Frances Oldham Kelsey was born on 24 July 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was married to Fremont Ellis Kelsey. She died on 7 August 2015 in London, Ontario, Canada.
[Richardson-Merrell desire to market thalidomide to pregnant women in the USA] They were writing letters and telephoning. They were very anxious to get their product on the market. It had been very successful in other countries and they felt there would be a big market in this country. Then quite suddenly, the news came from Europe about the deformities.