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   Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey CM (née Oldham; July 24, 1914 – August 7, 2015) was a Canadian-American pharmacologist and physician. As a reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), she refused to authorize thalidomide for market because she had concerns about the lack of evidence regarding the drug's safety. [2]

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3. www.fda.gov › about-fda › fda-history-exhibitsFrances Oldham Kelsey: Medical reviewer famous for averting a ...

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   Frances Oldham Kelsey, recipient of the highest recognition attainable for a U. S. civil servant for her role in saving perhaps thousands from death or life-long incapacitation, had a long an...

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   Learn about the life and achievements of Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, who refused to approve thalidomide in the US and prevented a major tragedy of birth defects. She also shaped and enforced FDA drug regulation laws and received many honors and awards.

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6. www.nlm.nih.gov › biography_frances_kelseyBiography - Dr. Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey

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   In 1960, during her first month at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey took a bold stance against inadequate testing and corporate pressure when she refused to approve release of thalidomide in the United States.

7. www.womenshistory.org › education-resourcesFrances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey - National Women's History Museum

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   Learn about the life and achievements of Frances Kelsey, the first woman to earn a PhD in pharmacology and the FDA official who rejected the dangerous drug thalidomide in 1960. Discover how her actions saved thousands of babies from birth defects and changed drug regulations worldwide.

8. www.washingtonpost.com › national › health-scienceFrances Oldham Kelsey, FDA scientist who kept thalidomide off ...

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   Aug 7, 2015 · Dr. Kelsey, a physician and pharmacologist later lauded as a heroine of the federal workforce, died Aug. 7 at her daughter’s home in London, Ontario. She was 101. Her daughter, Christine...

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   • But some data on the drug’s safety troubled Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, a former family doctor and teacher in South Dakota who had just taken the F.D.A. job in Washington, reviewing requests to license new drugs. She asked the manufacturer, the William S. Merrell Company of Cincinnati, for more information. Thus began a fateful test of wills.

   Frances Oldham Kelsey, Who Saved U.S. Babies From Thalidomide, Dies …

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   Why did Frances Oldham Kelsey refuse thalidomide?

   • In 1960, during her first month at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey took a bold stance against inadequate testing and corporate pressure when she refused to approve release of thalidomide in the United States.

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   • President Kennedy confers on Frances Kelsey the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service in 1962.

   Frances Oldham Kelsey: Medical reviewer famous for averting a public

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   Who was Frances Oldham?

   • The drug had been used as a sleeping pill and was later proven to have caused thousands of birth deformities in Germany and Great Britain. Born Frances Oldham in 1914, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, she earned both her bachelor of science and master of science degrees from McGill University, Montreal, in 1934 and 1935.

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10. www.nytimes.com › 2015/08/08 › scienceFrances Oldham Kelsey, Who Saved U.S. Babies From Thalidomide ...

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    Aug 7, 2015 · President John F. Kennedy gave Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey the nation’s highest federal civilian service award in 1962, saying she had “prevented a major tragedy of birth deformities.” Credit...