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The penumbra of thalidomide, the litigation culture and the licensing of pharmaceuticals
Fifty years ago several thousand children were born with severe limb defects after their mothers had been given thalidomide in pregnancy. This tragedy caused procedures for licensing new medicines to become much stricter. Where, nevertheless, significant side effects were found it became common to s...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516063/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22908318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcs148 |