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Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims
Wonder Drug The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims
Author: Jennifer Vanderbes
A riveting account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth century and the never-before-told story of its American survivors — In 1959, a Cincinnati pharmaceutical firm, the William S. Merrell Company, quietly began distributing samples of an exciting new wonder drug already popular around the world. Touted as a sedative with...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780525512264
ISBN-10: 0525512268
Publication Date: 6/27/2023
Pages: 432
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Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Hardcover
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Wonder Drug is a narrative non-fiction page turner that is sure to appeal to readers of Empire of Pain and Bottle of Lies. Through the history of thalidomide, the author protrays the shameful history of lax controls on pharmaceuticals domestically and internationally and the consequences that individuals faced because of a lack of regulation. The truly shameful part is how the events she describes are so recent.


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