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Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey was tasked with reviewing a drug named Thalidomide for distribution in the U.S. She found there were no studies showing the drug was safe for human use.
Kelsey pressed the manufacturer to share research on how their drug affected human patients.
The drug was quickly pulled from shelves, vanishing mostly by 1962 .
President Kennedy honored Kelsey with the Federal Civilian Service Medal in 1962 .
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