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03645aam a22006018i 4500 001 CE6B317A0F2F11EE890B044E24ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230620010037 008 230228s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022049196 020 $a 0525512268 020 $a 9780525512264 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a RA1242.T5 $b V36 2023 082 00 $2 23/eng/20230228 100 1 $a Vanderbes, Jennifer, $e author. $9 47122 245 10 $a WONDER DRUG : $b THE SECRET HISTORY OF THALIDOMIDE IN AMERICA AND ITS HIDDEN VICTIMS / $c by Jennifer Vanderbes. 246 30 $a Secret history of Thalidomide in America and its hidden victims 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2306 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House, $c [2023] 300 $a pages cm 500 $a 2023/06/27 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "When the application for a new sedative called Kevadon--commonly known as thalidomide--landed on Frances Kelsey's desk at the FDA in 1960, it seemed destined to sail through the review process. The drug, billed as entirely risk-free, was already being sold in forty-six countries. But when Kelsey learned that the drug caused terrible birth defects, she and a team of dedicated doctors, parents, and journalists fought Merrell, the drug's American manufacturer, and Chemie-Gruenenthal, the German company founded by former Nazis that first synthesized the drug, to recall the product. It marked a rare victory in America's perennial battle between capitalism and consumer protection. Though Kelsey received a presidential medal and a LIFE magazine photo spread ofEuropean children missing limbs shocked American readers, an essential chapter laid buried for decades. Jennifer Vanderbes discovered that even though Frances Kelsey refused to approve Merrell's application to "sell" thalidomide in the United States, thedrug firm, under the guise of clinical trials, had quietly sent millions of pills to doctors nationwide. Years before that, an additional drug company had asked doctors to test the drug on patients. The toxic sedative that was ostensibly "never sold" in America had, in fact, been distributed for five years, reaching tens of thousands of unwitting patients, including hundreds of pregnant women"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Thalidomide $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Thalidomide $x Side effects $z United States. 650 0 $a Pharmaceutical industry $x Moral and ethical aspects. 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Vanderbes, Jennifer. $t Wonder drug $b First edition. $d New York : Random House, [2023] $z 9780525512271 $w (DLC) 2022049197 941 $a 21 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509012828.0 952 $l GHPD771 $d 20240412010853.0 952 $l EGPB605 $d 20240318132128.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314025730.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012611.0 952 $l AJPE887 $d 20240109010056.0 952 $l ESPD725 $d 20240103010417.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207020528.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20231202012129.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117031846.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103011658.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20231102013934.0 952 $l YYPC162 $d 20231019031908.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20231014010929.0 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20230930010408.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20230915010111.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230913010406.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230906010135.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230902010536.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20230802013405.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230620011030.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CE6B317A0F2F11EE890B044E24ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search