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Thalidomide scandal- the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever"
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Frances Oldham Kelsey at the FDA in the United States almost single-handedly, and while under enormous pressure, kept Thalidomide out if the USA for insufficient safety testing.
One reason that Americans are a bit less familiar with this horrific story.