Thalidomide is still prescribed in the US today- it's an effective drug for several diseases.
WarOnPrivacy•8h ago
> Thalidomide is still prescribed in the US today- it's an effective drug for several diseases.
Thalidomide is a historically destructive drug when used as the FDA originally approved it. Between these two outcomes are a lot of hard learned best practices.
SonOfKyuss•8h ago
I’m genuinely curious if this will apply to vaccines as well.
hilbert42•8h ago
Remember the wonderful Frances Oldham Kelsey and thalidomide.
We should never forget the lessons.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey
dekhn•8h ago
WarOnPrivacy•8h ago
Thalidomide is a historically destructive drug when used as the FDA originally approved it. Between these two outcomes are a lot of hard learned best practices.