Her name was on the patent for tamoxifen, but Dora Richardson’s story was completely lost until now.
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In her book Wonder Drug, Jennifer Vanderbes explores thalidomide’s secret history in the U.S. The drug was never approved for sale in the U.S. but thousands of people took it in so-called clinical trials. Vanderbes discovered that there were far more people harmed by thalidomide than originally thought—at least 10 times more.
Series | Conversations
The Doctor Who Said No to Thalidomide: Sixty Years Later and Thalidomide Is Still With Us.
Season 5 | Frances Kelsey
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