Sixty Years Later, and Thalidomide Is Still With Us

Decades after FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham Kelsey stopped thalidomide from going on the market in the U.S., the legacy of the drug persists

By: Scientific American

Oct 11 2024
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Sixty Years Later, and Thalidomide Is Still With Us

It’s September 2024, and a group of American thalidomide survivors
and their family members arrive in Washington, D.C., to lobby the government for support. More than 60 years have gone by since Fo… [+34191 chars]

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