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Thalidomide
Sedative sold in dozens of countries around 1960 and later linked to severe birth defects; never approved in the U.S.
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- FDA review of thalidomide (1960) Primary record 1
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Frances Oldham Kelsey: Medical reviewer famous for averting a public health tragedy, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Primary record
One of the first applications she was assigned was for thalidomide, which was already available in dozens of countries around the world.
Approximately a year later researchers in Germany and Australia linked thalidomide to clusters of rare, severe birth defects
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