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Article: FDA at 100: alumni take its temperature: as the Food and Drug Administration prepares to celebrate its centenary, six former senior FDA-ers talk to Warren Ross about the agency's mission going forward, its leadership, drug safety, Plan B and the Critical Path initiative.(Food and Drug Administration )(Cover story)
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- May 1, 2006
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On June 30, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed into law the Federal Food & Drug Act that established the Division of Chemistry in the US Department of Agriculture. In 1927 the division's name was changed to the Food, Drug & Insecticide Administration, which in turn became the Food & Drug Administration in 1930.
Though having shed insecticides, the FDA at 100 still regulates fully one-fourth of the US economy, and everyone working in the healthcare field daily feels its impact on his or her work.
To assess the FDA's current status and reputation, we turned to some of those in the best position to make an objective judgment: FDA alumni who only ...