Great question Talha,

The FDA’s intervention to prevent the release of Thalidomide into the US market is critical to how important drug trials and long term effects should be considered. If had the drug been released,the US market would have experienced the same tragedies as the European Union. If thalidomide had been released, I believe that the events that followed would have resulted in a major strengthening in regulatory and scientific over view for future drugs. I believe that the outcome would have been the same had the drug been released, but the US market would’ve experienced the same tragedy as the European Union.

Chris