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Drug Amendments of 1962
U.S. law that required drug makers to show effectiveness as well as safety; called Kefauver-Harris.
- Dates
- 1962
- Also known as
- Kefauver-Harris Amendments
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followed from
- FDA review of thalidomide (1960) Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 1962 Drug Amendments of 1962
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Frances Oldham Kelsey: Medical reviewer famous for averting a public health tragedy, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Primary record
the impact of the near disaster here helped to pass a pending bill that fundamentally changed drug regulation, the 1962 Drug Amendments
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