Title: The Real Thalidomide Baby: The Evolution of the FDA in the Shadow of Thalidomide, 1960-1997
(1997
Third Year Paper)
Author(s): Scott Glauberman
Subject & Subject keywords: Food and Drug Law "FDA" "thalidomide"
Abstract:This paper is intended to document the over thirty-year relationship between the FDA and thalidomide and to describe in some detail the new uses for that drug. The paper’s secondary goal is to demonstrate the power and versatility of food and drug law online research; every source cited herein, with the exception of the course materials, is available to anyone with access to Westlaw and the World Wide Web.