Category:Frances Oldham Kelsey
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English: Frances Oldham Kelsey, Ph.D., M.D. (July 24, 1914 – August 7, 2015) was a naturalized American pharmacologist, most famous as the reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) who refused to authorize thalidomide for market because she had concerns about the drug's safety. Her concerns proved to be justified when it was proven that thalidomide caused birth defects. Kelsey's career intersected with the passage of laws strengthening the FDA's oversight of pharmaceuticals.
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Date of birth | 24 July 1914 Cobble Hill Frances Kathleen Oldham | ||||
Date of death | 7 August 2015 London | ||||
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- Frances (given name)
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- Members of the Order of Canada
- Physicians from Canada
- Female physicians from the United States
- Thalidomide scandal
- Female physicians
- People of the Food and Drug Administration
- 20th-century women of Canada
- 20th-century women of the United States
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- 101-year-old deaths
- Alumni of McGill University
- Alumni of the University of Chicago