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Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey CM war eine kanadisch-US-amerikanische Pharmakologin. Sie ist bekannt geworden, weil sie als Mitarbeiterin der US-amerikanischen Food and Drug Administration verhinderte, dass die Substanz Thalidomid auf dem US-amerikanischen Markt zugelassen wurde. Thalidomid verursacht Schädigungen an Embryonen und ist im ...
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey CM (née Oldham; July 24, 1914 – August 7, 2015) 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 lack of evidence regarding the drug's safety. [2]
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- August 7, 2015 (aged 101), London, Ontario, Canada
- Frances Kathleen Oldham, July 24, 1914, Cobble Hill, British Columbia, Canada
- Preventing thalidomide from being marketed in the United States
Frances Oldham Kelsey, recipient of the highest recognition attainable for a U. S. civil servant for her role in saving perhaps thousands from death or life-long incapacitation, had a long an...
Learn about the life and achievements of Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, who refused to approve thalidomide in the US and prevented a major tragedy of birth defects. She also shaped and enforced FDA drug regulation laws and received many honors and awards.
Learn about the life and achievements of Frances Kelsey, the first woman to earn a PhD in pharmacology and the FDA official who rejected the dangerous drug thalidomide in 1960. Discover how her actions saved thousands of babies from birth defects and changed drug regulations worldwide.
Biography. In 1960, during her first month at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey took a bold stance against inadequate testing and corporate pressure when she refused to approve release of thalidomide in the United States.
8. Mai 2017 · SCIENCE. The Woman Who Stood Between America and a Generation of ‘Thalidomide Babies’. How the United States escaped a national tragedy in the 1960s. Leila McNeill. May 8, 2017. Frances Oldham...
