http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/DrugSafety/DrugIndex.htm
Note: This Index does not include all FDA approved drugs. It includes only those with Healthcare Professional, Patient, and Consumer Information Sheets, Medication Guides, and Information Pages. Please use Drugs@FDA to search for information on a drug not found in the Index.
Provided by CDER:
The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), which assures that safe and effective drugs are available to the American people, has gone through a functional and organizational metamorphosis since it began as a one-man operation to assess significant drug problems in the marketplace on the eve of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act. In part, this change reflects the evolution of drug law and the chemotherapeutic revolution over the 20th century--and the concomitant changes in responsibilities of the Food and Drug Administration. But the change also reflects external and internal decisions on how best to provide safe and effective drugs to patients. Every branch of government, as well as other interests affected by FDA's policies, have had a role in the way this agency regulates drugs.
