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by bryanrasmussen 2119 days ago
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicin...

Thalidomide changed our relationship with new medicines for ever.

It took five years for the connection between thalidomide taken by pregnant women and the impact on their children to be made. Not only did thalidomide change people’s lives, but it resulted in tighter drug testing and reporting of side-effects.