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In Frankie, Essinger and Koutsenko discuss the creation of thalidomide, its European marketing, and the fluke of chance which allocated its USA approval to Dr Frances Kelsey rather than to any other FDA official who might just have rubber stamped the application.
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- Mr James Essinger, Sandra Koutzenko
Jun 24, 2019 · This book tells the story of how one woman – Frances Oldham Kelsey, the Frankie of the book’s title – while working at the nascent Food and Drug Administration in Washington in 1960, managed to block the marketing of the drug Thalidomide for the US market.
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- Mr James Essinger, Sandra Koutzenko
Jun 24, 2019 · This book tells the story of how one woman – Frances Oldham Kelsey, the Frankie of the book’s title – while working at the nascent Food and Drug Administration in Washington in 1960, managed to block the marketing of the drug Thalidomide for the US market.
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Nov 14, 2019 · Frankie: The Woman Who Saved Millions from Thalidomide by James Essinger, Sandra Koutzenko and Sir Harold Evans (Foreword). Thalidomide: patented in Germany as a non-toxic cure-all for sleeplessness and morning sickness; a wonder drug with no side effects.
Book preview. Table of contents. Citations. About This Book. Thalidomide: patented in Germany as a non-toxic cure-all for sleeplessness and morning sickness. A wonder drug with no side effects. We know differently now. Today, thalidomide is a byword for tragedy and drug reform – a sign of what happens when things aren't done 'the right way'.
Frankie: The Woman Who Saved Millions from Thalidomide. Av Sandra Koutzenko, James Essinger. Pocket. 2019. Engelsk. Thalidomide: patented in Germany as a non-toxic cure-all for sleeplessness and morning sickness. A wonder drug with no side effects. We know differently now.
Because Frankie Kelsey is the "faceless bureaucrat who looked at the NDA (New Drug Application) for thalidomide, and started asking questions and insisting on real answers.
