Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Taste of Raspberries, Taste of Death - Dec 6, 2006

In view of Pfizer’s cancellation of its once-promising cholesterol drug Torcetrapib due to serious side effects discovered during clinical trials (increased risk of death and heart-related problems), it brings to mind an incident that occurred in 1937. In October 1937 the Elixir of Sulfanilamide resulted in the deaths of over 100 people, mostly children.

Read the chilling account of this national tragedy which led directly to the passage of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in 1938.

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