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Originally Posted by zilo
My point is that Thalidomide had all the certifications of being completely safe....from all the research and due diligence that a profitable drug company offered.
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There was no research or due diligence, there was no requirement back then for the safety of drugs to be assessed prior to letting the public take them.
The thalidomide thing was what kicked off the introduction of requiring manufacturers to prove their drugs were effective and had proper clinical trials before being given FDA approval.
I'm not really on your "side" (for lack of a better word) on this one but to play the devil's advocate.. a better example would probably be the contamination of the early polio vaccines.
https://www.tga.gov.au/sites/default...ine-041214.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/co...s-history.html
Mind you, that incident also kicked off regulatory changes to make sure that sort of thing doesn't happen again either