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Ch 2
Study Guide
Question/ Purpose | Act | Year |
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Outlaws labeling drugs with fake medical claims meant to trick the buyer | Sherley Amenment | 1912 |
Food and Drug Administration is named | FDA | 1930 |
Requires new drugs to be proven safe prior to marketing; starts a new system of drug regulation; requires safe limits for unavoidable poisonous substances; and allows for factory inspections | Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FDC) Act iof 1938 | 1938 |
Defines the type of drugs that cannot be used safely without medical supervision and limits the sale to prescription only by medical professionals | Durham-Humphrey Amendment | 1951 |
Requires manufacturers to prove that their drugs are effective prior to marketing | Kefauver- Harris Drug Amendments | 1962 |
Nonprescription medications must be safe, effective, and appropriately labeled | Over the counter drug review | 1972 |
Makes it a crime to tamper with packaged products and requires tamper-proof packaging | Tamper-Resistant Packaging Regulations | 1982 |
Allowed FDA to approve generic version of brand-name drugs without repeating research to prove safely and efficacy; allowed brand- name drugs to apply for up to 5 years of additional patent protection for new drugs to make up for the lost while there prod | Drug price Competition and patent Term Restoration Act | 1984 |
Designed to eliminate diversion of products from legitimate channels of distribution and requires wholesalers to be licensed | Prescription Drug Marketing Act | 1988 |
Expands scope of agency activities and moves agency to the department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) | Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act | 1997 |
Includes Medicare Part D which increases access to medications through private insurers | Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act 2003 | 2003 |
Outlaws states from buying and selling food, drinks, and drugs that have been mislabeled and tainted | Food and Drug Act | 1906 |