Monday, 5 June 2006: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Cocoa 1 (Hershey Lodge and Convention Center)
History of Chemistry (HIST)
Celebrating 100 Years of the FDA, Part II
To commemorate the Centennial of the Food and Drug Administration, MARM is sponsoring a Symposium that will highlight the past, present and future of the Agency. Presentations will discuss the History of the FDA and the 1906 Act that created the Agency. Several prominent FDA employees, and scientists from outside the Agency, will give talks about the various aspects of the FDA while looking forward to where the Agency is going.
Sponsor: Chemical Heritage Foundation, ACS History of Chemistry Division and ACS Committee on Meetings and Expositions
Organizers:Kim M. Morehouse
N. Bhushan Mandava
Presider:Kim M. Morehouse
1:30 PMDrug product review at the Food and Drug Administration
Frank O. Holcombe
2:00 PMFrom a horse named Jim to genomics: one hundred years of biologics regulation
Richard D. McFarland
2:30 PMUSP and the FDA: An overview
Karen A. Russo
3:00 PMBreak
3:30 PMPlastics in the body. Polymer science of medical devices
Steven K. Pollack
4:00 PMAdvances in the detection of drug residues in animal food products at FDA
Philip James Kijak, David N. Heller, Hui Li, Mary C. Carson, Pak S. Chu, Michael H. Thomas
4:30 PM"Roots of green chemistry: Remembering Rachel Carson"
Gary P. Hiel

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