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New DES developments

DES (diethylstilbestrol), the antimiscarriage drug marketed between 1947 and 1969 to the harm of mothers and their daughters, is back in the courts again. Research suggesting the granddaughters of those who took the drug during pregnancy may experience changes affecting their reproductive system has sparked a new wave of product liability litigation.

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