thalidomide disaster in Podcasts
eventA drug disaster in the 1950s involving a medication linked to birth defects.
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The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
78 – Primodos: The forgotten synthetic hormone scandal
There was a real shock with the thalidomide scandal where people realised that if they were taking medications that hadn't been tested on women who were pregnant, it could have a massive detrimental effect on women.