Pharmacy Time Capsules

2008 (First Quarter)

1983—Twenty-five years ago:

• Humulin (biosynthetic human insulin) approved by FDA.  First health care product manufactured by means of recombinant DNA technology

• Zomax  (zomepirac sodium) withdrawn from the market on March 4, 1982 after 2 ½ years because of concern with a high incidence of anaphylactic reactions.

1958—Fifty years ago

• PMA formed from American Drug Manufacturers Association and American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association 

• 76 accredited colleges of pharmacy graduate 4,000 pharmacists annually.

1933—Seventy-five years ago

• Pharmacy exhibit at the Chicago World’s Fair, “Century of Progress”, features the development of the profession over the past 100 years and its contributions to science, art, and history.

• U.S. Office of Education releases Leaflet No. 14 “Pharmacy as a Career” .  This is hailed as evidence of the recognition of the profession by the government.  JAPhA 1933;22:1193

1908—One hundred years ago

• Rufus Lyman appointed director of the new School of Pharmacy at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.

• The first production Model T was built on September 27, 1908

By: Dennis B. Worthen  Lloyd Scholar, Lloyd Library and Museum, Cincinnati, OH

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