Thalidomide is the poster child for dangerous drugs approved elsewhere but not by the FDA. Experts estimate that the drug thalidomide led to the death of appro

Thalidomide is the poster child for dangerous drugs approved elsewhere but not by the FDA. Experts estimate that the drug thalidomide led to the death of approximately 2,000 children and serious birth defects in more than 10,000 children, about 5,000 of them in West Germany. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide http://www.thalidomide.ca/the-canadian-tragedy/ http://www.thalidomide.ca/the-canadian-tragedy/