Investigation: A scandal worse than thalidomide
While The Sunday Times fought for the victims of one scandal, how did ‘experts’ blithely rubber-stamped another?
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Show Notes
Doctors knew in 1973 that the epilepsy drug sodium valproate posed a risk to unborn children – and ordered that warnings be removed from packets. Almost 50 years and 20,000 disabled babies later, it is still being prescribed to pregnant women.
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Guests:
- Shaun Lintern, Health Editor, The Sunday Times.
- Janet Williams, CEO at The Independent Fetal Anti-Convulsant Trust.
- Catherine McNamara, parent.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips: Channel 4 News, ITV.
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