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Medical Organizations Turn Blind Eye to Harms of Maternal Antidepressant Use: A Conversation With Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff
08 Oct 2025 11:15 GMT
… thalidomide, we had become extremely cautious about prescribing drugs … here, how about trials in pregnant women … is a medical condition, that medical treatments like antidepressants are … just the medical professional, the pharmaceutical industry, lots …
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Why We Know So Little About Medicines During Pregnancy
01 Oct 2025 10:13 GMT
… doctors are reporting that pregnant women are hesitating to use the medicine … research participants must consent; trials must be stopped if there … aware that thalidomide, a widely used nausea drug, had caused … were being harmed, the trial would need to be …
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Trust no one: A doctor’s warning to mothers-to-be over vaccines
29 Sep 2025 00:56 GMT
… 24 hours.’
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory … GSK voluntarily halted its trial in pregnant women due … thalidomide disaster of the 1960s casts a long shadow over drug trials … the doctors because they’re influenced by the pharmaceutical companies, …
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Top Welsh doctor's message to women after Donald Trump paracetamol and autism comments
28 Sep 2025 10:08 GMT
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A leading Welsh medical expert has dismissed recent claims … here.
However, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Professor Isabel … Streeting said: "I trust doctors over President Trump, frankly, … We were told thalidomide was a very safe drug and it …
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'I have no idea': Farage refuses to rubbish Trump’s paracetamol claim but adds experts ‘got it wrong’ on thalidomide
24 Sep 2025 09:41 GMT
… were told thalidomide was a very safe drug and it … ’s Lorraine: “I trust doctors over President Trump, frankly, … politician – listen to British doctors, British scientists, the NHS.” … with the recommended treatment.
“Our advice on medicines in pregnancy is …
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Farage backs Trump over paracetamol autism claim: 'They said thalidomide was safe and it wasn't':
24 Sep 2025 10:21 GMT
… —listen to British doctors, British scientists, the NHS … follow medical science.'
Thalidomide was hailed as a 'wonder drug… ; for morning sickness when it was created by German pharmaceutical … , and for the treatment of Hansen's …
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Farage says he doesn’t trust medical experts over Trump on pregnancy painkillers
24 Sep 2025 09:55 GMT
… said earlier this week that doctors in the US will soon … chief safety officer at UK medical regulator the MHRA, have said … these symptoms with the recommended treatment.’
In an appearance on LBC … , we were told thalidomide was a very safe drug and it wasn …
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'Will Monitor Paracetamol Side Effects If Cases Reported, No Need To Panic': India's Drug Safety Adviser
24 Sep 2025 08:18 GMT
… prompted a swift backlash from doctors and scientists, who stressed that … that certain medicines, such as thalidomide and some oncology or neurology drugs, are … News18, specialises in healthcare and pharmaceuticals. With firsthand insights into India …
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From Snake Oil to Social Media: FDA Rulemaking Meets Legal Headwinds
22 Sep 2025 05:26 GMT
… drug efficacy, but legislation remained stalled until thalidomide, unapproved by the FDA … medical insert?
In 1997, after public hearings, the FDA announced new guidance. Pharmaceutical … to pressure doctors into prescribing unnecessary treatments. The Court …
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Bristol Myers Squibb to Present Data at ESMO® 2025 Showcasing Progress of Oncology Portfolio Across Diverse Tumor Types
13 Oct 2025 13:40 GMT
… generation of transformative medicines to patients." … results from this trial supported the FDA's … thalidomide analogue plus dexamethasone resulted in increased mortality. Treatment … and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. All statements …