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- 05:11, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+3,362) . . N Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Created page with "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is a federal statute that was signed into United States law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. This Act and the H...")
- 05:10, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,856) . . N Medicaid Tamper-Resistant Prescription Law (Created page with "Above is an example of a tamper resistant prescription pad with an explanation of its security features.The Medicaid Tamper-Resistant Prescr...")
- 05:09, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+2,823) . . N Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (Created page with "Above are some examples of products kept behind the counter at pharmacies since they contain pseudoephedrine.The Combat Methamph...")
- 05:08, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+5,243) . . N Medicare Modernization Act (Created page with "The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA), also called Medicare Part D, is a law that was enacted in 2003, and became effective January 1, 2006. It...")
- 05:07, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,504) . . N 2002 Best Pharmaceuticals for Childrens Act (Created page with "In January of 2002, Congress passed the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA), which was its second major attempt to increase the number of clinical tests performed on ped...")
- 05:06, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+3,591) . . N Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (Created page with "The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA), enacted Nov. 21, 1997, amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act relating to the regulation of food, drugs, dev...")
- 05:05, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+4,689) . . N Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Created page with "The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is the most significant piece of federal legislation to affect pharmacy practice since OBRA-90. The Priva...")
- 05:04, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+749) . . N Uruguay Round Agreements Act (Created page with "The word patent originates from the Latin patere, which means “to lay open” (i.e., to make available for public inspection). A patent makes an invention viewable by the publi...")
- 05:03, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+2,833) . . N Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (Created page with "A dietary supplement is defined under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) as a product that is intended to supplement the diet and bears or contains o...")
- 05:02, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+3,592) . . N Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Created page with "While most federal laws provide the pharmacist with guidance on handling pharmaceuticals, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90) placed expectations on the pharm...")
- 05:01, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,371) . . N Anabolic Steroids Control Act (Created page with "300pxAnabolic steroids are defined as synthetic derivatives of the male hormone testosterone, having pronounced anabolic properties and relatively we...")
- 04:55, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,935) . . N Prescription Drug Marketing Act (Created page with "The Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA), which was incorporated into the FDCA, was enacted to address certain prescription drug–marketing practices that have contributed to ...")
- 04:55, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+2,354) . . N Drug Price Competition and Patent-Term Restoration Act (Created page with "[[Image:genericprescriptions.png|thumb|300px|Above is a graph demonstrating the consistent growth in the percentage of prescriptions filled with generic medications since the pas...")
- 04:54, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+3,157) . . N Orphan Drug Act (Created page with "Thirty-one years ago (in 1980), Abbey Meyers was at her wit's end. Her young son, who had Tourette's syndrome, had been cut off from the drug pimozide, which had begun to show pr...")
- 04:53, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+2,012) . . N Federal Antitampering Act (Created page with "In the early morning of Wednesday, September 29, 1982, 12-year-old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village died after taking a capsule of Extra Strength Tylenol. Adam Janus of Arling...")
- 04:52, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+2,521) . . N Medical Device Amendments (Created page with "President Gerald Ford signing a bill into law.The Medical Device Amendments of 1976 were signed by President Gerald R. Ford on May 28, 1976....")
- 04:50, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+5,769) . . N Poison Prevention Packaging Act (Created page with "The Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA) of 1970 was signed into law on December 30, 1970 by President Richard M. Nixon. Before the PPPA was enacted poisonings by common househ...")
- 04:48, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,184) . . N Occupational Safety and Health Act (Created page with "The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 was signed into law on December 29, 1970 by President Richard M. Nixon, and it created both the Occupational Safety and Health Admi...")
- 04:46, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+18,811) . . N Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act (Created page with "The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was passed by Congress as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. And signed into law by President Richar...")
- 04:44, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+3,068) . . N Kefauver-Harris Amendment (Created page with "[[Image:phocomelia.gif|thumb|300px|Phocomelia is a “congenital malformation” of development where the upper appendage of an arm or leg is absent so the hands or feet are atta...")
- 04:42, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+1,971) . . N Durham-Humphrey Amendment (Created page with "This amendment to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, also known as the Prescription Drug Amendment, was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on October 26, 1951. This amen...")
- 04:41, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+2,750) . . N Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Created page with "Sulfanilamide elixir made by the S.E. Massengill Co. was implicated in the deaths of 107 people in 1937.The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (...")
- 04:30, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+2,667) . . N Harrison Narcotics Tax Act (Created page with "The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was a United States federal law that regulated and taxed the production, importation, distribution and use of opiates. The act was proposed by Repr...")
- 04:28, 3 June 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+2,364) . . N Pure Food and Drug Act (Created page with "President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and Drug Act after it was passed by Congress on June 30, 1906. The original Pure Food ...")
