On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:14:11 +0000, in
, Richard Kettlewell
 wrote:

>Joe  writes:
>> Thalidomide was 'safe' and 'properly tested'.
>
>Not by modern standards it wasn’t. It was, famously, a trigger for
>tightening up the regulatory regimes.

The refusal of the FDA to approve the drug suggests it didn't meet the
standards of the time... which have been tightened considerably since.
--
Jim H

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