Thalidomide disaster: Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey

Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey was a Canadian-American pharmacologist and physician. As a reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), she refused to authorize thalidomide for market because she had concerns about the drug's safety.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide

The penumbra of thalidomide, the litigation culture and the licensing of pharmaceuticals

The thalidomide disaster, lessons from the past.