How important was establishing drug standards to the evolution of pharmacy as a profession?

Week #3 Reflection

Pharmacopeia

Please read, view,  and reflect on the following materials:

Dr. Robert McCarthy PowerPoint (McCarthy-8-Pharmacoepiea attached document)

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 (McCarthy-5-Industry attached document)
• AIHP PowerPoint (AIHP-PharmaceuticalIndustry attached document)

Reflection instructions can be found below.

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)?