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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 ...
By Steven Brill What Happened in the Previous Chapter ‘Otherwise The Sky Would Be The Limit’ In 1961, newspapers around the world ran stories (accompanied by horrific images) of deformed babies whose mothers had taken a drug to curb nausea during pregnancy called thalidomide. A vigilant FDA inspector had refused to approve thalidomide for ...
Lady Nora (Mary) Hoare (née Wheeler; [1] 1915 or 1916 – 21 September 1973) OBE was the Lady Mayoress of London and advocate for thalidomide-affected babies and children. [2] She founded a charity for thalidomide-affected children, the Lady Hoare Trust, [3] which she managed from her home. [4]
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]
The unanswered questions include when or where the babies were born, whether they were born alive, what exactly happened to them, and how and why the mother was able to conceal her pregnancies ...
No charges will be filed against a 69-year-old woman after the bodies of four frozen infants were found in a Boston apartment freezer in 2022, the Suffolk County district attorney announced this week.
Researchers at Chemie Grünenthal found that thalidomide was a particularly effective antiemetic that had an inhibitory effect on morning sickness. [44] On 1 October 1957, the company launched thalidomide and began marketing it under the trade name Contergan. [45] [46] It was proclaimed a "wonder drug" for insomnia, coughs, colds and headaches ...
Police also determined that the babies were full-term — between 37 and 40 weeks old. Their investigation led them to 69-year-old Alexis Aldamir, who, according to records, purchased the ...