Drug manufacturers very much work according to the maxim of 'Waste not, want not'. Take thalidomide, for instance - and, in fact, many people in developing nations still do.
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THALIDOMIDE: The Alien of the drug world
Whatever happened to thalidomide, part two. . .Doctors have found yet another use for the discredited "morning sickness" drug for expectant mothers. ...
Thalidomide could soon be making a return, this time as a mouth ulcer treatment. ...
After years of being the odd one out against the likes of Dr John Studd, Theresa Gorman, MP, and broadcaster Dr Miriam Stoppard, Britain’s greatest apologists for hormone replacement therapy, I am pleased to witness that HRT is finally on the...