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Andromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social

This inspires the Kefauver–Harris Amendment, which adds "...and efficacy" to the FDA's remit. Yet after all of that she is finally cool to her teenage daughters when she receives the federal government's highest civilian award from their heartthrob, President John F. Kennedy. /fin

aug 29, 2025, 1:00 pm • 9 1

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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social

I thought that the problem with Thalidomide wasn't the efficacy (it did make morning sickness better) but the lack of safety (it caused birth defects)? Or are those terms different in a clinical context aside from their common usage?

aug 29, 2025, 2:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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Andromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social

you are 100% correct, and the problem with the safety data submitted in their FDA application was that it was lies

aug 29, 2025, 2:34 pm • 2 0 • view