Early Pharmacy Pioneers
The "Father of Modern Pharmacy," who helped establish pharmacy education in the United States.
Who is William Procter Jr.?
The first synthetic dye to be used in the treatment of disease, discovered in 1909.
What is Prontosil?
The first vaccine developed for this viral disease, which eventually led to its global eradication.
What is smallpox?
This act passed in 1906 created the FDA and empowered it to regulate food and drugs.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
This was the first institution in the U.S. to offer a pharmacy degree in 1821.
What is the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy?
This French pharmacist is credited with creating the first system of pharmaceutical classification.
Who is Pierre-Joseph Pelletier?
The year the FDA approved penicillin as the first widely available antibiotic for human use.
What is 1945?
In 2006, the FDA approved this vaccine to prevent cervical cancer caused by the HPV virus.
What is Gardasil?
This law, passed in 1938, expanded FDA powers to include drug safety and labeling requirements
What is the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?
This year marked the transition to a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree in U.S. pharmacy schools.
What is 1996?
Known as the "Father of Pharmacy," this individual founded the first U.S. school of pharmacy in 1821.
Who is John Morgan?
This anti-cancer drug, discovered in the 1940s, was one of the first chemotherapy agents derived from the mustard gas family.
What is Mustard Gas (Mechlorethamine)?
The U.S. began its widespread immunization efforts against this disease in 1955, reducing cases by over 99%.
What is polio?
Passed in 1970, this law regulated controlled substances, creating schedules for drug classification.
What is the Controlled Substances Act?
The AACP (American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy) was founded in this year.
What is 1900?
The inventor of the first method of extracting morphine from opium in the early 1800s.
Who is Friedrich Sertürner?
The groundbreaking drug that became the first successful treatment for tuberculosis, discovered in the 1940s.
What is Streptomycin?
This pharmaceutical development, first approved in the 1990s, revolutionized the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
What are antiretroviral drugs?
This 1992 act allowed the accelerated approval of drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases.
What is the Prescription Drug User Fee Act?
In 2016, the ACPE approved this new program that focused on post-graduate training for pharmacists in specialty areas.
What is a Pharmacy Residency Program?
This pharmacist established the first pharmaceutical journal in the U.S. in 1825.
Who is John B. F. Smith?
The year the first oral contraceptive, Enovid, was approved by the FDA.
What is 1960?
The global effort to eliminate malaria involved this drug, first developed from a natural plant source, approved for use in the 1930s.
What is quinine?
This act, passed in 2003, established the Medicare prescription drug benefit program for seniors.
What is the Medicare Modernization Act?
The first African American to receive a degree in pharmacy, graduating from the University of Michigan in 1867.
Who is Sarah B. Stewart?