Thalidomide

The German manufacturer of a notorious drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with shortened arms and legs, or no limbs at all, issued its first ever apology on Friday - 50 years after pulling the drug off the market.

An Australian woman born without arms and legs after her pregnant mother took the anti-morning sickness drug Thalidomide has reached a multimillion dollar settlement with the medicine's British distributor, her lawyer told a court on Wednesday. The German maker of the drug refused to settle.

It was part of Hitler's chemical weapons programme.

The four decade old controversial drug Thalidomide shows promise in the treatment of blood cancer, according to new research conducted by the prestigious Mayo Clinic. The finding has been published before the study has been completed by the researchers because the results were seen as significant. Out of the 16 patients who were studied, 14 made i...

The German manufacturer of a notorious drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with shortened arms and legs, or no limbs at all, issued its first ever apology on Friday - 50 years after pulling the drug off the market.

An Australian woman born without arms and legs after her pregnant mother took the anti-morning sickness drug Thalidomide has reached a multimillion dollar settlement with the medicine's British distributor, her lawyer told a court on Wednesday. The German maker of the drug refused to settle.

It was part of Hitler's chemical weapons programme.

The four decade old controversial drug Thalidomide shows promise in the treatment of blood cancer, according to new research conducted by the prestigious Mayo Clinic. The finding has been published before the study has been completed by the researchers because the results were seen as significant. Out of the 16 patients who were studied, 14 made i...