Assertion: thalidomide | /r/HasProperty | safe
Facets:
value: during the final stage of pregnancy
type: TEMPORAL
value: for the treatment of certain illnesses
type: PURPOSE
value: for pregnant women
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: with little or no toxicity
type: OTHER
value: unusually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The drug appeared to be unusually safe, with few side effects and little or no toxicity even at high doses.
text: Thalidomide is in use today and is considered safe for the treatment of certain illnesses.
text: But until then, every clinical trial came to the conclusion that thalidomide was a safe over-the-counter medicine—and 10,000 people paid the price.
text: By October, Grunenthal had internal evidence their drug was responsible for the malformations but continued to tell doctors thalidomide was safe.
text: She noted important gaps in the data used to support the claim that thalidomide was safe for pregnant women.
text: All she was concerned about was to follow protocol and to reassure herself, and indeed her organisation the FDA, that thalidomide was safe.
text: It was used in hindsight to strengthen the argument that doctors would interpret the word to mean that thalidomide was safe during the final stage of pregnancy only.
text: It was used in hindsight to strengthen the argument that doctors would interpret the word to mean that thalidomide was safe during the final stage of pregnancy only.
text: Thalidomide was so safe, its makers said, Canadian health regulators agreed that it could be sold without prescription.
text: At the FDA, a relatively new employee named Frances Oldham Kelsey — who happened to be a researcher on toxicity in pregnancy — reviewed the studies for thalidomide and was unconvinced that it was safe.
text: It was used in hindsight to strengthen the argument that doctors would interpret the word to mean that thalidomide was safe during the final stage of pregnancy only.