Reflect on the content assigned for Week #3 using the below questions as a guide, at a minimum:
How important was establishing drug standards to the evolution of pharmacy as a profession?
The USP is celebrating its bicentennial in 2020. How relevant is it today?
What made you curious about this week’s content?
As the American pharmaceutical industry matured, what has been the primary positive things that have occurred? What have been the most negative things?
What impact has the maturation of the pharmaceutical industry had on health care in the United States?
Are there parallels between the late 1910s and today (100 + years later)?
Resources Offered in the Class
Pharmacopeia
Please read, view, and reflect on the following materials:
Dr. Robert McCarthy PowerPoint
֎ Evolution of the Pharmacopeia posted here Download here
Also review the following websites:
Advancing Quality: https://www.usp.org/about (Links to an external site.)
Timeline: https://www.usp.org/about/usp-timeline (Links to an external site.)
Industry
Please read, view, and reflect on the following materials:
Dr. Don Vogt and Dr. Michael Montagne Articles
֎ Process of Pharmaceutical Development: I available at the following URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249017438_The_Process_of_Drug_Development_I_The_Historical_Interplay_of_Political_Economics_Research_and_Regulation (Links to an external site.)
֎ Process of Pharmaceutical Development: II available at the following URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240534302_The_Process_of_Drug_Development_II_The_Historical_Interplay_of_Therapeutics_Clinical_Research_and_Scientific_Education (Links to an external site.)
Dr. Robert McCarthy PowerPoint
֎ American Pharmaceutical Industry posted here Download here
AIHP PowerPoint
֎ Growth of the Pharmaceutical Industry posted here Download here
Reflection instructions can be found in Week #3 Reflection Section.
