Food and Drug Administration Timeline of Events

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Timeline of Events

1960

5.9.1960

The FDA announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.

1985

3.4.1985

The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.

1987

3.20.1987

The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.

1998

3.27.1998

The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.