Pharmacy Time Capsules

2012 (First Quarter)

1987—Twenty-five years ago:

Nova Southeastern University's College of Pharmacy admitted its first class becoming the first college of Pharmacy in south Florida.

Fluoxetine (Prozac) approved for marketing as treatment for depression

1962—Fifty Years Ago:

Kefauver-Harris billed passed in response to thalidomide tragedy.  Bill required manufacturers to prove effectiveness as a condition of FDA approval.

Hospital Pharmacy Residency accreditation standards were first approved by ASHP leading to a rapid expansion of clinical training programs. 

1937—Seventy-five Years Ago:

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (Lyman’s Journal) was launched by AACP with Dean Lyman of Nebraska serving as the founding editor. 

Cannabis sativa remains listed in the USP XI (official from 1936).  The Marijuana Tax Act passed levying a fee on “every person who imports, manufactures, produces, compounds, sells, deals in, dispenses, prescribes, administers, or gives away marihuana.” 

1912—One hundred Years Ago:

Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association first appeared in January 1912 with James Hartley Beal serving as the editor.

Zada Mary Cooper (University of Iowa) was the first woman faculty member to attend an annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, (then American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties).

1887—One hundred twenty-five years ago:

Florida Pharmacy Association formed was in the Board of Trade Rooms in Jacksonville on June 8, 1887.  Henry Robinson of Jacksonville was elected the first president.

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

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