Intention
The directive was a reaction to the Thalidomide tragedy in the early 1960s, when thousands of babies were born with deformities as a result of their mothers taking the drug during pregnancy. The directive aimed at harmonising standards for the approval of medicines within the then European Economic Community
Read more about this topic: Directive 65/65/EEC
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