Images of the 1940s
Images of the 1950s
Images of the 1960s
Images of the 1970s
Images of the 1980s
Images of the 1990s
Images of the 2000s
Images of the 2010s
CQ Almanac
CQ Almanac book cover

Policy Tracker

Save to Favorite List

 Pharmaceuticals
   Document Name Sort ascending alphabetically Sort descending alphabetically Year Sort ascending Sort descending
Subcommittee Investigates Drug Prices1960
New Controls Proposed for Drug Industry1961
Congress Tightens Drug Regulations1962
Senate Votes To Tighten Controls On Dangerous Drugs1964
Congress Votes Controls on Barbiturates, Amphetamines1965
Drug Controls1966
Lengthy Hearings Held on the Cost of Drugs1967
Drug Industry1970
Pharmaceutical Trade1970
Barbiturate Abuse1971
Drug Listing Act1971
Federal Drug Purchasing1971
Mood Drugs1971
Barbiturate Abuse1972
DES Ban1972
Drug Listing1972
Drug Regulation1973
Generic Drugs1973
Drug Industry Inquiry1974
Drug Regulation1975
Drug Law Reform1978
Incentives for ‘Orphan Drug’ Makers Voted1982
Drug Dumping Examined1984
House Rejects Heroin Bill1984
‘Orphan’ Drug Bill1985
Drug Export Ban1985
Generic Animal Drugs1986
‘Gray Market’ for Drugs1987
Orphan-Drug Legislation1987
‘Gray Market’ for Drugs1988
Animal-Drug Patents1988
Orphan-Drug Legislation1988
Bush Pocket-Vetoes Orphan Drug Measure1990
FDA Given Authority Over Generic-Drug Industry1991
Attempts To Revise Orphan Drug Law Stall1992
Generic-Drug Approval Process Tightened1992
House-Passed Bill Looks To Insurers for Drug Plans; No Parallel Bill in the Senate2000
Medicare Drug Coverage Stalls2001
No Deal on Prescription Benefit2002
Senate Seeks to Lower Drug Prices2002
House Votes to Allow Drug Imports2003
Stalemate on Drug Importation2004
Individual Drug Imports Permitted2006
Details of the FDA Overhaul2007
Drug Safety at Heart of FDA Rewrite2007
Medicare Drug Price Bill Blocked2007
FDA Bill Wins Bipartisan Backing2012
FDA gains new tracking authority2013
Streamlining Process of Approving Drugs Is Goal of Bipartisan House Legislation2015
Congress Completes ‘Cures’ Bill To Speed Up Drug Approval Process2016
Contentious Cases Fill Court's Docket2017