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Dalkon Shield

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Dalkon Shield
An intrauterine device produced by AH Robins that was withdrawn from the market in 1974
Dalkon shield
An IUD produced by AH Robins that was withdrawn from the market in 1974. See Pelvic inflammatory disease. Cf Copper-7, Intrauterine device.
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Robins: The pharmaceutical company was founded in 1866; it filed for bankruptcy in 1985, halting about 6,000 cases related to the Dalkon Shield intrauterine contraceptive device; it was acquired in December 1989 by American Home Products Corp.
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[GRAPHIC OMITTED] Safe, Effective, Convenient According to several experts interviewed for this article, the Dalkon Shield fiasco did not have nearly the impact in Europe that it had in the United States, largely because the Shield was rarely in use in Europe.
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