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Feet of a baby born to a mother who had taken thalidomide while pregnant. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the use of thalidomide in 46 countries was prescribed to women who were pregnant or who subsequently became pregnant, and consequently resulted in the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever," with more than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as ...
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey CM (née Oldham; July 24, 1914 – August 7, 2015) was a Canadian-American [1] pharmacologist and physician. As a reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), she refused to authorize thalidomide for market because she had concerns about the lack of evidence regarding the drug's safety. [2]
Thalidomide, sold under the brand names Contergan and Thalomid among others, is an oral medication used to treat a number of cancers (e.g., multiple myeloma), graft-versus-host disease, and many skin disorders (e.g., complications of leprosy such as skin lesions).
Hagens Berman Adds Five Cases to Thalidomide Litigation Firm now represents 49 alleged victims in case against drug manufacturer, others, citing new evidence SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hagens ...
Thalidomide, developed by the German firm Gruenenthal, killed an estimated 80,000 children around the world before they were born, and 20,000 more were born with defects.
Thalidomide: 1961 Germany Withdrawn because of risk of teratogenicity; [62] returned to market for use in leprosy and multiple myeloma under FDA orphan drug rules Thenalidine: 1963 Canada, UK, US Neutropenia [3] [63] Thiobutabarbitone: 1993 Germany Kidney injury. [3] Thioridazine (Melleril) 2005 Germany, UK
‘The thalidomide tragedy is a dark chapter in the history of our nation and the world’ Australia to issue national apology to citizens affected by ‘Thalidomide birth defects’ Skip to main ...
In 1961, Chessen's husband, Bob Finkbine, chaperoned a group of high school students on a European tour, where he purchased over-the-counter sedatives and brought the remainder home. Chessen took 36 of the pills in the early stages of her fifth pregnancy, unaware that they contained thalidomide, [ 1 ] which could cause deformity in the fetus ...