Regulate Drugs More, Words and Pictures Less
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › November 30, 2004
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IN THE 1960s, Frances Kelsey in the Food and Drug Administration made herself immensely unpopular with the pharmaceutical industry by refusing to license a new German drug called thalidomide.
Thalidomide was supposed to be an ideal drug for treating symptoms of nausea and insomnia in pregnant women. Widely used in other countries, it was found to cause severe birth defects in more than 8,000 children. America was spared this grim experience by a regulatory agency doing its job.See the full content of this document
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Regulate Drugs More, Words and Pictures Less
Today the FDA protecting Americans from harmful drugs doesn't seem to be ...
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