The claim: Thalidomide, a rapidly approved drug, was banned in the early 1960s after it was discovered to cause birth defects in newborns. Thalidomide and its side effects continue to be cited by ...

Shortly after thalidomide was released to market in the 1950s, a reported 10,000 infants were born with an extreme form of a rare congenital syndrome -- phocomelia -- which caused death in 50 percent ...

In the 1950s and 1960s, pregnant women with morning sickness were often prescribed the new drug thalidomide. Shortly after the medicine was released on the market, a reported 10,000 infants were born ...

For example, although the drug was extensively used in Europe from late 1957, no reports of alleged teratogenicity appeared until 1961. As late as October, 1960, 2 deformed infants, on exhibit at ...

Nearly 50 years ago, an increasing number of babies worldwide were born with deformities and missing limbs. The babies had fallen victim to the teratogenic effects of thalidomide, a drug commonly ...

Neil Vargesson receives or has received funding for thalidomide research from the Wellcome Trust, the Royal Society, University of Aberdeen, Imperial College London. I have previously been consulted ...

Thalidomide was once a dreaded name in the Pharmaceutical industry. It was initially marketed in some European countries nearly 5 decades back as a sedative and after millions of pregnant women took ...

The drug was never licensed for sale in the U.S., so American victims of thalidomide number fewer than 20. Great Britain, however, has more than 1,000 thalidomide babies. In West Germany, where Chemie ...

Researchers demonstrate that the hypnotic and teratogenic effects of thalidomide are separable. Thalidomide is a medication with several different effects, one of which is promoting sleep in the ...

Peter Gordon's friendship with a thalidomide victim who did some building work for him was the catalyst in his role in a $60 million settlement for victims of the drug. This content is available ...