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To: William B. Kohn who wrote (990)12/26/2002 12:56:30 PM
From: LindyBill  Respond to of 15987
 
You know sometimes modernity does make mistakes.

Sure it dies, thalidimide ended up doing a terrific amount of damage to the Pharmaceutical Industry, on top of the damage to humans. It resulted in regulations that are so tight that most of the drug testing by US companies has to be done overseas. We will never know how many useful drugs never made it because of the fallout from thalidimide.