FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
NOTICES OF JUDGMENT UNDER THE FEDERAL FOOD,
DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT
[Given pursuant to section 705 of the Food, Prug, and Cosmetic Act]
4481-4500
DRUGS AND DEVICES
The cases reported herewith were instituted in the United States district courts
by the United States attorneys, acting upon reports submitted by the Pepartment
of Health, Education, and Welfare, and include, where indicated, the results
of investigations by the Pepartment, prior to the institution of the proceedings.
Published by direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
GEO. P. LAEBICK, Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
WASHINGTON, P. C, October 10, 1955.
CONTENTS*
Page
New drug shipped without effective
application 
420
^Violative    sales    of    prescription
drugs 
420
Drugs actionable because of failure
to bear adequate directions or
warning statements 
422
Drugs for human use 
422
Drugs for veterinary use   423
Page
Drugs  actionable  because  of de-
viation  from   official  or  own
standards 
424
Drugs actionable because of false
and misleading claims 
425
Index 
431
?For cosmetic, actionable under the drug provisions of the Act, see No. 4500.
356725?55-
419
NEW DRUG SHIPPED WITHOUT EFFECTIVE APPLICATION
4481. ACTH-Gel and Adrenocaps.   U. S. v. 15 Cartoned Vials * * * (and one
other seizure action).    (F. D. 0. Nos. 36552, 36558.    Sample Nos. 58097-L
to58099-L, incl.)
LIBELS FILED :    May 6,1954, Northern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about October 2 and 5 and November 4, 1953, by
United Research Laboratories, Inc., from Philadelphia, Pa.
PRODUCT: 20 cartoned vials of ACTH-Gel and 10 bottles of Adrenocaps at
Chicago and La Grange Park, 111.
LABEL, IN PART: (Carton and vial) "(United Research) 10 cc. Multiple Dose
Vial?Sterile ACTH-GEL (Corticotropin in Gelatin) 20 U. S. P. Units
per cc. Caution: New drug limited by Federal Law to investigational use
* * * Contains: 0.5? Phenol"; (bottle) "50 Tablets Adrenocaps with
Cortisone Acetate Each tablet contains: Ammonium Salicylate. ... 4 gr.
Para-Aminobenzoic Acid (as the Potassium Salt). . . . 5 gr. Cortisone Ace-
tate. ... 3 mg. Salicylamide. . . . 1 gr. Enteric Coated. * * * Caution:
New Drug?Limited by Federal Law to Investigational Use."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Section 505 (a), the articles were new drugs within the
meaning of the law, and applications filed pursuant to the law were not
effective with respect to such drugs.
DISPOSITION: October 26 and 27, 1954. Default decrees of condemnation and
destruction.
VIOLATIVE SALES OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS