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You might be thinking of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal The name of the drug was "Conterg
by _Microft 6y ago
You might be thinking of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal
The name of the drug was "Contergan" in german which german-speaking readers might recognize more easily.
- abainbridge 6y agoOr Primodos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primodos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primodos). Or Sodium Valproate (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39657139 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39657139). These cases really undermine my confidence in the system.
- _Microft 6y agoBe aware of availability bias here. If a medication did not make it into the news because of problems, we are a lot less likely to have ever heard of it.
- abainbridge 6y agoAgreed. But in the case of Primodos, there were cover-ups with government involvement for decades. The end result was that Matt Hancock apologized. That was it. No holding to account. No fixing the system so it wouldn't happen again. That's what undermines my confidence in the system.