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Thalidomide, a sedative sold by a German drugmaker, was said to relieve everything from anxiety to morning sickness, but it led to perhaps the greatest pharmaceutical scandal ever. About 10,000 babies ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Victims of thalidomide said on Saturday an apology from the German inventor of the drug that caused birth defects in thousands of babies around the world was too little too late.

LONDON -- The British government apologized yesterday to people who were harmed in the womb when their mothers took the anti-nausea drug Thalidomide.The government recently agreed to give $33 million ...

WASHINGTON - Thalidomide received federal approval Thursday for treatment of bone-marrow cancer, marking the further rehabilitation of a drug banned more than 40 years ago after it caused thousands of ...

Thalidomide, a sedative sold by a German drugmaker, was said to relieve everything from anxiety to morning sickness, but it led to perhaps the greatest pharmaceutical scandal ever. About 10,000 babies ...