This Squibb employee is surrounded by efficacy data in the mid-1960s, soon to be forwarded for review by scientists impanelled by the National Academy of Sciences to review all drugs introduced between 1938 and 1962. Since its beginnings as the Bureau of Chemistry in the late 1800s followed by its official creation with passage of the Food and Drugs Act in 1906, FDA has been protecting and promoting the public health for over 100 years.