National Pharmacy Technician Day Timeline

1884

First pre-measured pills

The first pre-measured medication tablets, made possible by industrial technology, appeared on shelves. ​

754​ AD

​First pharmacies

The world's first drug stores appeared in Baghdad. By the ninth century the government regulated them.

1550 BC

First pharmacological textbook written

The Ebers Papyrus, the earliest known written collection of medicinal plants, was written in Egypt.​