FDA officials announced the last remaining major source of the discredited Hoxsey cancer treatment…