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Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his 1938 message to Congress warned that when private power becomes stronger than the democratic state itself, we have Fascism. There are many ways to witness the intensifying domination toward a corporate state. One way is to compare exposé books in the 1960s and the present. Within a span of five years, there were […]
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.