
The Pharma Files explores lesser-known chapters of medical history—treatments once pursued with genuine promise before evidence caught up. Narrated by fictional investigators Lance Simard and Justine Burke, each episode examines how medical consensus forms, how it changes, and what abandoned or misunderstood therapies still reveal about modern medicine. Where medicine meets mystery. thepharmafiles... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 5 | Founded | 2 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Health & FitnessHistoryMedicine | |||

In the late 1950s, thalidomide was marketed as a gentle, “safe” sedative—even for pregnant women—before it caused one of the most devastating drug tragedies in modern history. This episode explores how a lack of testing led to thousands of birth defe... more
In the mid-20th century, the Hoxsey Method promised a natural cure for cancer—and sparked one of the fiercest battles between alternative medicine and the medical establishment. This episode explores how an unproven herbal remedy became a national mo... more
In the mid-20th century, lobotomy was hailed as a revolutionary cure for mental illness—endorsed by Nobel Prizes and embraced by overcrowded institutions desperate for solutions. This episode examines how authority, urgency, and misplaced optimism tu... more
In the 1970s, Laetrile—an apricot-pit compound rebranded as “Vitamin B17”—promised a natural cancer cure rejected by U.S. medicine. This episode explores how fear, distrust, and persuasive storytelling turned a failed treatment into a movement, long ... more
A brief introduction to The Pharma Files, a podcast exploring overlooked chapters in medical history.
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