Thalidomide, a sedative that caused severe birth defects 50 years ago when it was prescribed to pregnant women, has enjoyed revived interest owing to its potency as an antiangiogenic and anti ...

Thalidomide survivor Lisa McManus has been critical of Australia's response Australia has fallen behind many other countries in its response to one of the world's worst pharmaceutical scandals.

Upon its 'reinvention', thalidomide was quickly applied to 'microenvironment-dependent' diseases such as multiple myeloma, yet its role in the solid tumor spectrum has not been validated.

They say a mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. Kim Fenton, the public face of the Thalidomide campaign in Northern Ireland, knows that only too well. She and her mum ...

Born with no arms after her mother was given thalidomide while pregnant, Mandy Masters became an iconic symbol of the scandal. 'When I was born they took me away from my mum and phoned my dad.

“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 ...

A campaigning Southport woman is determined to see the creation of a national memorial in Liverpool for the hundreds of ...

Thalidomide was the first immunomodulatory agent approved for use in myeloma. Although highly active, it is associated with considerable toxicity, particularly in older patients. Lenalidomide ...

A case in point is thalidomide (a drug administered as a sedative and to relieve nausea during the first three months of pregnancy and which caused thousands of cases of congenital malformations).

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 12: At Chailey Heritage House, Mrs Hoare With Young Victims Of Thalidomide Born With Malformations Or Neither Arms Nor Legs, in London, United Kingdom, on October ...