The most meaningful *review* I'll ever get. Thank you from bottom of my heart to my dear friends, the US/USA Thalidomide Survivors survivors - you meet amazing people on the really long journeys. #thalidomide #wonderdrug

An epic moment - US/USA Thalidomide Survivors survivor Bryan Dean shared his story with Illinois Senators Duckworth & Durbin & they really listened. After 60+ years of the US denying the existence of scores of #thalidomide victims, Senator Durbin said: "I'll be happy to look into this." YES!

Tomorrow, the new series of my podcast launches with a compelling investigation into one of the greatest drug tragedies of the 20th century - Thalidomide. Journalist Jennifer Vanderbes reveals her extraordinary 6 year research. It's the shocking story you didn't know. 1/3

The drug thalidomide was one of the greatest medical catastrophes in history causing around 100K disabiities & miscarriages. In my latest podcast, journo Johan van der Es discusses her six year research, which has uncovered new potential victims of the drug. 1/2 open.spotify.com/show/4t91rpNpU…

It was a thrill to speak at Yale Law School about #WonderDrug: The Secret History of #Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims law.yale.edu/yls-today/news…

New - Part 2 of my podcast on thalidomide with journalist Jennifer Vanderbes reveals the scores of babies never previously recognised as harmed by the drug & how thalidomide's heartbreaking consequences could have been avoided if action had been taken sooner. 1/3 podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/tha…

"Americans deserve to know" how private equity affects healthcare. Senators launch bipartisan probe of private equity's growing role in U.S. health care nbcnews.com/politics/congr… via @nbcnews

An important piece about Sherri Finkbine and the #thalidomide saga by the illustrious Linda Greenhouse - with a lovely shoutout to #WonderDrug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims! US/USA Thalidomide Survivors

The annual The Octavian Report #book list is live! With Elliot Ackerman Tom Holland Patrick Stewart Jennifer Vanderbes Andrew Roberts David Petraeus Eric Vuillard @prudencepeiffer and Siddharth Kara Happy reading and happy new year! The Octavian Report open.substack.com/pub/octavian/p…

I’ve never been so moved by a book as by this one. I now have suspicions that my younger sibling, born & died within 40 minutes in 1960, may have been another uncounted thalidomide victim. Great work by author Jennifer Vanderbes. amazon.com/Wonder-Drug-Hi…

Looking for something fabulous to read? Wonder Drug by Jennifer Vanderbes is a masterpiece! Chronicles in depth the tragic hidden story of #thalidomide poisoning in America. amazon.com/Wonder-Drug-Hi…

Totally blown away by the #Australian government’s apology to #thalidomide survivors. US/USA Thalidomide Survivors Jennifer Vanderbes C. Jean Grover youtube.com/live/rxpLollna…

Watching Jennifer Vanderbes on The Open Mind on THIRTEEN . Am ordering her book: "Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims." Fascinating! Tragic! Such an articulate and passionate author. #SupportPBS! #ThankFrancisKelsey!

Thrilled to appear on PBS this week discussing #WONDERDRUG: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims. US/USA Thalidomide Survivors #thalidomide pbs.org/video/the-orig…

Check out the latest SloanPublic ad in The New York Review of Books honoring the recipients of Sloan book awards whose books were published in 2023: C. Renee James Deb Chachra is mostly not here coco krumme @ElizabethaRush @drsrbayer Quinn Eastman Jennifer Vanderbes @jaimealyse Richard Conniff @lesliestebbins & Dan Levitt!

Novelist, Jennifer Vanderbes, discusses the secret history of thalidomide in America on The Open Mind. Watch the full episode here: thirteen.org/openmind/scien… #Science #Reading #Pharmaceutical

The next big crisis that would confront the FDA was thalidomide. The story of thalidomide is amazing, scary, incredible, and very complicated. I HIGHLY recommend the book 'Wonder Drug' by Jennifer Vanderbes if you want to do a deep dive

Thrilled by this amazing work by US/USA Thalidomide Survivors survivors last week in DC!

Two SloanPublic grantees in one! Sloan author Jennifer Vanderbes discusses the subject of her book, Frances Kelsey & her refusal to approve thalidomide after discovering its disastrous side effects, with@katiehafner on Sloan podcast@LostWomenofSci scientificamerican.com/article/where-…

In her book Wonder Drug, Jennifer Vanderbes explores the history of thalidomide’s secret history—and harms—in the U.S. trib.al/fRQkhq9