In the late 1950s, a new drug called thalidomide hit the market with promises to be a safe treatment for morning sickness in pregnant women. However, reports soon started emerging of babies being born with horrifying birth defects, missing or flipper-like limbs. Doctors were baffled - what could have possibly caused these abnormalities?

01:21 The Hunt for Answers: Investigating the Thalidomide Crisis.
02:50 Unraveling the Mystery: The Phocomelia Epidemic and the Search for Answers.
04:35 From Wonder to Woe: The Rise and Fall of Thalidomide.
06:28 McBride's Discovery: Unraveling Thalidomide's Secrets.
08:01 Cracking the Code: Hiromitsu's Discovery of Thalidomide's Achilles' Heel.
09:42 Lessons Learned: The Thalidomide Disaster and the Evolution of Drug Safety
11:08 Seeking Truth, Ensuring Safety.

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