How Did One Woman Change the FDA's Drug Approval Process?
BrainStuff
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🗓️ 5 April 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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When FDA employee Frances Kelsey called for caution regarding the drug thalidomide in the 1960s, she wound up saving babies and changing FDA guidelines as we know them. Learn more in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/frances-kelsey-thalidomide.htm
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