In 1962, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK), responding to the Thalidomide birth defects crisis, signed an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove that their products were safe and effective prior to marketing. #Thalidomide #JFK
I was in high school the first time I saw a Thalidomide victim. My folks knew about it but didn’t know the details. Curiosity drove me to the library. So very sad and it took years to get it off the market. |
