In 1943 FDA began testing penicillin as part
of the wartime development program. The first NDAs for this drug (some of which
derived from this strain of P. notatum) were approved in September of that year.
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The Drug Division at this time was
under the leadership of a new director, Robert P. Herwick, who
came to this position in 1941. He was trained in chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology,
medicine, and law. Under Herwick's direction, the Division retained the same sections --
medical, chemical, and veterinary. The medical section was responsible for reviewing the
safety and labeling of new drugs, and consulted on court cases.
The veterinary section
served the same function for animal drugs. The chemical section analyzed medicines and
developed analytical methods for use by field chemists. |
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