“Why did Thalidomide’s Makers Ignore Warnings About Their Drug?”

Sociologist Garry Gray examines the institutional pressures and systemic failings that allow unsafe drugs to hit the market. “Research integrity and the institutional structures that support scientific research are key to understanding and eliminating scientific compromises. Without this understanding, we can’t truly progress beyond the ‘Grünenthal science’ that underscored the thalidomide tragedy.”

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