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“You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to fill all the papers more than anybody else, in fact you have to be there all the time and see that they do not show you under, if you are really going to get your reform realised.”
Lessons from the thalidomide tragedy in 1950s for vaccine trials in India
Lessons from the thalidomide tragedy in 1950s for vaccine trials in India
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Dharamveer 17 February, 2021 4:41 pm IST Text Size:
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I promise this piece is on Covid-19 vaccines in India, but first, and bear with me, a tiny detour.
It was the 1950s. A German pharmaceutical company was aggressively seeking approval for its new star drug, Thalidomide. Europe approved it first, followed closely by Australia. However, things didn’t go according to plan for them in the US. Thanks to a brave woman who stood in their way.