The FDA will approve thalidomide

November 1997

    The FDA will approve thalidomide.

    Thalidomide was a birth-defect disaster in Europe in the early 1960s. It was originally marketed there as a sedative...now researchers have discovered that it's a powerful immune suppressant.

    It will initially be approved to treat leprosy complications.

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