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Quiz
What great accomplishment is attributed to James Lind?
a) Wrote the Cannon of Medicine
b) Discovered that citrus fruits prevented scurvy in 1747
c) Conducted the first placebo comparison of an active agent for rheumatic fever in 1863
d) Became a pioneer in utilizing randomization when he tested a drug for tuberculosis in 1926
Who is Harvey Washington Wiley?
a) Chief Chemist of the Division of Chemistry in 1883
b) Head of the FDA in the 1980s
c) Pioneered the Orphan Drug Act
d) Current FDA liaison to the EMEA
What prompted the creation of the Nuremberg Code?
a) The unsanitary conditions depicted in Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle
b) The atrocities conducted during WW II
c) The Elixir Sulfanilamide tragedy
d) The thalidomide disaster
The Durham-Humphrey Amendment of 1951 served to do which of the following?
a) Determine who could prescribe medication
b) Dictate the progression of clinical trial development
c) Make a provision for tobacco as a drug
d) Differentiate prescriptions from over-the-counter medication
In what year did the Orphan Drug Act pass?
a) 1936
b) 1971
c) 1983
d) 1998
The European Union currently consists of how many countries?
a) 13
b) 21
c) 27
d) 35
Which of the following was the purpose of the Second European Directive in 1975?
a) Alleviate the burden of having each individual EU member state approve a new drug
b) Dictate the progression of clinical trial development in Europe
c) Designate who could dispense prescription medication
d) Explain how drugs should be approved in non-EU member states
The European Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) was established in what year?
a) 1955
b) 1984
c) 1999
d) 2004
Luis de Almedia did what in 1557?
a) Brought Japanese medicine back to Portugal
b) Erected the first European hospital in Japan
c) Introduced the concept of the clinical trial to Japan
d) Discovered a cure for tuberculosis in a Japanese clinic
Which of the following organizations currently authorizes the licensure of new drugs in Japan?
a) OPSR/Kiko
b) PMDEC
c) PMDA
d) JAAME