Poison in your pill: the dark history of thalidomide

In this episode we explore the tragedy of thalidomide, the drug that promised to relieve nausea in pregnant women, but caused thousands of malformations in babies. How could it happen? Was there a cover-up by pharmaceutical companies? Find out here. primary sources: Rehman W, Arfons LM, Lazarus HM. The rise, fall and subsequent triumph of thalidomide: lessons learned in drug development. Ther Adv Hematol. 2011 Oct;2(5):291-308. doi: 10.1177/2040620711413165. PMID: 23556097; PMCID: PMC3573415.Vargesson N. Thalidomide-induced teratogenesis: history and mechanisms. Birth Defects Res C Embryo Today. 2015 Jun;105(2):140-56. doi: 10.1002/bdrc.21096. Epub 2015 Jun 4. PMID: 26043938; PMCID: PMC4737249.https://www.thalidomide-tragedy.com/the-history-of-the-thalidomide-tragedy