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A bitter pill: Primodos (Sky News, 3 January 2023)

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This Sky News investigation looks at one of the pharmaceutical industry's biggest scandals—the hormone pregnancy test Primodos which was prescribed to pregnant mothers in the UK between 1958 and 1978. Primodos was found to lead to birth defects, miscarriages and stillbirth, and regulatory failings led to avoidable harm to thousands of babies.

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A bitter pill: Primodos (Sky News, 3 January 2023) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UPCtfFOvB8
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