Scientists have found that Thalidomide - the drug responsible for severe birth defects in the 1960s - may be effective in fighting the debilitating inflammatory bowel disorder Crohn's disease.

The thalidomide scandal broke in the early 1960s, with the horrifying news that large numbers of infants in Europe whose mothers had taken a new — and heavily marketed — sedative had been born ...

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Eight Thalidomide victims are seeking compensation from drug makers Papers filed to the High Court on behalf of people whose mothers took the anti-morning sickness drug when pregnant in late 1950s ...

Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker John Zaritsky returns to the story that has fascinated and compelled him for years - thalidomide and it's effect on the survivors of "the worst drug disaster in ...

a Patient had a surgical procedure in April for which his warfarin was discontinued for five days. b During this visit, the patient was prescribed prednisone 10 mg orally daily and his warfarin ...

Thalidomide was produced by a German pharmaceutical company, Chemie Grünenthal GmBH, and widely offered to pregnant women ...

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Scientists have developed a sustainable new way of making complex molecules, which could greatly reduce waste produced during drug manufacturing, a study suggests.

“Today, on behalf of the people of Australia, our government and this parliament offers a full unreserved and overdue apology to all thalidomide survivors, their families, loved ones and carer ...

But first we need to understand what public health errors are — and are not. The first report linking thalidomide to birth malformations was made by Australian doctor William McBride.