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Medical administration
FDA
The U S. Food and Drug Administration is a scientific, regulatory, and
public health agency that oversees items accounting for 25 cents of
every dollar spent by consumers. Its jurisdiction encompasses most food
products (other than meat and poultry), human and animal drugs, therapeutic
agents of biological origin, medical devices, radiation-emitting products
for consumer, medical, and occupational use, cosmetics, and animal feed.
The agency grew from a single chemist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture
in 1862 to a staff of approximately 9,100 employees and a budget of
$1.294 billion in 2001, comprising chemists, pharmacologists, physicians,
microbiologists, veterinarians, pharmacists, lawyers, and many others.
About one-third of the agency's employees are stationed outside of the
Washington, D. C. area, staffing over 150 field offices and laboratories,
including five regional offices and 20 district offices. Agency scientists
evaluate applications for new human drugs and biologics, complex medical
devices, food and color additives, infant formulas, and animal drugs.
Also, the FDA monitors the manufacture, import, transport, storage,
and sale of about $1 trillion worth of products annually at a cost to
taxpayers of about $3 per person. Investigators and inspectors visit
more than 16,000 facilities a year, and arrange with state governments
to help increase the number of facilities checked.
SDA
The State Food and Drug Administration is founded on the basis of the
State Drug Administration. The State Food and Drug Administration is
directly under the State Council, which is in charge of comprehensive
supervision on the safety management of food, health food and cosmetics
and is the competent authority of drug regulation.
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Merck Manuals
In 1899, the American drug manufacturer Merck & Co. first published
a small 192-page book titled Merck's Manual of the Materia Medica. It
was meant as an aid to physicians and pharmacists, reminding doctors
that "Memory is treacherous." Compact in size, easy to use,
and comprehensive, The Merck Manual (as it was later known) became a
favorite of those involved in medical care and others in need of a medical
reference. Even Albert Schweitzer carried a copy to Africa in 1913,
and Admiral Byrd carried a copy to the South Pole in 1929.
By the 1980s, the book had become the world's largest selling medical
text and was translated into more than a dozen languages. While the
name of the parent company has changed somewhat over the years, the
book's name has remained constant, known officially as The Merck Manual
of Diagnosis and Therapy but usually referred to as The Merck Manual
and sometimes "The Merck."
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