NPR: thalidomide https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=160394783 thalidomide en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 20:28:22 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: thalidomide https://www.npr.org/tags/160394783/thalidomide Protect Pregnant Women 'Through Research,' Not 'From Research,' OB-GYNs Urge As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, doctors say it's long past time to address the exclusion of pregnant women from research on drugs and vaccines. They say better study design is the answer. Mon, 25 Jan 2021 05:00:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/25/958862775/protect-pregnant-women-through-research-not-from-research-ob-gyns-urge https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/25/958862775/protect-pregnant-women-through-research-not-from-research-ob-gyns-urge

As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, doctors say it's long past time to address the exclusion of pregnant women from research on drugs and vaccines. They say better study design is the answer.

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]]> Maggie Mertens Frances Kelsey, FDA Officer Who Blocked Thalidomide, Dies At 101 The physician and pharmacologist worked at the government agency in the early 1960s, when she uncovered a link between the drug and severe birth defects. Sat, 08 Aug 2015 13:20:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/08/430709628/frances-kelsey-fda-officer-who-blocked-thalidomide-dies-at-101 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/08/430709628/frances-kelsey-fda-officer-who-blocked-thalidomide-dies-at-101 The physician and pharmacologist worked at the government agency in the early 1960s, when she uncovered a link between the drug and severe birth defects.

]]> Scott Neuman Thalidomide Maker Apologizes After More Than 50 Years More than a half-century after a German drugmaker took thalidomide off the market because of birth defects, the company said it was sorry. The occasion was the dedication of a memorial to the victims near the company's headquarters. The sculpture features a girl with malformed feet and no arms. Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:27:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/08/31/160391482/maker-of-thalidomide-apologizes-after-more-than-50-years https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/08/31/160391482/maker-of-thalidomide-apologizes-after-more-than-50-years More than a half-century after a German drugmaker took thalidomide off the market because of birth defects, the company said it was sorry. The occasion was the dedication of a memorial to the victims near the company's headquarters. The sculpture features a girl with malformed feet and no arms.

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