In 1937 over 100 people died after ingesting "Elixir Sulfanilamide" manufactured by S.E. Massengill Company of Tennessee. The product was formulated in diethylene glycol, a highly toxic solvent that is now widely used as antifreeze. Under the laws extant at that time, prosecution of the manufacturer was possible only under the technicality that the product had been called an "elixir", which literally implied a solution in ethanol. In response to this episode, the U.S. Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, which for the first time required pre-market demonstration of safety before a drug could be sold, and explicitly prohibited false therapeutic claims. COUNT 10
QSN1 Who manufactured "Elixir Sulfanilamide"? ANS1 S.E. Massengill Company QSN2 What was one of the things the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act do? ANS2 explicitly prohibited false therapeutic claims QSN3 What year did Congress pass the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act? ANS3 1938 QSN4 What drug killed 100 people in 1937? ANS4 Elixir Sulfanilamide QSN5 What is Diethylene Glycol commonly used for now? ANS5 antifreeze QSN6 What company manufactured Elixir Sulfanilamide?  ANS6 S.E. Massengill Company of Tennessee QSN7 What drug killed over 100 people in 1937? ANS7 Elixir Sulfanilamide QSN8 Diethylene glycol is mainly used today as what liquid? ANS8 antifreeze QSN9 What law did Congress pass following the Elixir Sulfanilamide incident? ANS9 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 QSN10 The name "elixir" implied a solution in what liquid? ANS10 ethanol