Person
Frances Oldham Kelsey
FDA medical reviewer who refused to approve thalidomide in 1960.
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- Frances Kelsey
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- Q433352
- worked at U.S. Food and Drug Administration (medical officer) 1960 –
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worked at
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration 1960 – medical officer Primary record 1
involved in
- FDA review of thalidomide (1960) reviewer who refused to approve the application Primary record 1
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- 1960 – Frances Oldham Kelsey worked at U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Frances Oldham Kelsey: Medical reviewer famous for averting a public health tragedy, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Six years later she accepted an offer from the Food and Drug Administration to become one of just a handful of medical officers.
Dr. Kelsey, despite constant pressure from the company, refused to approve the application because of its inadequate evidence.
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