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Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
An influential American Medical Association body, this council helped bring order to a chaotic drug market by evaluating medicines and promoting clearer standards. Its work became an early model for drug review in the United States.
2 Audiobooks
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2
by Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2
by Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
About the author
Founded by the American Medical Association in 1905, the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry was created to review medicinal products and give physicians more trustworthy information about what they were prescribing. It emerged at a time when the market was crowded with heavily promoted proprietary remedies, and the council became known for scrutinizing claims about safety, composition, and therapeutic value.
Over the years, the council published reference works and lists of accepted drugs that aimed to guide medical practice and education. Federal historical material also notes that the AMA, through this council, ran a voluntary drug approval program that continued until 1955, showing how important the council's work was before modern federal drug regulation took its present form.
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