Frances Oldham Kelsey
Born July 24, 1914Vancouver Island,British Columbia, Canada
Pharmacologist
Frances Oldham Kelsey. © Bettman/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.
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Frances Oldham Kelsey became nationally famous in 1962 when she prevented the sedative drug thalidomide from entering the United States. Thalidomide was found to have caused birth defects in 10,000 Eu...
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