Healthcare: Thalidomide's Present-Day Legacy
Industry Focus
The Motley Fool
4.6 • 854 Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2017
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Extreme birth defects associated with a popular anti-anxiety medicine from the 1960's had a lasting impact on today's healthcare policy -- and the drug is still a major part of Celgene's cancer portfolio.
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