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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
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’.
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
But, whilst thalidomide rampaged and ravaged throughout most of the West, it never reached the United States. It landed on the desk of Dr Frances Kelsey, and there it stayed as she battled bureaucracy, patriarchy, and the Establishment in an effort to prove that it was dangerous.
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The story of the one woman who, against all odds, stopped Thalidomide in its tracks because it poisoned a nation
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’.
