Wonder Drug The Secret History Of Thalidomide In America And Its Hidden Victims Jennifer Vanderbes by Jennifer Vanderbes 095e96e3-38af-4955-bffd-5616aaf6fafc, 095E96E3-38AF-4955-BFFD-5616AAF6FAFC instant download after payment.

A riveting account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth century
and the never-before-told story of its American survivors In 1959, a
Cincinnati pharmaceutical firm, the William S. Merrell Company, quietly
began distributing samples of an exciting new wonder drug already
popular around the world. Touted as a sedative without risks,
thalidomide was handed out freely, under the guise of clinical trials,
by doctors who believed approval by the Food and Drug Administration was
imminent. But in 1960, when the application for thalidomide landed on
the desk of FDA medical reviewer Frances Kelsey, she quickly grew
suspicious. When she learned that the drug was causing severe birth
abnormalities abroad, she and a team of dedicated doctors, parents, and
journalists fought tirelessly to block its authorization in the United
States and stop its sale around the world. Jennifer Vanderbes set out to
write about this FDA success story only to discover a sinister truth
that had been buried for decades: For more than five years, several
American pharmaceutical firms had distributed unmarked thalidomide
samples in shoddy clinical trials, reaching tens of thousands of
unwitting patients, including hundreds of pregnant women. As Vanderbes
examined government and corporate archives, probed court records, and
interviewed hundreds of key players, she unearthed an even more stunning
find: Scores of Americans had likely been harmed by the drug. Deceived
by the pharmaceutical firms, betrayed by doctors, and ignored by the
government, most of these Americans had spent their lives unaware that
thalidomide had caused their birth defects. Now, for the first time,
this shocking episode in American history is brought to light. Wonder
Drug gives voice to the unrecognized victims of this epic scandal and
exposes the deceptive practices of Big Pharma that continue to endanger
lives today.