Thalidomide was on the market for 4 years in UK, Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe before it deemed "unsafe".
In the 1960s, two medical professionals; Dr Widukind Lenze and Dr William McBride, observed an association between the use of thalidomide in expecting mothers and congenital malformations. Once publicized, these findings were further backed by several cases across the globe with a reported 10,000 children thought to have been born with phocomelia. As a consequence, thalidomide was removed from the market in the majority of countries in 1961, with some still offering the drugs several years after.
Thalidomide was on the market for 4 years in UK, Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe before it deemed "unsafe".
>In the 1960s, two medical professionals; Dr Widukind Lenze and Dr William McBride, observed an association between the use of thalidomide in expecting mothers and congenital malformations.
Once publicized, these findings were further backed by several cases across the globe with a reported 10,000 children thought to have been born with phocomelia. As a consequence, thalidomide was removed from the market in the majority of countries in 1961, with some still offering the drugs several years after.
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